New Live Remote Assistance Only a Click Away

We have a new, easy-to-use remote assistance program that facilitates the access to your computer when one of our specialists is working with you on your system. You'll find this button on our home and support pages:

Once you've activated the link and used this program the first time, you'll simply use the newly-created desktop icon to allow the connection to be made.

Please continue to call in if you need to open a support ticket. We are currently working on another program that will enable online support tickets, watch this space for the announcement.

Expanded 1099 Reporting Law on Transactions $600 and More Repealed!

The Small Business Paperwork Elimination Act, which repeals the 1099 tax-reporting requirement established in the health care overhaul law that passed last year is now official as of April 14, 2011.

The President signed this act last week, putting an end to a potential reporting nightmare that would have forced all businesses to file a 1099 on transactions over $600 and a W-9 with all companies they do business with.

The 1099 reporting rules continue unchanged, meaning than any businesses or persons that make payment to another person of $600 or more must report the amount, name and address of the payee to the IRS and the payee.

So no changes for businesses who have been filing their 1099s every year.

Leave your comments about this news on the WAC Consulting Group Blog!

Register for our Upcoming Monthly Webinar : 'Grow Market Share With Web Sales'

Do you already have a shopping cart? Find out how the WAC Enterprise Service Exchange and the ESX integration can help you grow your existing web business.

If you are not using a shopping cart on your website, find out how you can grow your market share online with WebShopPro and WAC Consulting Group's web based applications!

When you attend this webinar series, you'll discover how to: 

WAC Enterprise Service Exchange

A combination of hosted and internal web services that allow customers to:

•Place Orders

•Check order Status

•Check inventory status

WAC ESXi – Integration

Allows both real-time or regular synchronization of customer, inventory, vendor and order data between Pro and the hosted Web Services and/or shopping cart(s).

WAC WebShopPro 

An ecommerce shopping cart that allows customers to design, brand, and deliver a web experience for their customers as well as offer the same to their customer’s customers.

Join us for our 45 minute ecommerce webinar sessions on
May 17th - If you already have a shopping cart and are happy with it, or May 19th - If you do not have a shopping cart, or are unhappy with your existing shopping cart and looking for a new solution.

Hurry and register for the ecommerce webinar now! The first 10 people to register for the webinars will get a special ecommerce gift!

Busy at That Time? No problem, register now and we will send you a copy of the recorded webinar session to listen to at your convenience!

CAMP FIRE USA ORCA COUNCIL SUCCESS STORY

CAMP FIRE USA LEADS THE WAY IN NOT-FOR-PROFIT YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS

Camp Fire USA founded in 1910 is one of the nation’s leading not-for-profit youth development organizations. With national headquarters in Kansas City, Camp Fire USA provides all-inclusive, coeducational programs in hundreds of communities across the United States. Camp Fire's outcome-based programs include youth leadership, self-reliance, after school groups, camping and environmental education and child care.

CHANGE IN PLANS - ACCOUNTING MANAGER LEAVES ORGANIZATION

A few years ago, the accounting manager at Camp Fire USA Orca Council left the organization without adequately handing over the reins to management. Following her departure, no one else in the organization was fully equipped to understand the functionality of Sage MIP-Fund-Accounting software, their non-profit accounting software solution.

After going through the interview process, Camp Fire USA Orca Council hired Sheryl Miller as the new accounting manager. Sheryl possessed a strong accounting skill-set from her previous for-profit background, but wanted training to understand the differences between the not-for-profit and for-profit accounting practices.

TIME TO RE-EVALUATE ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE AND SEEK OUT A NEW NON-PROFIT ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE CONSULTANT

Once Sheryl came on-board, Camp Fire USA Orca Council started searching for a business software provider who could support and train their employees to best use their non-profit accounting software.

Debbie Padden, Board President at Camp Fire USA Orca Council recalls, “After doing our research, we approached Mike Renner at Computer Accounting Services because of the knowledge, tools and expertise they could provide to support our organization.”

Read the success story

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Three Powerful Game Changing Strategies - Webinar Series, Session Two is Rescheduled to May 5th at 2pm ET

Should you grow finance to deliver more business value, or hunker down to protect profits? Build up cash to weather a tough economy, or capitalize on instability to gain market share? Move into well-established countries for offshore operations, or look to new markets where costs are even lower?

Managing financial operations in today's busy work environment presents a whole new set of challenges. Maximize your time when making important financial business decisions; sign up for our ’maximize productivity’ webinar series, right away.

When you attend the second session of this webinar series, you will: 

• Review BI tools businesses such as yours are using to effectively use Business Intelligence.
• Get a sneak-peek at real-world-profit maximizing-examples of how other companies are using BI
• Take away tips you can start implementing at your organization right away.

"Three Powerful Game-Changing Strategies to Maximize Productivity for Extremely Busy Distributors and Manufacturers" presented by Joni Girardi, Dataself CEO and BI Specialist and Gary Jensen, BI Specialist.

Dates & Times: May 5th, 2-2:30 pm ET

BUSY AT THAT TIME?
Sign up now and we'll send you the links after the webinar, so you can listen in when it's convenient.

You'll want to reserve your spot today. Seating is limited.

View the first part of this recorded 'maximize productivity' webinar series now.

A Recovering HR Director on a Mission to Save Other HR Directors!

‘It Takes an HR Director, to Understand an HR Director’, is what Arlie Skory, President of Skory Employer Solutions says when you talk to her about her business. Arlie started her HR career at an industrial welding business where she served as the HR Director for almost 20 years. While working there, Arlie implemented Sage Abra at their three office locations in Kentucky, California and Michigan.

Ready for a change in 1993, Arlie decided to start her own business, doing what she enjoyed most, implementing Abra solutions and working with other HR Directors. Arlie knew she would be able to easily identify and the challenges her customers (HR Directors) faced at their organizations, because she sat in their chair for almost 20 years.

Arlie is a former state director for the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM), and a certified Lifetime Senior Professional in HR.  She is also a former founding council member of the Human Resource Technology Exchange from SHRM, and a former Business Partner Council member for the Sage Abra HRMS Business Partner Council. Arlie is a certified Business Partner for all Sage Abra products and is also a certified Sage Abra Trainer.

Arlie is passionate about helping and supporting HR Directors as they overcome the internal (IT issues, management issues, reporting issues, payroll issues) and external challenges (changing laws) they face every day !  Addressing the payroll challenge many HR departments face today, Arlie says, “a growing trend seen in many HR departments today is the added responsibility of managing payroll, or sharing software with the accounting department. I work as a "marriage counselor" to make sure the process is handled smoothly.”

Refer Us to Your Business Associates

Referrals from trusted partners and satisfied clients are fundamental to our marketing efforts. We have found that a prospective client who is referred to us is more prepared to appreciate the value that we can offer.

Our ideal clients are business owners or decision makers that are committed to improving their business process. If one of your business contacts expresses frustration with their current business software or support, please consider referring us.

Contact us at the office today to find out more about our referral marketing program.

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Robert Distler rdis@wacinc.com