| Editor | M. Darren Root, CPA.CITP, Executive Editor |
|---|---|
| Categories | Technology Magazine |
| Frequency | 8 Issues per year |
| Circulation | 40,000 |
| First issue | April 1991 |
| Company | Cygnus Business Media |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.cpatechadvisor.com |
| ISSN | 1550-4743 |
The CPA Technology Advisor is a technology magazine for accounting and tax professionals. The magazine has eight print issues per year (Jan-Mar, Apr-May, Jun-Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec), geared around the annual workflow cycle of tax and accounting professionals. The magazine was founded in 1991 as The CPA Software News; the name change to The CPA Technology Advisor was implemented in 2004. The magazine is also printed for professional organizations under the title The NSA Technology Advisor (for the National Society of Accountants). The magazine is a part of Cygnus Business Media.
Along with its online portal www.cpatechadvisor.com, The CPA Technology Advisor is a print and online technology media outlet for practicing public accountants and tax professionals. It covers technology issues as they relate to those professionals and their accounting practices, and to their interaction with small business and individual clients.
The publication's online and print content is centered around reviews and comparisons of technology products and services, which follow a 1-5 Star format, with 5 stars representing the top ranking a product may receive. Additional content includes topical features, implementation guides and serial columns contributed by members of the professional accounting community. The magazine has an audited circulation of approximately 41,000 tax and accounting professionals, including credentialed Certified Public Accountants (CPA), Enrolled Agents (EA), Professional Accountants (PA) and others in the professional tax preparation and accounting spaces.
The CPA Technology Advisor's reviews include coverage of the latest technologies offered by companies such as Thomson Reuters, CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business, Microsoft, Sage Software, AccountantsWorld, Emochila and Intuit. Articles are written by leading accounting technology thought leaders, including Executive Editor M. Darren Root, CPA.CITP, a practicing public accountant and technology consultant for more than 20 years. Regular columns include:
The CPA Technology Advisor sponsors several special events and programs, including its annual Tax & Accounting Technology Innovation Awards, which were founded in 2004 to recognize advances in technologies that benefit the tax and accounting space. Honors are also presented annually to professionals in the field through the publication's 40 Under 40 program.
In addition to its print magazine and website, the publication maintains a blog at www.cpatechviews.com.