Category Archives: BDO

TECH INDUSTRY GROWTH DRIVEN BY IMPROVING ECONOMY AND CONSUMER DEMAND, ACCORDING TO BDO USA SURVEY

Posted on May 1, 2013 by bmss

INCREASED DOMESTIC AND GLOBAL COMPETITION STILL MOST PREDOMINANT CHALLENGES CHICAGO – Amid improving expectations for revenue growth, technology CFOs point to a steadying economy and increased consumer demand as key drivers of growth in 2013. According to a new study … Continue reading →

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Building a Strong Tax Foundation in Life Sciences Start-Up Companies

Posted on April 2, 2013 by bmss

BDO Tech – The Newsletter of the BDO Technology & Life Sciences Practice  Winter 2013 By Chris Bard, Matthew Dyment, Maureen McGetrick, Marla Miller and Robert C. Pedersen With all of the business challenges life sciences startup companies are faced … Continue reading →

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Outsourced Accounting

Posted on February 12, 2013 by bmss

Entrepreneurs like to focus on the primary goal of their new enterprise, whether it is software development, or selling and promoting what has already been completed.  That’s where the earnings process occurs and it’s the activity that makes a company … Continue reading →

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Where is the software industry going at such a rapid pace?

Posted on December 18, 2012 by bmss

By Hank Galligan, BDO Software Practice Leader Three years ago, when Microsoft was launching Windows 7, cloud computing was the hot technology buzz word. In that year, analysts anticipated that worldwide cloud services revenue was on pace to surpass $56 … Continue reading →

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Should you expense or capitalize mask set costs?

Posted on October 9, 2012 by bmss

By Milton Tse, Senior Manager in the BDO Technology and Life Sciences practice State-of-the-art fabrication costs have reached highs of nearly $5 billion, according to market research group, In-stat, and the cost of mask sets—collections of the unique glass stencils … Continue reading →

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Data breaches are one of the fastest-growing risks for tech sector

Posted on August 14, 2012 by bmss

Last week we talked about security and how to make sure your computers and devices are as safe as possible. It’s a topic that’s on many people’s minds, including some of the largest U.S. tech companies. Concerns over technology breaches … Continue reading →

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A level playing field with BDO

Posted on June 5, 2012 by bmss

By Keith Barfield, Founding Shareholder, CPA, CITP When your largest client tells you that joining BDO Seidman Alliance was the best thing you’ve ever done, that says it all. We joined BDO, the world’s fifth largest accountancy network, 13 years … Continue reading →

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Tech companies confident about 2012

Posted on May 15, 2012 by bmss

From December 2011 to January 2012, BDO conducted its fifth annual survey of 100 CFOs from technology companies in the U.S. from the software, hardware, telecommunications, Internet and information technology sectors. The goal was to find out what challenges and … Continue reading →

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Accounting and the rush to go mobile

Posted on April 17, 2012 by bmss

By Hank Galligan Mobile computing presents, perhaps, the largest opportunity for the technology sector since the advent of the PC or the web. In fact, according to ABI Research, more than 240 million business customers will be leveraging cloud computing … Continue reading →

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