Recognized as a leader in serving professional groups, Aon Insurance Services maintains a highly trained and experienced staff dedicated to serving your insurance needs and committed to supporting MACPA members with the finest coverages and customer service available. The AICPA Professional Liability Program offers coverage for accounting services from tax preparation to bookkeeping to personal financial planning, from CNA, a carrier rated A (excellent) by A.M. Best Company, the leading national rating service for the insurance industry. CNA has been providing insurance for more than 100 years and is the largest underwriter of accountants professional liability insurance in the United States.

Click here for more information or a no-obligation quote, or contact Rich Bacher of Aon Insurance Services at 800.221.3023.

BB&T@Work is a unique opportunity for the employees of your company to enjoy extra benefits. For a complete overview of the program, click here .

Your local contact is Anne Wilson, BB&T@WORK Manager at 410.857.3404 or Danielle Barreto, Business Officer at 410.230.4397.  We will make sure you and your employees get the great benefits BB&T has to offer members of MACPA.

As the MACPA’s preferred employee benefits broker, the RJP & Associates team offers CPA firms, small and large, effective employee benefit programs and Human Resources services. We are committed to helping firms control health plan insurance costs and retain an attractive benefits program.

• • Strategic Benefits Planning
• • Regulatory Compliance | Health Care Reform
• • Human Resources Support
• • Online Enrollment | HRIS | Payroll
• • Corporate Wellness Solutions
• • Custom Benefits Communications
• • Retirement Plan Services

For CPA’s making decisions for your company or in public accounting, we are your trusted advisor and resource for Health Care Reform, benefit plan compliance, and Human Resources management.

CONTACT:

Richard J. Princinsky & Associates, Inc.
335 Clubhouse Road
Hunt Valley, MD 21031
Phone: 800-618-2600
Email: rjp@rjpassociates.com
www.rjpassociates.com

ADP has easy-to-implement solutions. If you want to:

• • refer your clients to ADP,
• • sell your payroll base to ADP,
• • have ADP process your clients’ payroll while you receive a regular revenue stream, or
• • offer payroll as a value-added service, ADP can help! Visit ADP's website for more information .

Product Briefing Video

These brand "ads" come in three sizes and are available as pdf downloads. Designed in two styles – one with a black background and the other with a white background – you can print them out for your firm and put on a label or type in your company info in the space provided at the bottom of the ad. It’s easy to do and free of charge.

As a member of the MACPA, you save up to 35% on office products, design, print and ship, Tech Depot and furniture!

With your registration, you receive an additional special offer of a 10% discount on all promotional products.

Shop online or in any of the 1,000+ Office Depot retail store locations. Choose an option below, or both, and start saving!

• 1. Create an account here - Allows you to create an account to start your online purchasing at a discounted price.
• 2. Register your credit card here - In-store discounts that are honored when you use the registered card.

This program gives you:

• • Exclusive, preferred price
• • Free delivery on orders over $500
• • Order by 5 pm for next-business-day delivery
• • Easy, no hassle return policy

From notes to ideas to tasks to snapshots, put it all into Evernote and watch as everything instantly synchronizes from your computer to your phone to the Web. Perfect for: notes and research, snapping photos of business cards, and keeping track of tasks and to-dos.

Visit Evernote.com

Skills-based training isn't enough. Through i2a: Insights to Action, leaders learn to address how their people are thinking so that organizational goals become reality.

For information on these products or to schedule a planning session with a facilitator, please contact Laura Dorsey-Shaner at laurad@macpa.org or 888.481.3500.

i2a: Insights to Action Training Products

Facilitator's Quick Pack -
The  Facilitator's Quick Pack  includes a Facilitator's Guide, a Quick Start Guide Poster and Planning Cards, that provide a well thought out sequecne of exercises to encourage engaging communication and learning. Buy now » [LINK]

Standard Chart Pack -
The Standard Chart Pak is a full set of wall graphics designed to give you all the tools needed for your company or organization to develop a plan for being successful. These wall graphics will energize and engage your group as it moves your organization toward its mission goals.  Buy now » [LINK]

Intercall will help by reducing your monthly conferencing bills and cut staff travel time and expense. There are also no minimum monthly charges or hidden fees. You also get worldwide access to your conference calls.

Use InterCall for meetings over the phone, presentations, marketing seminars, training programs, departmental meetings, document collaboration, and more!

To enroll, visit  www.intercall.com/affinity/statecpa.htm , or call 1-800-636-2377 (8 a.m. to 6 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday).

Marketing strategy is based on intelligent research –- the more you know about your competition, the better you can market to your audience. Do you know where you stand against your competitors online? Would you like to know what strategies they are using and if they work?

G.1440’s Marketing Competitive Intelligence Report shows Web analytics, audience makeup and search trends for your Web site and your competitors’ Web sites in one easy-to-read report that answers questions like these:

• • How much traffic are they getting?
• • Where is that traffic coming from?
• • What does their audience look like?
• • What can you do about it?

With knowledge like this, your marketing strategy will be more focused –- and more effective.

For more information or to receive a $150 discount on your order,  click here .

The MATS project is a library of information addressing several phenomena that are sweeping our profession and will affect us for years to come. We are referring to the very high level of activity in the merger, acquisition, transition and succession of CPA practices.

The content and information has been segmented for your interest and ease of navigation. Project MATS will also help guide and advise MACPA practitioners in areas such as:

• • Merger/Merging
• • Acquisition/Acquiring
• • Transition 
• • Selling/Succession 1-3 Partner Firms 
• • Selling/Succession 4+ Partner Firms 
• • Practice Continuation
• • Internal Succession

For more information on Project MATS or to speak to a principal at Transition Advisors call toll-free 866-279-8550.

ASK THE ADVISORS

If you have a question about your practice, its value or are seeking information about merger or merging, please use the Ask the Advisors program. There is no fee or obligation for this service.

ASK THE ADVISORS NOW

The Advisors Panel is comprised of members of Transition Advisors, an independent consulting organization performing merger, acquisition, transition and succession services exclusively within the tax and accounting profession.

With a ProPay Account you can now accept credit cards without the high upfront costs, high monthly fees and expensive equipment of traditional merchant accounts.

Why Accept Credit Cards:

• • Decrease your cost of billing and collections
• • Guarantee payment within 30 days and decrease your delinquent A/R to 0 percent
• • You don't have to rely on your clients to pay you
• • Increase customer satisfaction — "travel miles"

To get special pricing on a ProPay account,  click here .

As an MACPA member, you will receive a special discount on your ProPay account.

Video recording services, including basic editing:

• • $800 per half day, $1,500 per full day (8 hours). Advanced editing is available at an additional $100 per hour.
• • Includes experienced camera teams with cutting-edge equipment, including high-definition
• • CD / DVD creation
• • Seminar Sharing Option - This services enable you to share your recorded program with others through video streaming. Call Deb Zizwarek at 410.663.6322 for pricing.

Need a location to record? Room rentals are available at the MACPA Towson Center.

• • Half day room rental, member: $225
• • Half day room rental, non-member: $ 275
• • Full day room rental, member: $375
• • Full day room rental, non-member: $475

An optional catering service are available upon request.

For more information, please contact Deb Zizwarek at (410) 663-6322 or  debbie@macpa.org .

Web site attacks can have serious financial impacts on any organization, and current security standards don't address Web hacks. G.1440’s Web Security Threat Prevention Plan secures your site easily without being costly. Peace of mind starts at only $360 annually to MACPA members.

The plan:

• • identifies your vulnerability to SQL Injection, Cross Site Scripting (XSS) and thousands of other hacking and other security threats;
• • provides actionable details, showing where site code is vulnerable;
• • includes hours of development time to advise you and to fix security issues; and
• • offers monthly Web security audits.

Designed for:  Web site owners

Members:  $360

Non-members:  $400

For more information, or to place your order, click here .