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NEWS=20 REPORT

Accountants = Are Thriving on=20 the Web, Says Survey

Almost two decades after the introduction = of=20 PC-based electronic spreadsheets, accountants' enthusiasm for = technology=20 continues to grow. The profession's focus has broadened, however, = from=20 stand-alone computing to the wide array of resources available on = the=20 Internet. As evidence of this latest trend, a new survey says = accountants'=20 use of the Web has soared in the last four years.

"Accountants now get more = professional=20 information from the Internet than from any other source," said = Charles=20 Ter Bush, a federal tax manager at CCH, Inc., which commissioned = the=20 survey, titled Accountants on the Internet 2000. "In = contrast,"=20 he added, "the last time we conducted the survey—in = 1996—accountants saw=20 the Internet as a relatively experimental medium."

Almost all accountants (96%) = have access=20 to the Web, the survey found, as opposed to only 51% in 1996. More = than=20 half of the respondents also said they log on every day (see graph = at=20 bottom).

But is the Web's much-touted = convenience=20 the only reason for its popularity as an information source? Not = according=20 to survey participants, 85% of whom gave the information available = on the=20 Web high ratings for timeliness, relevance, accuracy and the = reputability=20 of its source. "They trust that information because it has proven = to be=20 reliable," Ter Bush said.

Respondents were more likely to = access=20 tax-related material, such as tax forms, the Internal Revenue = Code, tax=20 advice and state tax law, than any other type of online = professional=20 information. They obtained most of it from the Web sites of = federal=20 government agencies, state revenue agencies, professional = associations and=20 financial services providers.

Further, respondents said the = Internet did=20 more than just make it easier for them to do their jobs—it = also served as=20 a good source of information for career advancement. Almost = two-thirds=20 (65%) of women and close to half (47%) of men said the Web had = created new=20 opportunities for them.

Besides serving as an effective=20 communications medium, the Web has become a consulting specialty = for a=20 growing number of firms, the survey found. More than one-fifth = (22%) of=20 firms have increased the number of their clients whose business is = largely=20 based on e-commerce. For these clients, firms provide not only=20 technology-related services, but also traditional functions, such = as=20 general accounting, audit, tax and payroll. One-quarter of the = respondents=20 said that, although they found it challenging to integrate = appropriate=20 accounting practices into their clients' e-commerce processes, = their most=20 difficult task was mastering new online technologies.

Not only has accountants' use of = the=20 Internet grown rapidly, but there is little evidence of an = impending=20 slowdown. Nearly half the respondents (47%) said they expected = their use=20 of the Web for accounting or tax research would increase in the = next year.=20 And demand for less frequently used Web services, such as CPE and = payroll=20 services, may grow the most. For example, accountants' use of the = Web to=20 obtain CPE grew to 29% in 2000 from less than 1% in 1996. =

Harris Interactive, an = Internet-based=20 market research firm, conducted the survey for CCH in June and = July of=20 2000, polling 600 accountants, 400 of whom worked for accounting = firms.=20 The remainder were employees of corporations with $10 million or = more in=20 annual sales.

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