Accounting Today back issues from February 1994:
Senior post up for grabs at Coopers. (Eugene M. Freedman resigns as chairman and CEO of Coopers and Lybrand; includes Freedman's letter to partners)
Feb 07, 1994; ... NEW YORK -- Eugene M. Freedman, the bold, brash and controversial Coopers & Lybrand leader has reluctantly decided to step down as chairman and chief executive and to leave the firm when his three-year term ends Sept. 30. Despite the fact that he reached the partnership-agreed ...
L.A. quake sends CPAs scrambling. (Los Angeles, California; January 17, 1994 earthquake impacts certified public accountants)
Feb 07, 1994; ... LOS ANGELES -- In the aftermath of the Southern California earthquake, accountants are going full throttle evaluating disaster plans and casualty loss deductions - both for their clients and themselves. In fact, so many CPAs suffered damage to their offices and homes that the ...
Arctic blasts freeze tax season kickoff. (tax computer software industry affected by winter storms)
Feb 07, 1994; ... Tax season got off to a slow start as unusually harsh winter weather throughout much of the nation last month delayed deliveries of tax software, slowed down operations at the IRS, shut down some tax practitioners and kept early-bird clients off the streets. In Washington, for ...
SEC member terms tort reform unlikely. (Securities and Exchange Commission member Richard Y. Roberts comments on accounting litigation laws)
Feb 07, 1994; ... WASHINGTON -- Accountants have little hope of achieving the broad litigation reforms sought by the American Institute of CPAs, and the profession should "set its sights lower" to press for more "realistic" legislation, a Securities and Exchange commissioner told practitioners. ...
PCPS cites lower response in backing peer review plan. (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' Private Companies Practice Section meeting; includes related article)
Feb 07, 1994; ... SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. -- Response to its peer-and-quality review merger proposal was so meager that the issue wasn't voted on again at the Private Companies Practice Section's executive committee meeting, officials said. Since only 40 of the 6,400 members of the American Institute ...
Miami's Morrison, Brown acquires two new partners. (Joseph S. Zipper and Kenneth J. Strauss join Morrison, Brown, Argiz and Co.)
Feb 07, 1994; ... MIAMI -- Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Co. has strengthened its position in the competitive South Florida market with the addition of two new veteran partners from a dissolving competitor. The new members, Joseph S. Zipper and Kenneth J. Strauss, were partners in Wainberg, Zipper, ...
CFPs ease exam eligibility to lure more CPAs. (International Board of Standards and Practices for Certified Financial Planners relaxes examination requirements; certified public accountants) (Brief Article)
Feb 07, 1994 ... DENVER -- Non-CPA financial planners are staging a new campaign to recruit CPAs into their ranks by making it easier for CPAs to take the exam. The International Board of Standards and Practices for Certified Financial Planners has instituted a new policy that allows CPAs in ...
Business valuations lure firms into new growth niche. (accounting firms) (Niche Strategy: Business Valuation; part 1: Market Intelligence)
Feb 07, 1994; ... Alan Mandell, a partner with Blum, Shapiro & Co. was sitting in a Hartford, Conn., courtroom as an expert business valuator a couple of years ago listening as the opposing expert testified. The attorney asked, "How much did you get paid for this?" The expert replied that his fee ...
Two from D&T open St. Louis boutique. (former Deloitte and Touch partners Harvey Citerman and John Tumbarello form Citerman and Tumbarello, accounting firm) (Brief Article) (Brief Article)
Feb 07, 1994 ... CLAYTON, Mo. -- Two former Deloitte & Touche partners in St. Louis have joined forces to form a new firm servicing family-owned and privately-held businesses. The new practice formed by Harvey Citerman and John Tumbarello will operate here under the name of Citerman & ...
Peat pays $97M in Australia bank case. (KPMG Peat Marwick to pay $97 million to State of Victoria for audit of Tricontinental Group bank) (Brief Article)
Feb 07, 1994 ... MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA -- After five months of talks, KPMG Peat Marwick here agreed to pay $97 million to the State of Victoria to settle charges stemming from its 1988 audit of the Tricontinental Group merchant bank that failed in 1990 with $1.85 billion in ...
Lacerte, RIA alliance falters. (Lacerte Software Inc. and Research Institute of America Inc. delay production of CD software) (Brief Article)
Feb 07, 1994 ... DALLAS -- Lacerte Software and Research Institute of America took a step back from a plan to offer products on a single compact disk last month. The two companies still have an alliance to produce CD-based software, according to Greg King, Lacerte's vice president of marketing ....
Raleigh locals merge into $4 million firm. (Norris Laughlin and Blankenship merges with Riddle and Fortner to form Norris Riddle Laughlin Fortner and Blankenship CPAs) (Brief Article)
Feb 07, 1994 ... RALEIGH, N.C. -- Norris Laughlin & Blankenship and Riddle & Fortner have merged practices to form a new, full-services firm here with annual revenue of more than $4 million. Known as Norris Riddle Laughlin Fortner & Blankenship CPAs, the new practice has five partners and a ...
Big Six regain top position in snagging new SEC clients. (top six accounting firms: Arthur Andersen and Co., Price Waterhouse, Coopers and Lybrand, KPMG Peat Marwick, Ernst and Young, and Deloitte and Touche; Securities and Exchange Commission clients)
Feb 07, 1994; ... After losing ground to local accounting firms, the Big Six are storming back into the market for SEC clients, according to an exclusive new Accounting Today investigation. Big Six firms won 51.3 percent of all the new Securities and Exchange Commission client gains reported last ...
Deferred comp interest currently deductible. (employer may take tax deduction for future payment to employee under non-qualified compensation plan) (Taxing Issues)
Feb 07, 1994; ... In a major taxpayer victory, a federal appeals court has ruled that an employer is entitled to a current year deduction for interest payable in the future to an employee under its non-qualified deferred compensation plan. The court examined the legislative history of Code Section 404 and ...
High-low per diem rates increased, procedures modified. (IRS per diem travel expense reimbursement law) (Taxing Issues) (Brief Article)
Feb 07, 1994; ... The IRS has revised the "high-low" per diem rates employers can use to reimburse employees who travel overnight on business in 1994. Effective Jan. 1, the new per diem rate for high-cost areas is $152 ($116 for lodging, $36 for meals and incidental expenses), and $95 for other areas ($67 ...
Stock from revocable trust excluded from gross estate. (Tax Court ruling) (Taxing Issues) (Brief Article)
Feb 07, 1994; ... The Tax Court recently ruled that transfers of stock from a revocable trust directed by a grantor with the exclusive right to revoke the trust or withdraw its assets was not includible in her gross estate, even though those transfers occurred within three years of her death. The IRS had ...
IRS issues more '93 tax act guidance. (includes 1993 tax laws on securities, qualified plans, moving expense reimbursement reporting and debt discharges reporting) (Taxing Issues) (Brief Article)
Feb 07, 1994; ... The IRS continued to release guidance relating to various provisions of the 1993 tax act. Among the recent highlights: Mark-to-Market Rules. The IRS has issued temporary regulations clarifying Rev. Rule. 93-76, which treated the new Code Section 475 mark-to-market rules for the ...
IRS rapped for misjudging collectibility of back taxes. (General Accounting Office reports to Congress that IRS is losing hundreds of millions in tax revenues)
Feb 07, 1994; ... WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service is losing the potential to recover hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue annually because of questionable determinations that these funds are uncollectible, the General Accounting Office charged. The funds at issue have been ...
GAO official pinpoints IRS weakness for '94 season. (General Accounting Office tax policy director Jennie S. Stathis reports on Internal Revenue Service to Congress) (Brief Article)
Feb 07, 1994 ... WASHINGTON -- Internal Revenue Service officials entering the '94 tax season should focus on a series of problems that "clouded" the agency's performance last year, General Accounting Office tax policy director Jennie S. Stathis told Congress. Although she acknowledged that the ...
Limited liability status offers unlimited benefits. (establishing a limited liability company offers tax benefits)
Feb 07, 1994; ... If you wanted to design the most flexible possible tax entity combining the best attributes of partnerships and corporations, you would be too late. It has already been invented, and it is not an S corporation. The entity is called a limited liability company. It has corporate ...
New credit for FICA tips claimed; IRS clarifies '93 tax act provision. (Federal Insurance Contribution Act) (Brief Article)
Feb 07, 1994 ... WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service has clarified the effective date of a provision in the '93 tax act that provides a credit to certain employers for the FICA they pay on their employees' tip income. Some advisers in the restaurant industry previously had suggested that ...
Deloitte replaces Ernst at Calif.'s DDI. (Deloitte and Touche become auditors for Disease Detection International Inc. in place of Ernst and Young) (Brief Article)
Feb 07, 1994 ... DELOITTE REPLACES ERNST AT CALIF.'S DDI: Ernst & Young was dismissed as outside accountants for Irvine, Calif.-based Disease Detection International Inc. after raising concerns over a series of suspected "material weaknesses" in the company's internal control structure. Among ...
Failed audits are no basis for protective legislation. (Standard Chartered Bank PLC malpractice suit against Price Waterhouse) (Standard Chartered vs. PW: busted audit or legal lotto?)
Feb 07, 1994; ... The Public Oversight Board of the Securities and Exchange Commission Practice Section of the American Institute of CPAs has made formal recommendations to the SEC and Congress in a report stating, "That the public interest requires remedial legislation" to protect "auditor's exposure to ...
Standard Chartered's case is based on distortion. (Standard Chartered Bank PLC's malpractice suit against Price Waterhouse) (Standard Chartered vs. PW: busted audit or legal lotto?)
Feb 07, 1994; ... In his article in this issue, Leo Beus attacks the Public Oversight Board and the AICPA for failing to learn the "facts" before urging Congress to reestablish balance in the tort laws governing the liability of auditors. The purported "facts" to which Mr. Beus refers primarily ...
Moss Adams plans attack on two new niche markets. (Moss Adams and Co. expands to royalty compliance service and business valuation with acquisition of Management Advisory Services Inc.)
Feb 07, 1994; ... SEATTLE - Moss Adams is moving fast to make its mark in two new niches -- business valuation and royalty compliance services for the entertainment world. The firm has acquired Management Advisory Services Inc., a Seattle-based business valuation and training firm with clients ...
Mayer Hoffman's PADD helps recruits test options. (Mayer Hoffman McCann's Professional Accounting Development Department)
Feb 07, 1994; ... KANSAS CITY, MO. - At Mayer Hoffman McCann, new recruits are put on a launching PADD to their career choices. Instead of forcing new staff members to decide fresh from college if they want to emphasize auditing or tax, the mid-sized firm's Professional Accounting Development ...
Systems Union enhances Windows version. (SunSystems computer software lines) (Tech Briefs) (Brief Article)
Feb 07, 1994 ... Systems Union has released an enhanced Windows version of its SunSystems line. New capabilities include button bar utilities that can launch user-defined macros. The use of buttons and pull-down menus across the top of the screen allows users to move through all ...
Prentice Hall adds reports to Practice Advantage. (Prentice Hall Professional Software Inc. enhances management software) (Tech Briefs) (Brief Article)
Feb 07, 1994 ... Prentice Hall Professional Software of Atlanta has added 16 management and other reports in version 2.02 of Practice Advantage, its practice management software. Among the reports is quality review ...
Intuit intros new payroll version. (QuickPay 3.0 for Windows and DOS) (Tech Briefs) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
Feb 07, 1994 ... Intuit has introduced QuickPay 3.0 for both DOS and Windows. QuickPay works with the company's QuickBooks or Quicken to handle the payroll calculates earnings, federal, state and local withholdings, Social ...
RCS offers accounting partnership program. (Tech Briefs) (Brief Article)
Feb 07, 1994 ... RCS Inc, a New York City-based consulting firm, has launched an accounting partnership program. Accounting firms that join can refer clients who need computer-related services to RCS which then handles the clients as subcontractors of the firm. RCS has two membership options: silver in ...
Brock and Co. purchases consulting firm. (Credence Automation Systems) (Tech Briefs) (Brief Article) (Brief Article)
Feb 07, 1994 ... Brock and Company CPAs of Boulder, Colo., has acquired Credence Automation Systems, a Longmont, Colo.-based provider of information technology systems and consulting services. Credence's services include manufacturing operations consulting, computer system and network design, custom ...
ASI sets up BBS. (Accounting Systems International consortium; bulletin board service) (Tech Briefs) (Brief Article)
Feb 07, 1994 ... Accounting Systems International is establishing a global bulletin board for use by all member companies. A consortium, ASI was formed October 1992 by a group of financial and accounting systems resellers. The bulletin board system will be available to members for ...
Windows-ability affects accountant buying decisions; spreadsheets lead many accountants to migrate to the graphical user interface.
Feb 07, 1994; ... The use of Windows by accountants in public practice is getting a boost from the increasing use of Windows-based spreadsheets. And while this may not quite be the year of Windows in the country's accounting firms some accounting firms are starting to make buying decisions based ...
Platinum vies to top financial systems market. (Platinum Software Corp.) (Company Profile)
Feb 07, 1994; ...IRVINE, CALIF. -- Platinum Software Corp. wants to become the Microsoft of financial systems software. But it still has a long way to go to reach its goal, which chairman Gerald Blackie sees as necessary to succeeding in a market which will have a diminishing number of ...
Select an accounting vendor, not the product. (evaluating accounting software vendors) (Consulting Insights) (Column)
Feb 07, 1994; ... Most firms looking to align themselves with an accounting software vendor as resellers or consultants make the mistake in starting first with product comparison. The first step should be more of a macro approach. Look at your organization and determine your area of ...
Small D.C. firm targets nonprofits with CPA moms. (Washington, D.C. firm, Langan Associates, offers flexibility in work schedules for women accountants while it focuses on providing accounting services to nonprofit organizations)(Gold Circle Award, part 4)
Feb 21, 1994; ... WASHINGTON - When Diane Rubinstein quit her job at Laventhol & Horwath she thought she would have to leave public accounting for good. Rubinstein needed flexible hours to help her husband establish his photography business. In other words, she wanted to work 40 hours a week ...
Texas struggles to define accounting; sparks fly over license law. (Texas State Board of Accountancy promoting licensing regulations for accountants)
Feb 21, 1994; ... AUSTIN, TEXAS - The fine print -- or the lack of it - in a 5-year-old statute requiring practicing accountants to be affiliated with registered CPA firms has the Texas State Board of Accountancy wrestling to determine the law's scope. The state board excluded bank trust officers ...
IRS swings guns to corp. nonfilers. (business taxpayer scofflaws targeted)
Feb 21, 1994 ... WASHINGTON -- Top Internal Revenue Service officials are refocusing the agency's successful nonfiler program this year to target business taxpayers who have dropped out of the system. In explaining the program's new emphasis at a day-long meeting of IRS commissioner Margaret ...
Tune in, log on, get CPE by PC. (accountants using personal computers for continuing professional education)
Feb 21, 1994; ... A whole new generation of accountant -- computer-literate, -equipped, and -eager -- appears to be changing forever the way continuing professional education is conceived, delivered and taken. Vendors and regulators are rushing to embrace computerized, interactive self-study ...
IRS cures computer glitch, cause of massive rejections. (electronic returns from low-income taxpayers filed in January 1994) (Brief Article)
Feb 21, 1994 ... WASHINGTON -- The Internal Revenue Service said it has solved computer problems that led to the rejection of thousands of electronic returns filed by low-income taxpayers in January. IRS spokesman Don Roberts said the computer problem had caused returns from taxpayers eligible ...
'93 withholding changes prompt rise in nonfilers. (Brief Article)
Feb 21, 1994; ... WASHINGTON -- Internal Revenue Service officials are blaming changes in last year's withholding tax tables for an unexpected and disturbing increase in non filing by individual taxpayers. Although the number of individual tax returns fried annually had been rising steadily and ...
CA lures legal trouble in consumer tax prep. (Computer Associates International Inc. battling two cases over its Simply Tax consumer tax preparation software) (Brief Article)
Feb 21, 1994; ... ISLANDIA, N.Y. - Computer Associates International has found itself subject to two legal challenges as a result of its decision to enter the consumer tax preparation market. So far the software giant has survived the challenges without serious damage. CA did, ...
Acquisition creates The Daniel Group. (Daniel and Co. acquires D.A. Ervin and Co. and changes name) (Newsbriefs) (Brief Article)
Feb 21, 1994 ... WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.- Daniel and Co. here has acquired D.A. Ervin and Co., an accounting firm in nearby Mooresville, to create a new practice with annual revenue of slightly under $3 million. The combined firm, which has 29 professionals plus seven partners, will be known as The ...
Houghton merges with McGladrey. (Houghton, Taplick and Co. acquired by McGladrey and Pullen) (Newsbriefs) (Brief Article)
Feb 21, 1994 ... MADISON, WIS.- Houghton, Taplick & Co. here, has been merged into McGladrey & Pullen's Madison office, doubling the revenue of McGladrey's office here and combining two operations similar in size and culture. Together, the operation will have 13 partners, 75 professionals, 15 support staff ...
Harcourt buys Prentice tax newsletters. (Harcourt Brace and Co., Prentice Hall Inc.) (Newsbriefs) (Brief Article)
Feb 21, 1994 ... SAN DIEGO -- Prentice Hall Inc. has sold six tax newsletters to Harcourt Brace & Co., which already publishes a family of newsletters, led by CPA Digest, and a group of reference books, including "Miller's GAAP Guide." Terms were not disclosed. The six Prentice Hall newsletters ...
FASB attempts fresh start setting hedging standards. (Financial Accounting Standards Board)
Feb 21, 1994; ... NORWALK, CONN. -- The Financial Accounting Standards Board has put aside two years of work on a much-needed hedge accounting standard and returned to square one. FASB decided at a meeting last month to revisit the fundamental question of which risk exposures, if hedged, should ...
Local Conn. firm Cole, Frago joins growing LLC trend. (Cole, Frago, Cusick, Chestler & Co. converts to limited liability company) (Brief Article)
Feb 21, 1994; ... WETHERSFIELD, CONN. - A prominent local firm has elected to convert from a partnership to a limited liability company, an increasingly popular form of organization among accountants worried by the profession's awesome liability risks. The five-partner firm of Cole, Frago, ...
The revolving door. (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants called upon to change its policies on public companies being able to hire audit partner) (Brief Article)
Feb 21, 1994; ... In its package of auditing reforms issued in June, the American Institute of CPAs called for closing the "revolving door between auditing firms and their clients." The AICPA recommended that the Securities and Exchange Commission "prohibit public companies from hiring the audit partner ...
Andersen hired by Russia to aid in privatizing, investment. (Arthur Andersen and Co. contract with Russian State Investment Corporation) (Brief Article)
Feb 21, 1994 ... Moscow - Arthur Andersen has been hired by the Russian State Investment Corporation in its efforts to privatize state industries, develop a free market financial infrastructure and attract direct foreign investment. The agreement calls for Andersen to assist the SIC with ...
Value of stock can be different for gross estate, marital deduction. (IRS Technical Advice Memorandum 9403005) (Taxing Issues) (Brief Article)
Feb 21, 1994; ... * VALUE OF STOCK CAN BE DIFFERENT FOR GROSS ESTATE, MARITAL DEDUCTION: In a recent technical advice memorandum, the Internal Revenue Service has ruled that shares of stock in a family-owned business can be assigned two different values ...
Clinton administration recommends eliminating jobs credit. (Code Section 51 Targeted Jobs Tax Credit) (Taxing Issues) (Brief Article)
Feb 21, 1994; ... * CLINTON ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS ELIMINATING JOBS CREDIT: In a White House briefing, Labor Secretary Robert Reich announced that the Clinton administration will not recommend to Congress an extension of the Code Section 51 Targeted Jobs ...
Corporate credit cards pose problem for IRS. (Brief Article)
Feb 21, 1994; ... WASHINGTON -- Increased use of corporate credit cards to pay for business services may be making it more difficult for the Internal Revenue Service to close the "tax gap." At least that's the concern among some tax service officials who fear that much of the income earned ...
Financial planners tackle investments, health care. (increased demand for services anticipated as baby boomers approach retirement)
Feb 21, 1994; ... TAMPA, FLA. - Investment strategies and health care costs are emerging as the hot new issues in the financial planning arena. With the baby boomers reaching retirement age and new tax laws bringing many surprises, CPAs are finding growing numbers of clients looking for guidance ...
Payroll experts warn IRS against E-filing hype. (electronic filing of wage information)
Feb 21, 1994; ... WASHINGTON -- Although the Internal Revenue Service hopes to dramatically increase the number of employers who report wage information electronically, payroll experts cautioned IRS bureaucrats against over-promoting the benefits of electronic filing. The IRS should be "judicious ...
GAO auditors chastise IRS for poor reporting, weak controls. (General Accounting Office report) (Brief Article)
Feb 21, 1994 ... WASHINGTON -- The Internal Revenue Service failed to disclose a series of material weaknesses in its internal control and accounting systems that could involve "several billions of dollars" in inaccurate recordkeeping, General Accounting Office auditors charged. In a report to ...
Deloitte replaced at Dimensional Visions. (Deloitte & Touche dismissed as outside accountant by Dimensional Visions Group Ltd.) (Change of Auditors) (Brief Article)
Feb 21, 1994 ... DELOITTE REPLACED AT DIMENSIONAL VISIONS: Deloitte & Touche was dropped as outside accountant for Philadelphia's Dimensional Visions Group after raising questions about the client's financial stability. Among other issues, the auditors noted that after suffering recurring ...
Court debates accountability of outside S&L auditors. (Supreme Court to rule on liability of auditors for failed savings and loan institutions) (Brief Article)
Feb 21, 1994; ... WASHINGTON -- Accountants may enter a new and even more treacherous liability minefield this year if the Supreme Court rules that Federal bank regulators may recover "malpractice" damages from the auditors of failed savings institutions. Although major accounting firms have ...
Users, preparers battle over U.S.-Canadian rules. (regulations governing financial statements)
Feb 21, 1994; ... NORWALK, CONN. -- If battle lines get drawn, trenches dug and razor wire laid out in the upcoming struggle to develop a joint U.S.-Canadian standard on disaggregated disclosures, it won't be along national borders. Rather, it will be between the preparers and the users of ...
Thornton slammed with $280M San Jacinto suit. (Grant Thornton being sued by Resolution Trust Corp. for failure of San Jacinto Savings Association F.A.)
Feb 21, 1994 ... WASHINGTON -- More than 350 past and present Grant Thornton partners are sweating out a massive new $280 million federal class action suit brought by the Resolution Trust Corporation in connection with the collapse of Houston's San Jacinto Savings Association. As auditor for the ...
Business valuation offers growth for the experienced. (Niche Strategy: Business Valuations, part 2)
Feb 21, 1994; ... Agreeing that the practice of business valuation is still in its infancy and growing rapidly, practitioners say there's no substitute for practical experience. There may be software packages available, as well as books and periodicals, but the best way to get experience is ...
Solomon ships new version. (Solomon Software Inc.'s Solomon IV for Windows accounting software) (Tech Briefs) (Product Announcement)
Feb 21, 1994 ... * SOLOMON SHIPS NEW VERSION: Solomon Software of Findlay, Ohio, expected to begin shippping nine modules of Solomon IV for Windows this week, Solomon IV for Windows is a SQL-based, client/server accouting system built using Visual Basic and other standard industry tools. ' The ...
CPASoftware ups revenue. (1993) (Tech Briefs) (Brief Article)
Feb 21, 1994 ... * CPASOFTWARE UPS REVENUE: CPASoftware of Pensacola, Fla., reported sales rose 30 percent to $5.6 million for the year ended December 1993. The privately held company did not report profits ...
Lackner Group merges with Zane & Associates. (Tech Briefs) (Brief Article)
Feb 21, 1994 ... * LACKNER GROUP MERGES WITH ZANE & ASSOCIATES: The Lackner Group Inc., based in Pittsburgh, Pa., and Zane & Associates of Berlin, N.J., are merging to form a company called Lackner-Zane Inc. The Lackner Group offers estate administration software, while Zane ...
Timeslips adds accounting links. (upgrades offered on four accounting software packages) (Tech Briefs) (Product Announcement)
Feb 21, 1994 ... * TIMESLIPS ADDS ACCOUNTING LINKS: Timeslips Corp. of Essex, Mass., has added links to four accounting software packages. Its Timeslips Accounting Link enables billing and payment data created in Timeslips to be integrated to its partners' ...
Macola releases EDI software. (Progression Series Electronic Data Interchange Solution) (Tech Briefs) (Product Announcement)
Feb 21, 1994 ... * MACOLA RELEASES EDI SOFtwARE: Macola Software of Marion, Ohio, released what it claims is the first off-the shelf Electronic Data Interchange software, which is translator independent. The release of the Progression Series EDI Solution includes the EDI ...