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• IRI Brings Next Generation of Analytics for CPG

  BNET - 2005-09-13

  Information Resources, Inc., a pioneer in market research and decision support software for the Consumer Packaged Goods CPG industry, recently held its annual Reinventing CPG Summit in San Francisco. IRI executives asserted that CPG manufacturers and retailers need to collaborate and adapt to the new demands of consumers who will...

  Tags: Montgomery Research Inc., Analytics, Retail Company, Decision Support, Consumer Packaged Goods Industry, Data Mining, Tools & Techniques, Retail, Financial Planning, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management, Finance

• Making It Pay

  BNET - 2005-08-17

  Financial services companies face an unrelenting challenge to lower their cost base and streamline operations to keep pace in today's competitive and unforgiving world markets. With margins shrinking and customers wary, senior executives must focus all their energies on what can lift their businesses above the pack and deliver shareholder...

  Tags: Montgomery Research Inc., Financial Service, Procurement, Purchasing & Procurement, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Finance

• New Book Provides Revenue Agencies with Road Map to High Performance

  - 2005-06-07

  WASHINGTON -- A new book published by Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Montgomery Research provides government revenue agencies with a road map to increasing operational efficiency and enhancing the value they provide to their citizens. The book, "Revenue Matters: A Guide to Achieving High Performance Under Taxing Circumstances," is a...

  Tags: Accenture Ltd., FINANCE, high-performance, Montgomery Research Inc., revenue

• Receivables Management and Collection Enforcement

  BNET - 2005-05-02

  Faced with unprecedented fiscal challenges, governments are compelled to deliver services at minimum costs. One approach to cost management is to reduce spending. However, an often-overlooked approach is to increase revenue generation through the implementation of more efficient collection processes. This paper illustrates that a comprehensive approach to innovating and...

  Tags: Montgomery Research Inc., Receivables, Performance Management, Government, Managerial Accounting, Financial Services, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance

• Data Analytics - The Next IT Wave in Tax Administration

  BNET - 2005-05-02

  As savvy marketers segment and target their customers, cash-strapped revenue agencies must do the same, tracking down tax deadbeats. And that requires information. This article reports that the shift from data processing to data analytics occurring is the new wave in information technology for tax administration. Progressive tax agencies worldwide...

  Tags: Montgomery Research Inc., Analytics, Information Technology, Administration, Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance

• IRS.Gov Improves Responsiveness and Eases Taxpayers' Burden

  BNET - 2005-05-02

  Improving service and minimizing the burden on taxpayers are among the strategic goals of the Internal Revenue Service IRS. The IRS was one of the first government agencies to create a comprehensive online source of tax information, including forms and publications for taxpayers and tax practitioners, on its "Digital Daily"...

  Tags: Montgomery Research Inc., Internal Revenue Service, IRS.Gov, Taxes, Free Trade, Content Management, Financial Planning, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software

• Maximizing Tax Collections

  BNET - 2005-05-02

  Many public entities are seeking methods to gain efficiency and effectiveness in collecting past due taxes, while spending less money and expending fewer resources to accomplish the collections function. To meet these new challenges, revenue administrators will need to integrate technology, analytics, customer service and enforcement actions to promote greater...

  Tags: Revenue, Montgomery Research Inc., Compliance, Taxes, Free Trade, Operational Accounting, Financial Planning, Finance

• Technology Is a Tool

  BNET - 2005-05-02

  Technology is creating choices for taxpayers. These choices result in faster, less expensive processing and quicker refunds: a major benefit to both the taxpayer and the revenue agency. However, as this paper concludes advances in technology must also be coupled with ongoing employee training to obtain the maximum effect. In...

  Tags: Montgomery Research Inc., Technology, Tool, Productivity, Financial Planning, Financial Accounting, Finance

• The Five Essential Elements of a Streamlined Sales Tax System

  BNET - 2005-05-02

  The Streamlined Sales Tax Project is an effort created by state governments, with input from local governments and the private sector, to simplify and modernize sales and use tax collection and administration. Both governments and businesses must commit to uniform definitions, uniform sourcing rules, implementation of the new technologies, continuing...

  Tags: Montgomery Research Inc., Sourcing, Streamlined Sales Tax Project, Government, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Purchasing & Procurement, Vertical Industries, Taxes, Sales, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Financial Planning, Finance

• Using Informatics to Increase Revenues Without Raising Taxes

  BNET - 2005-05-02

  For the discovery process, an approach that involves tax experts in rapid iterative interrogation of actual data from as many relevant sources as are available can provide a rational, documented and defensible means for selecting taxpayer groups for investigation for collection actions. This paper reports on how advances in analytic...

  Tags: Revenue, Montgomery Research Inc., Compliance, Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance