2012 Management Information & Business Show Exhibitor Listing
Download the list of current exhibitors and booths still available
Event Exhibitors
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Booth # |
Products/Services |
| Accounting Aid Society |
61 |
Provides tax assistance and promotes the economic self-sufficiency of low- and moderate-income families, seniors and others in need. |
| Accounting Practice Sales |
82 |
Accounting Practice Sales specializes in assisting CPA’s and small practice owners looking to buy, sell, or merge their accounting practice. With over 1,500 successful transitions over the past dozen years, APS is the nation’s leading resource for practice acquisition services. |
| Accounting Today and AccountingToday.com |
58 |
The accounting profession’s leading source of news, offering insight, analysis and business-building strategies for more than 25 years. |
|
37 |
AccuShred provides NAID-Certified on-site and off-site information destruction services and offers an environmentally responsible computer recycling program. |
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| ADP |
31 |
Payroll, human resources, workers’ compensation, PEO, and retirement services. |
| AICPA - CGMA |
43 |
The AICPA and CIMA have joined together to form a joint venture which powers a new designation for management accountants, the Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA). The CGMA is designed to elevate management accounting and further emphasize its importance for businesses worldwide. |
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33 |
The AICPA Member Insurance Programs offer members quality insurance coverage provided by some of the leading insurance companies in the country. Aon Insurance Services is the exclusive broker and administrator of the AICPA Endorsed Insurance Programs, offering service that is personal, responsive, and dedicated to meeting member needs. |
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| Alerus Retirement Services (formerly PensionTrend) |
77 |
Retirement plan consulting and administration. |
|
85 |
High quality printing and marketing materials for businesses large and small. |
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73 |
Canon digital multifunction copiers and scanners |
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| America’s IRA Centers |
68 |
America's #1 provider of retirement distribution strategies. |
| America’s Tax Solutions |
87 |
A revolutionary concept designed to help CPA firms to build a profitable wealth management practice. |
| Analyze-This-Business.com |
1 |
Industry Profile reports and small private company analysis reports for CPA’s, attorneys, and expert witnesses |
| Aramco Services Company |
11 |
Recruitment |
| AXA Advisors, LLC |
20 |
AxA Advisors, LLC offers customized insurance, retirement and investment solutions for your clients. We help CPAs build a successful and sustainable cooperative financial services practice through Trusted Advisors program. |
|
95 |
Payroll, human resources, and benefits |
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| Bisk Education, Inc. |
36 |
Continuing professional education products in partnership with the MACPA. Payroll services, retirement & insurance services, and human resource services. |
| Bloomberg BNA |
48 |
Tax Research and Tax Planning |
| Bulldog Record Management |
2 |
Bulldog Records Management is a paper shredding company specializing in the protection of information related to business, financial, medical and legal fields |
|
60 |
CCH Site Builder helps you expand your practice onto the Internet so you can effortlessly build stronger relationships with your clients. With a professional presence on the internet, your firm can provide customers and prospects with up-to-date information and useful financial tools. |
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| Citizens Bank Wealth Management |
84 |
Investment advisory and trust services, in addition to employee benefit plan administration. |
| Comcast Business Class |
44 |
Leading provider of entertainment, information and communications products and services. |
| Comerica Bank |
74 |
Let Comerica help you manage your cash flow, improve productivity and boost your bottom line. |
| Compeople |
14 |
ComPeople, Inc. is a full service I.T. company which supports small & medium sized companies. Let us be your solution! |
| ConnectPay Payroll Services |
76 |
Payroll & payroll tax services |
|
21 |
Document storage & management, shred services (rotations or purges), data tape storage, vault services, pick-up & delivery. |
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| CPA2Biz |
96 |
CPA2Biz, a subsidiary of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), provides best-in-class client-focused business solutions to support accounting professionals throughout the U.S. |
|
59 |
Retirement plan consultants, actuaries, administrators, and investment advisory services |
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| Detroit Financial Companies |
78 |
Employee medical & retirement benefits, individual insurance, payroll and third party administration services. |
| Drake Software |
10 |
An all-inclusive program with over 30 years experience, offering quality products at a great value, with early season discounts and multi-pricing. Includes federal, state, free e-filing, bank software, and lots more. For more information or free demo, call 800-890-9500 or visit www.drakesoftware.com. |
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69 |
Duffy + Duffy provides engineering-based Cost Segregation Studies and Construction Tax Planning to commercial building owners. Their team of CPAs and construction engineers use IRS guidelines to classify building costs into shorter depreciable life categories for income tax purposes and improving cash flow. |
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35 |
Professional accountant website designs. |
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| Estate Planning Legal Services |
57 |
Estate Planning Information |
| Etkin |
22 |
Third party property management, development services, leasing and real estate solutions. |
| Fiduciary Firewall |
25 |
Fiduciary Firewall is a multi-disciplinary, collaborative, and fully transparent process designed to help retirement plan fiduciaries and their advisors identify, isolate & indemnify risk. |
| Flagstar Bank |
46 |
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| Freedman Benefits Group |
39 |
Pension and 401(k) design, consultation, administration and funding. |
| Freedom One Financial Group |
23 |
Freedom One Financial Group is a trusted 401(k) Plan Adviser to employers, plan sponsors and other fiduciaries who value independent and unbiased advice on improving their retirement plan. |
| gNetworks |
75 |
Custom web solutions, web design, application development, e-commerce, search engine marketing and fishbowl apps. |
| Hospice of Michigan |
15 |
Hospice of Michigan provides services to meet the emotional, spiritual & physical needs of our patients and families. |
| Huckstep & Associates, LLC |
18 |
A Select Partner with Sage Software having significant expertise with Sage HRMS and Sage Fund Accounting Software. We have a long history of providing software solutions to a client throughout the Midwest Region |
| Huntington National Bank |
27 |
Business banking products and services. |
| Innovative Investment Services |
12 |
Comprehensive retirement solutions |
| JCS Computer Resources |
56 |
Sage 50, Sage 100, QuickBooks, Manufacturing and ERP sustems MISys & JoBops. |
| Joseph H. Spiegel, Esq. & Anthony V. Trogan, Esq. |
92 |
Securities fraud and related legal services |
| Konica Minolta |
40 |
Equipment & supplies, document software & integrated services. |
| Laurel Manor |
63 |
Banquet and conference facility offering accommodations for 20-1,600 people. |
| Mackinaw Administrators LLC |
28 |
A recognized leader in the insurance and alternative risk field. We provide claims administration and self-insured program development for worker’s compensation. |
| MACPA Political Action Committee |
99 |
MACPA Political Action Committee (PAC) and Political Education Fund (PEF); the voice for Michigan’s CPA profession in Lansing, protecting the integrity of the CPA designation. |
| Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) |
30 |
The MEDC, a partnership between the state and local communities, promotes smart economic growth by developing strategies and providing services to create and retain good jobs and a high quality of life. |
| Michigan Accountancy Foundation (MAF) |
100 |
(MAF) Mission focused on providing scholarships to 5th/graduate year students. Funds generated only through contributions. Stop by the booth to purchase a raffle ticket. Proceeds go to the scholarship fund. |
| Michigan Financial Companies |
67 |
Financial solutions for clients of CPAs - Educational format for HS 321/328 with 401k plan and overview of employee benefit changes. |
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71 |
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| MINDSCAPE at Hanon McKendry |
13 |
Michigan-based web marketing experts, offering web site design and development to custom application development, search engine marketing, social media, and more. Over 1,100 sites developed, helping generate over $100MM in online revenue a year. |
| Monroe Systems for Business |
94 |
Heavy duty desktop calculators, deskside and departmental shredders. |
| MPI, Inc. |
26 |
For more than 70 years, MPI has been providing business valuation services in the following areas; tax-based, financial reporting, transaction & advisory. |
| MS Consultants, LLC |
5 |
MS Consultants, LLC is the leading independent provider of Cost Segregation Studies, §179D EPAct certifications, and §45L energy efficient credits to local and regional CPA firms, and their clients. Our team of construction, engineering, and tax experts have completed over 7,000 Studies nationwide. A strategic alliance with MS Consultants provides substantial opportunities for you and your clients. |
| MSU Federal Credit Union |
19 |
Financial products and services for business or personal use |
| Northwestern Mutual |
6 |
Northwestern Mutual Representatives, Planners and Advisors work with their clients and their client’s teams of CPAs and Estate Planning attorneys to provide financial security through various investment and risk based products. We do comprehensive financial planning through risk management and asset management for individuals and businesses. For individuals we develop financial solutions for education funding, retirement planning, and estate and trust services as well as other risk based products such as Life Insurance , Disability Income Insurance, and Long Term Care Insurance. For businesses we do business continuity and succession planning with such products as Buy / Sell Funding, Key Person Insurance, qualified and nonqualified retirement plans. |
|
38 |
Practice management software providing a single source solution for all client, staff, office and document needs. Software designed with owners and managers in mind helping them experience improved delegation, increased productivity and simplified office management. Track time, due dates, assignments and billing from one place. Manage documents, email and workflow easily. |
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| Online Tech |
62 |
Online Tech offers SOX compliant hosting including colocation, managed dedicated servers, managed private clouds, and disaster recovery. Online Tech was found to be 100% compliant with no exceptions in independent SAS 70, SSAE 16 (SOC 1), SOC 2, and SOC 3 audits by UHY Advisors. |
| Optimized Financial Systems |
53 |
Optimized Financial Systems provides the SLIP™ Roth Conversion Engine to accountants and financial planners. |
| Out Of The Box Technology |
52 |
Out Of The Box Technology is dedicated to being the leading provider of QuickBooks® solutions, training and product support. From the set-up and maintenance to the design and implementation of QuickBooks accounting systems -- and all points in between – Out Of The Box Technology offers tailored business solutions to support the unique needs of every business. |
| Paper Express |
66 |
Paper products, printed items, promo materials |
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88 & 89 |
Paul Goebel Group is an independent insurance agency that specializes in health, life, home, auto, business, and professional liability insurance. |
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| PayAnywhere |
4 |
PayAnywhere provides merchants with fully functional credit card processing via its free app and hardware that is not only easy to setup but is also secure and affordable - offering the lowest transaction fees in the industry. |
|
70 |
Payroll processing and payroll tax filing services. |
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| The Payments Authority |
97 |
The Payments Authority is a not-for-profit trade association and provides payments information, education resources, marketing expertise and professional consulting for financial institutions, companies, and payments technology providers. |
| Premier Business Products |
79 |
Premier is an award winning document management company that has been supporting the local community for 30 years. Copiers, scanners, printers, service and support, with Premier Business Products you win! |
| Premises Systems |
86 |
Premises Systems integrates wired and wireless Ethernet communications, Internet connectivity, network security services, and Voice-Over-IP (VOIP) services into a simple and manageable package. |
|
32 |
Payroll preparation and payroll related taxes and accounting |
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| Professional Property Tax Appeals, Inc. |
91 |
Commercial, industrial, and residential real property tax appeals. |
| Quarton Partners |
7 |
Quarton Partners is an investment banking firm based in Birmingham, MI. Quarton assists its clients with mergers and acquisitions, private capital raising and other financial advisory services. |
| ROCG Americas |
98 |
Business transition specialists |
| Shred Docs |
34 |
Mobile on-site and off-site document destruction |
| Sistar Mortgage Co. |
81 |
Residential mortgages |
| Smart Services |
3 |
SMART I.T. Services, Inc. is dedicated to helping professional associations and their members reduce and stabilize IT costs while increasing productivity. S.M.A.R.T. Services® is a proactive technical support solution that provides 24/7 proactive network monitoring and management, designed to virtually eliminate downtime, allowing you and your team to focus on their core objectives. Additionally, SMART I.T. Services, Inc. is a Microsoft Gold Certified partner who specializes in guiding small businesses in transition to hybrid cloud based environments, which truly deliver the promise of the cloud. |
| State Farm |
17 |
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| Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Detroit |
16 |
Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about the work Komen Detroit does in the fight against breast cancer. Breast cancer and breast health education information will be provided. |
| Tax Materials, Inc |
41 |
Publishers of TheTaxBook |
| TaxTime USA, Inc. |
64 |
Tax software |
| TaxWorks by RedGear Technology |
83 |
Tax preparation software |
|
50 & 51 |
The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters enhances the productivity and profitability of accounting and tax professionals with industry-leading software and services through the CS Professional Suite® and the Enterprise Suite™. |
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| The TM Group, Inc. | Microsoft Gold Certified partner with core expertise in the Microsoft Dynamics suite of innovative business solutions including Microsoft Dynamics GP, Dynamics SL, and Dynamics CRM. | |
|
49 |
Transition Advisors, LLC are experts in consulting with accounting firms on ownership transition. We specialize in providing advice on succession plans, growth through M & A, partnership agreement issues, and niche development. |
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| UPS |
42 |
Take advantage of special savings on UPS shipping offered to you as a member of MACPA. You can save up to 30% on an expanded portfolio of US and International Express shipping services. |
|
9 |
Walsh College is a private, non-profit all-business college and one of Michigan's largest graduate schools of business offering degrees at the bachelor, master, and doctoral levels in the classroom and online. |
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| Wayne State University |
8 |
AACSB accredited graduate programs: Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Science in Accounting (MSA) and Master of Science in Taxation (MST). |
| Whitehall Group, LLC |
93 |
The Whitehall Group was founded over 20 years ago as a management firm who provides operational and financial support through evaluation and performance improvement. We excel at driving process improvements which have an immediate impact to the bottom line. We serve banks, private equity firms, OEM’s, large Tier 1 suppliers, and privately held middle-market businesses. |
| XPERT Technologies |
80 |
Xpert Technologies has been in business for over 10 years, and has a history of deploying best in class technology solutions, on time delivery and excellent customer service. We provide Managed IT Services, Data Back Up and Disaster Recovery, docSTAR Document Management, and Hosted VoIP Phone Services. |
| YourSource Management Group |
72 |
YourSource Management Group specializes in customized solutions for human resource outsourcing and consulting, payroll administration, benefits administration, online new hire and benefit enrollment, and recruiting. |


















