Information Technology

January 23, 2018

Linda Orlando has joined our firm on a part time basis. Linda has vast non-profit experience, serving as the CFO of various agencies and has significant dealings with the State of Maine. She has also taught accounting for various schools, including Beal College and Southern New Hampshire University. Linda has her DBA from Northcentral University […]

September 29, 2014

The City of Bangor’s Commission on Cultural Development will be hosting a workshop on self-employment taxes and tax issues, particularly those relevant to artists, both new and established. Lily Dalton, Hilary Clark, and Al Faust, from EFS, will be offering a one-hour presentation, with a 30-minute question and answer period to follow, to help artists […]

February 22, 2014

EFS’ new server was not something we were looking forward to purchasing.  It is an expensive proposition and creates down time and a lot of tweaking as we get it up and running. However, the new server brought us a significant boost in computing speed and a new level of off-site accessibility.  As part of […]

February 22, 2014

John Baiamonte, one of our CPAs from Dover, will be spending more of his time in the Penquis area to assist our many long time clients as well as seek new clients who have the need for a CPA.

October 23, 2013

Our in house QuickBooks ProAdvisor, Eric Smith will be teaching a free introduction to QuickBooks on October 30, 2013 from 8:00 am to 10:00 am. Who Should Attend: This workshop is for business owners who are new to QuickBooks or want to use it better What You Will Learn: Importance of keeping and managing your business […]

February 28, 2013

Sometimes clients are confused as to how we bill and will question why certain services are billed. In the next few paragraphs, we will try to explain what is involved in the billing process. CPAs have only one product to sell – our expertise in audit, accounting and taxation. It takes years of study and […]

February 28, 2013

EFS is pleased to announce that Lily Dalton joined our firm in December to assist managing the tax department. Lily graduated from California Polytechnic with a BS in mathematics, from San Jose State with an MS in mathematics and she received a Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Accounting from the University of Maine with a 4.0 […]

January 11, 2013

Eric Smith, our resident Quickbooks specialist, has designed a seminar to help clients become more familiar with the ins-and-outs of using Quickbooks.  The program is available to clients and their staff for a minimal fee, but is limited to five participants at any one time.  Eric is also available to train on a one-on-one basis.  […]

January 11, 2013

As a business, we get hundreds of junk e-mails each day. In order to control them, we have put in place filters that occasionally will treat a client e-mail as spam. If you wish to send us an important document via e-mail, give us a call to let us know that it is coming so […]