ILUMEN INTEGRATES WITH QB

Atlanta - Financial monitoring and benchmarking services provider iLumen now integrates with Intuit's QuickBooks accounting products. The linkage allows automatic and continuous data-sync of financial and accounting data from the QuickBooks software with iLumen's cloud-based Financial Information Network. iLumen's financial analytics technology enables accountants, advisors, lenders and stakeholders to connect with and advise small-business clients in a secure, cloud-based environment.

NEW RELEASE OF AVATAX

Bainbridge Island, Wash. - Software-as-a-Service-based sales tax automation service provider Avalara has released the latest version of its AvaTax service, which includes features for calculating, collecting, reporting and remitting sales taxes in multiple jurisdictions.

The latest version includes Avalara's new geo-location engine, which determines the exact location within a sales tax jurisdiction and allows for end-to-end control of tax region data. It also addresses an accuracy gap in current sales tax calculation technology - the fact that a zip code or even a U.S. postal address is often not enough information to make an accurate sales tax jurisdiction assessment. The AvaTax geo-location engine uses latitude and longitude coordinates passed into a mapping engine that includes more than 11,000 taxing jurisdictions.

NEW EXCEL ADD-IN DESIGNED FOR AUDITORS

Vancouver, B.C. - ACL Services Ltd., a provider of business assurance technology for audit and compliance professionals, has introduced ACL Acerno, an add-in for Microsoft Excel specially designed for auditors working with data analyzed in ACL Desktop or AuditExchange. ACL Acerno was designed to help audit teams expand their use of data analytics by enhancing Microsoft Excel. The software allows auditors to investigate the data, and document and track the progress of their investigation in an environment protected from accidental changes, while maintaining an audit trail of their work.