Products
Learn here about the latest software products for accountants and tax preparers, along with SaaS and cloud accounting offerings that can be accessed over the Web. Mobile apps are also spotlighted here that can on a smartphone like the iPhone or on an iPad or Android device.
Scan Do: Picking and Using Scanners
Seems like a timesaver in tax season: Scan all documents and let software auto-fill information from clients’ forms. Selecting scanners, however, means gambling that a hardware investment will, in fact, pay off, and that can mean carefully examining your client base and information flow. Read more »
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Microsoft to Make Dynamics AX More Mobile
March 19, 2013Microsoft Dynamics will start enabling mobile functions for Microsoft Dynamics AX users, which... Read more »
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SAP Releases Fraud Management and Detection Engine
March 19, 2013SAP has released SAP Fraud Management analytic application powered by SAP HANA, the latest... Read more »
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ON24 Offers Mobile Continuing Ed
March 18, 2013Webcasting and virtual environment solutions provider ON24 announced the availability of... Read more »
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GAO Finds Weaknesses Remain in IRS’s Security Controls
March 15, 2013While the Internal Revenue Service has made progressing in addressing weaknesses in its... Read more »
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The Tech Take
March 15, 2013[IMGCAP(1)]Sometimes where you're going is more important than where you've been. Accountants and... Read more »
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Avalara Releases Automated Consumer Use Tax Product
March 15, 2013Sales tax and compliance automation service provider Avalara has introduced AvaTax Consumer Use,... Read more »
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Greatland Plans to Accelerate Acquisition Efforts in 2013
March 14, 2013Tax software developer Greatland Corporation has outlined a plan to further accelerate growth... Read more »
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Armanino Offers Warranty Management and Product Repair for Microsoft CRM
March 13, 2013Armanino has released an integrated application for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 that supports the... Read more »
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CCH Sales Tax Office Now Certified for Dynamics AX 2012
March 13, 2013CCH’s sales and use tax calculation product Sales Tax Office has completed the certification... Read more »
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Cloud Accounting Developers See Industry Evolving, Part 2 of 3
March 13, 2013Three cloud accounting software developers—Dave Clarke of Kashoo, Jamie Sutherland of Xero,... Read more »
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H&R Block Fails Again to Stop Intuit’s TurboTax Ads
March 12, 2013A federal court has denied for a second time H&R Block’s attempt to prevent Intuit from... Read more »
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Minnesota Tax Authority Advises Taxpayers Not to Use Intuit
March 11, 2013The Minnesota Department of Revenue is advising the state’s taxpayers not to use Intuit... Read more »
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The Tech Take
March 8, 2013Tax bills, tools and tweaks to products and programs topped this week's tech news, which by the... Read more »
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ACL Unveils Analytics Exchange Version 4
March 7, 2013Audit and risk management product maker ACL has released version 4 of its Analytics Exchange (AX)... Read more »
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Women in Accounting: Breaking the Mold
May 21, 2013
A continued conversation with Marcum’s Nanette Lee Miller and Janis Cowhey McDonagh about the obstacles women in the accounting profession face when trying to make their way into leadership positions.
IMA’s Jeff Thomson on the Role and Skills of Management Accountants
May 8, 2013
Institute of Management Accountants president and CEO Jeffrey Thomson discusses why accounting students should consider management accounting as a career, and the IMA's partnership with John Wiley & Sons.
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Top 10 Tech Initiatives -- 2013
May 5, 2013
The AICPA's annual list of IT priorities for accounting firms.
Common E-mail Security Mistakes
April 23, 2013
These five bad habits can make your confidential information -- and that of your clients -- easy to steal.
The Art of the Tax Cartoon
April 9, 2013
A selection of tax cartoons from Philly tax firm Drucker & Scaccetti's 'Finding Humor in Taxes' exhibit.
