Practice Management

Paychex has purchased a minority stake in and formed a strategic alliance with cloud accounting software provider Kashoo.

The Internal Revenue Service is putting the brakes on tax liens and levies during the federal government shutdown.

Legislation approved by the Senate earlier this year to require online businesses to collect sales taxes from out-of-state customers could have a unfair impact on businesses owned by minorities, women, veterans and other groups, according to a new study.

Australia-based job management software maker simPRO Software has purchased a 30 percent stake in Gem Accounts publisher Gem Software Solutions, with plans to aid the product’s global rollout including its recent foray into the U.S. market.

Social media strategist Adrian Dayton and BeachFleischman PC chief marketing officer Eric Majchrzak discuss how accounting firms and other professional services firms can use LinkedIn, Google+ and other social networks to market their offerings to potential clients, and use search engine optimization to showcase their content, in an interview with Accounting Today senior editor Danielle Lee.

The phrase “You don’t know what you don’t know” very accurately describes the business of accounting software for the practitioner and the provider or vendor. The reality is, most of us neither have the time nor the inclination to figure out just what it is we don’t know.

The Internal Revenue Service reminded taxpayers that the October 15 deadline remains in effect for people who requested a six-month extension to file their tax return.

The government shutdown now entering its second week does more than close museums and turn national parks into uninhabited forests: It also gums up workflow for many tax preparers and often leaves their clients with questions that are growing shriller.

Client meetings are an integral part of being a great accountant.

Ernst & Young reported Tuesday that its fiscal year 2013 global revenue reached $25.8 billion, the fastest growth in five years, indicating the firm has bounced back since the financial crisis.