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Accountants will increasingly need to help the organizations they work with manage their financial risks, according to panelists at an event sponsored by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Institute of Management Accountants.

Sqrl announced an e-signature add-on, 88seventysign, for its client communication platform.

Cloud-based document storage and sharing solution provider SmartVault has closed a $4.5 million round of funding.

The Financial Accounting Foundation and the two standard-setting boards it oversees, the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, have created a draft strategic plan of their vision, mission and top priorities, and are asking for comments.

While the traditional end-of-year tax tip checklist contains such tried and true suggestions as defer income and accelerate deductions, there are a number of other steps Tom Wheelwright takes in advising his small business clients.

Greatland has begun offering Web-based features for its Yearli technology for reporting and filing W-2 and 1099 forms.

The business payments technology network Bill.com said Thursday that its clients can now earn continuing professional education credits for Bill.com training.

The Information Systems Audit and Control Association has released the third edition of its IT Control Objectives for Sarbanes-Oxley to help information technology professionals focus on performing an IT assessment for financial reporting controls in line with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

The Center for Audit Quality has published a member alert to help auditing firms address risks on audits on upcoming audits, highlighting some that officials with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board also pointed to during a conference Thursday.

On Thursday, Thomson Reuters released a special report, Retrospective on Key Tax Developments in 2014, providing a thorough briefing of key developments in 2014, including the tax extender provisions as well as many of the rates, dollar caps, and other key figures that changed over the course of the year.