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Cloud-based document management service SmartVault has partnered with expense report product maker SpringAhead to create an expense report workflow system and integration with Intuit’s QuickBooks.

In honor of Small Business Week, the IRS is offering two webinars for small-business owners.

Cloud accounting and small business finance tool maker Wave has added the Payroll Tax Service for in 10 U.S. states with more coming later in the year.

The Internal Revenue Service plans to develop more guidance and training materials to inform taxpayers and tax preparers of the tax compliance risks associated with using virtual currencies like Bitcoin and “Linden dollars.”

As communications move more to the digital realm, producing more digitally friendly proposals is important.

CCH Small Firm Services president Jason Marx talks about the challenges that are confronting small accounting firms, including regulatory and tax compliance, technology adoption, and do-it-yourself software in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Daniel Hood.

A modest array of product announcements and partnerships came through last week yet did little to overshadow the larger, tech-related themes of interest to accounting and consulting professionals coming out of the 2013 AICPA Practitioners Symposium and TECH+ Conference.

The New York State Society of CPAs has expressed concern that an International Audit and Assurance Standards Board proposal that aims to make auditor reporting more transparent and improve users’ understanding of audited financial statements goes too far in expanding the scope of auditor responsibilities.

Even in the increasingly mobile world, accountants are still keeping time and as such Timesheet is seeing more downloads by practitioners on Android devices.

The current accounting rules for accounting for loan losses were in part responsible for the failures of community banks in the wake of the financial crisis, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office.