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While it’s not fully there, the accounting profession is finally starting to be ready for the cloud -- and vice versa, according to technology expert David Cieslak.

Small businesses are disproportionately victimized by fraud, according to Bill.com founder Rene Lacerte, and they need to adopt new ways to protect themselves.

Angie Grissom, president of The Rainmaker Companies, talks about how accounting firms can be more like successful rock bands, in an interview with managing editor Tamika Cody during Accounting Today's Growth & Profitability Summit in Orlando.

Beck & Co. LLC has agreed to merge with Berdon LLP.

CBIZ Inc. has acquired the non-attest assets of Denver, Co-based Knight Field Fabry LLP.

The American Institute of CPAs has written to the leaders of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee encouraging them to support the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2013, also known as the DATA Act (S. 994), which includes a provision calling for establishment of government-wide financial data standards for federal funds.

A dozen emerging technology companies, including Twitter and Facebook, have enough unused tax breaks for executive stock options to eliminate all income taxes on the next $11.4 billion of U.S. income they collectively earn, according to a new report, giving them a net federal tax cut of $4 billion.

Australia-based Sage development partner Dingosoft has released a trust accounting module for Sage 300 ERP, which was created with the Sage 300 software development kit --the same set of tools used by Sage to develop their accounting modules.

Anonymous visits by government auditors have uncovered accuracy problems with some of the tax returns prepared by volunteers who staff the Internal Revenue Service’s Volunteer Program, according to a new report.

Intuit has formed a deal with American Express Open, the small business payment card issuer division of Amex, whereby small businesses using the Open cards can have data from receipts integrated into QuickBooks and QuickBooks Online accounts.

The advocacy group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has filed a rulemaking petition asking the Internal Revenue Service to clarify the regulations for tax-exempt business trade groups organized under Section 501(c)6 of the Tax Code and rein in abuses by them, while also calling on the IRS to investigate one such group, Freedom Partners, which is supported by the conservative Koch brothers who own Koch Industries.

The taxation of damages is a nightmare for taxpayers.

Cindy Fornelli, executive director of the Center for Audit Quality, discusses the PCAOB's proposed changes in audit and attest standards for broker-dealer auditors, and the U.K.'s Competition Commission proposals for mandatory retendering of audit firms, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Daniel Hood.

The changes of previous decades have left accountants acting more like their clients’ “most trusted servants” than their most trusted advisors, according to IT expert and thought leader Doug Sleeter.

Expense report product maker Nexonia Inc. has partnered with Xero to integrate Nexonia Expenses within the cloud accounting system.

Lionel B. Sanders CPA has merged with the Santa Monica, Calif-based accounting firm Gumbiner Savett Inc.

William Vaughan Co. has merged with Miller, Gardner & Co. .

There are numerous note taking apps on the market today, but practitioners are increasingly enjoying Penultimate which offers users the experience of taking written notes directly on their iPads.

Thomson Reuters has released a new special report on year-end tax planning for 2013 for individuals and businesses.

Bartolomei Pucciarelli CPAs & Advisors sealed the deal to merge with Hill, Barth & King.