Cloud computing

Intuit Inc. has updated its layout to provide consistency across all its QuickBooks products, including QB Online, QB Online Accountant, QB Self-Employed, Payroll and Payments.

Hauppauge, N.Y.AccountantsWorld, which makes cloud accounting solutions, has named Hitendra R. Patil its new director of practice development.

FloQast, which makes close management software, has released new product capabilities tailored for outsourced finance and accounting firms.

A request by the Internal Revenue Service for user data from a bitcoin exchange highlights simmering tensions between compliance and customer privacy for financial institutions and will test how those demands are balanced in the young field of cryptocurrency.

The Internal Revenue Service is looking for information on bitcoin users from Coinbase, one of the largest bitcoin exchanges in the U.S., as part of its efforts to uncover possible tax evasion.

Deloitte has released new tax data analytics tools to help companies manage, track and report state net operating losses.

Software reseller BroadPoint and software company Serenic have partnered to deliver the latter’s Navigator for reporting, budgeting, fund accounting and grant management.

KPMG has achieved the Cloud Elite designation within Oracle’s OPN Cloud Program, as well as advanced specialization recognition and six Oracle Excellence Awards.

Certify, which makes travel and entertainment expense management software, has redesigned its T&E expense reporting.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to do more to ensure taxpayers aren’t using virtual currencies like bitcoin to avoid taxes, according to a new report.