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Software partner veteran Terry Petrzelka explores the trend of CPAs moving, or considering the move into technology consulting, as well as why some top VARs have not yet expanded their offerings.

Many accounting firms tout their “excellent customer service” as what sets them apart from competitors, but if everyone is bragging about the same thing, are they truly unique?

U.S. Wealth Management CEO John Napolitano talks with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Daniel Hood about how accounting firms can build their financial planning practices and become successful at offering some nontraditional services to clients.

As an accountant, I have a question for you. How many of your clients own their own captive insurance company?

Cloud-based business analytics tool maker Adaptive Planning announced the release of its Fall 2013 product, which includes, among other things, new unified financial and operational analytics features.

I am choosing this week to focus on yet another warrior in the growing cloud accounting battle that you may or may not have heard of, but after attending its first U.S. partner conference I have a better sense of who Xero is and what challenges they have in the U.S. market.

Executives at online accounting product maker Xero acknowledged that they still have a lot of awareness work to do in the U.S. market and are hoping new and enhanced product offerings will help grow its partner base – who are primarily accounting firms -- as well as customers.

Grant Thornton has acquired the Oracle consulting business of MarketSphere, a Kansas City, Mo.-based business consulting firm, which expands Grant Thornton’s Technology Solutions practice.

The American Institute of CPAs has released guidelines to help privately held businesses determine which accounting framework, including the Financial Reporting Framework for Small- and Medium-Sized Entities, best meets their financial reporting needs.

NetSuite Inc. is considering establishing a formal BPO program for CPA firms as its Accountants Program has reached 1,000 members worldwide.

Boomer Consulting, Inc. announced Thursday the recipients of its inaugural Bridging the Gap Awards, recognizing firms and individuals in the accounting industry that excel in aligning technology, firm management and talent development.

As the number of available cloud storage offerings continues to expand, Box and Dropbox consistently rank among the most popular, yet which is best for your accounting firm?

The old adage that there are two sides to every story remains true today especially as it pertains to accountants.

Cloud computing and IT consultant to CPA firms Roy Keely explains how firms only think they're adopting a hybrid cloud strategy, but in reality its a different monster they're creating.

Nearly a third of consumers who work with financial advisors confess they have not told their advisors critical information that could affect their finances, according to a new survey.

The Internal Revenue Service has sent letters to thousands of small business owners recently, questioning whether they underpaid their taxes last year.

Operational analysis software company Oversight Systems has released Insights On Demand, cloud-based applications designed to identify fraud, corruption, and waste in travel and expense (T&E) transactions.

Sageworks said Monday that it will be offering its database of industry statistics on privately held companies for free to all U.S. accounting firms.

At long last the 2013 Accounting Today VAR 100 list is out and I’d like to give some viewpoints on what we’ve learned about how they got there, what makes a top accounting/ERP channel partner these days and do we really still need the term VAR?

Hein & Associates has expanded its cloud solutions offerings though a new partnership with cloud-based business analytics product maker Adaptive Planning.