Mobile technology

AuditBoard now integrates with MS Online, and Tungsten Network releases a payment receipt solution for Mexico.

A backlash against the app stores of Apple Inc. and Google is gaining steam, with a growing number of companies saying the tech giants are collecting too high a tax for connecting consumers to developers’ wares.

M-Bridge is open API, with instruction manuals and style guides to help accountants build the software environment they want.

Accountant Allan Ratafia was tired of absorbing payment processing fees on client payments — so he built an app.

Aimed at small-business users, the software integrates with the vendor's Accounting CS.

Whether your firm is remote or not, phone calls are necessity in this business.

The House approved a repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s medical device tax, along with a bill that prohibits the IRS from rehiring any employee who was fired for misconduct.

Automation, apps, cybersecurity and blockchain still draw a crowd.

Technology can help engage the workforce and empower the employer, addressing the staffing crisis.

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting is leveraging Microsoft’s Cortana voice assistant to add voice-enabled search to its CCH AnswerConnect tax research product.

TaxDay hopes to help players keep track of all their professional interstate travel for tax purposes.

Receipt Bank has been adding features to its cloud-based accounting software as it works to become a leader in bookkeeper productivity.

Maurice Berdugo saw a major gap in the system when his bank couldn’t provide an old check image he needed. So he created LedgerSync.

AppZen uses AI and machine learning to automate travel and expense compliance and detect fraud in real time.

All 150 apps in directory integrate with QuickBooks Desktop via the cloud hosting provider.

Firms can use the new blueprints to create blockchain networks of their own design using the company's Web Services tools.

Eli Mandel created NaviBudget, a QuickBooks-based solution, to help nonprofits reduce anxiety around cash flow.

As more firms develop niche apps and tools for their clients to use, this is an opportunity for those solutions to gain a wider platform.

Integrated Business Systems updates Acumatica-powered software; new credit app Summed launches.

Accountants share the trends they’re observing across their client bases, the biggest questions they have and how they’re helping them.