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The fintech firm announced the launch of its new Plastiq Pay software, which is marketed mainly to small and midsized businesses.

The finance and accounting sector is suffering as accountants are often expected to do more with less.

Audit software company Validis has partnered with cloud assurance platform Auvenir in a move that will make complex audit tools available to smaller accounting firms.

The Internal Revenue Service has contracted with Ripcord, a startup company that does robotic digitization of documents and records, to pilot test a program to digitize filings of Form 709.

Governments have found them to be easy to implement and that they generate a lot of revenue.

The council recommended improvements for the disclosure and accounting of software costs, finding current practice to be inadequate for needs.

One of the most useful pieces of equipment you can have in your office is a document scanner.

The deadline for Accounting Today's 'Best Firms for Technology' 2022 survey has been extended until the end of this week.

The payroll and HCM solutions provider has added enhancements; Surgent releases an audit-focused course; and other updates from the accounting technology arena.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board set the effective date for the GASB 87 leases standard at June 15, 2021, after pushing it back by 18 months during the pandemic, but many state and local governments are apparently behind on implementing it.

Experts in auditing imagine the ways this core service of the profession will be radically different in a decade.

Information security and digital assets are among the priorities named by the commission’s Division of Examinations for 2022.

The NTA issued a directive calling on the service to implement scanning technology as a way to reduce the backlog of unprocessed tax returns by 2023.

The eternal progress in technology empowers both fraudsters and those who are looking to catch them.

Ronin, a video game-linked blockchain network, said hackers stole about $600 million worth of cryptocurrencies, one of the largest of such heists in history.

One of the most interesting, yet overlooked aspects of digital transformation is the way in which it changes the shape of data available to auditing professionals.

Blockchain-based decentralized autonomous organizations are already here, and they raise a host of tax and accounting issues.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed suit accusing TurboTax of overstating just how free its free filing options are, though Intuit denies the charge and said it will fight the case.