Robotic process automation has become a necessary technology for many accounting firms that are trying to achieve more efficiency as the staff becomes harder to find during the ongoing pandemic.

As a result of increasing technology and automation, accounting firms are finding themselves at a crossroads.

As part of this year’s Top 100 Most Influential People survey, Accounting Today asked, “What guidance would you give future influencers of the profession?”

The investment will be used to accelerate the practice management software provider's mission to become the default operating system for accounting firms, according to CEO Davis Bell.

The cloud-based financing system for accounting firms has grown to include a business term loan option for firms’ small business clients.

The biggest firms recently announced that they would spend $9 billion on new technologies.

Accounting's most influential share what's top of mind for them this year.

Machine learning will let the platform predict contact and account codes for transactions.

The company is rolling out improvements to ProConnect Tax Online, ProSeries and Lacerte ahead of the coming tax season.

At its recent user conference, the company previewed some of its upcoming products and unveiled some new partnerships, along with a delay of its Onvio cloud software.

Highlights of the findings from Accounting Today's annual survey of accounting firms' plans for the next 12 months.

The Internal Revenue Service is extending the ability to electronically sign a number of different tax forms and compliance documents through the end of October 2023.

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When you take paper out of the equation, your company workflow automatically improves.

The Internal Revenue Service and its partners in state tax authorities and the tax preparation industry are teaming up this week on a special campaign to highlight the dangers of tax scams and identity theft at this time of year.

As part of this year’s Top 100 Most Influential People survey, Accounting Today asked, “What is the most important issue currently facing the accounting profession?”

Leveraging new organizational techniques in five key areas can have a disproportionally large impact.

AI is going to change accounting, but not in the ways that you think.

The repercussions of the Wayfair decision continue to ripple outward, and one major area of impact is in compliance software.

Coming brackets; rising expatriations; meeting behavior and aftermaths; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.