The Internal Revenue Service added six more forms to the 10 that support e-signatures.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to improve how it handles third-party requests for access to taxpayer information and electronic signatures from representatives such as CPAs, enrolled agents and attorneys that could leave taxpayers at risk of identity theft, according to a new report.

Clients’ expectations are constantly shifting, and that’s never been truer than in recent months with the COVID-19 pandemic sending businesses into a state of uncertainty.

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The move to online accounting systems opens up a world of functionality.

The new product helps firms manage budgets, actuals, timesheets and analysis.

The COVID-19 pandemic has firms and their clients looking at data analytics and forecasting differently.

Armour & Associates joins Frost & Company; the Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs acquires CPA Crossings; CBIZ adds ARC; and TCV buys Oversight.

The program is now available for ProConnect Tax Online, Lacerte and ProSeries.

It’s not hyperbole to say that the COVID-19 pandemic has affected every aspect of the way we do business, and many of the changes are far from temporary.

The profession should use its high levels of partner compensation to help counter its high levels of turnover.

What is real and unreal about the times we're living through may have become hard to differentiate for many of us.

Smart Eye Technology releases screen privacy and document security platform; Wolters Kluwer TeamMate+ named finalist in Saas Awards; and Mode app now allows instant Bitcoin transfer.

Company controllers have needed to burnish their technology skills during the coronavirus pandemic.

The company brought in $7.7 billion, up from $6.8 billion in FY 2019, the growth mainly fueled by TurboTax Online and TurboTax products.

The surge in remote work has quickly created demand for a new set of skills for accountants.

The Internal Revenue Service is temporarily allowing the use of digital e-signatures on some forms that can’t be filed electronically.

As accountants we have access to more information than anybody else at the company, and there is knowledge in that information.

Even though everyone is using Zoom, it’s amazing how few people have actually spent time learning how to use it effectively. There’s no excuse for that.

The hiring of accounting graduates by CPA firms has declined nearly 30 percent in recent years, and Illinois CPA Society president and CEO Todd Shapiro hopes to reverse that trend.