The Internal Revenue Service failed to identify and assist all taxpayers who may have been affected by the data breach in its online “Get Transcript” application, according to a new government report.

When it comes to picking a cloud provider, you should ask some tough questions, an industry expert suggests.

The costs of the finance and accounting function at many companies are expected to climb in the next few years, according to a new survey.

Practice management software developer OfficeTools is partnering with the cloud services company IVDesk.

Xero is teaming up with Wells Fargo to integrate Xero’s cloud-based accounting software for small businesses with the banking giant.

The Internal Revenue Service has restored the Get Transcript online application that it took down last year, adding improved multi-factor authentication processes to safeguard the program from being exploited by identity thieves.

Accountants are best known for doing taxes, but that perception undersells the potential value of the client-accountant relationship.

Oracle Corp. and its top executives were sued by an investor who blames his stock losses on allegations by a former finance executive that the cloud computing giant doctored its quarterly results.

OfficeTools plans to integrate its practice management software WorkSpace with Crexendo, a provider of cloud-based communication services.

The average length of time between a new computer being hooked up to the Internet and its being targeted by hackers is six minutes, experts warn -- so it’s critical to establish a defense in depth against cyber-invasion.

Thomson Reuters has released a new edition of PPC’s SMART Practice Aids – Single Audit Suite to automate the single audit process.

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting has acquired CPE Link, an online provider of continuing professional education for accountants, tax preparers and financial advisors.

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The XBRL US Data Quality Committee has released an analysis showing big improvements in the quality of filings in Extensible Business Reporting Language format by companies that follow a new set of validation rules.

Crowe Horwath LLP has merged in AbleBridge, a Westborough, Mass.-based software company and consulting firm that develops and sells technology built around the Microsoft Dynamics Customer Relationship Management system.

You may have heard people talking about blockchain technology, but how does it work and what does it mean for tax compliance?

Turns out there are a surprising number of technology "Rock Stars" in the profession.

Here are five things that happened in technology last month that affect you and your clients. Did you miss them?

The so-called “sharing economy” isn’t doing such a good job of disseminating the necessary tax information with its participants.

If you’ve ever listened to or watched “The Dave Ramsey Show” or another financial advice program that features people who have turned around their finances, you’ll frequently hear the host ask what prompted the people to make a change. Often, it was a crisis—a lost job or a major health problem, for example.