Increasingly, firms are turning to advisory services as a way to differentiate and generate new revenue.

Xero and TSheets have partnered to form a direct integration between Xero’s cloud accounting and payroll software and TSheets’ time tracking and scheduling software.

Xero has released its content pack integration with Microsoft Power BI, a software that organizes data visually.

Top 10 accounting software reseller Net@Work has named Paul Frydman its new chief operating officer.

Boomer Consulting has added Marc Staut, a former principal and chief information officer at Top 100 Firm CohnReznick, to the team as a principal and consultant.

Bill.com has released its new Bookkeeping Accelerator Program, which aims to help bookeepers boost their businesses.

Microsoft reseller Columbus has acquired Microsoft Dynamics ERP-focused consultancy Client Strategy Group, growing its presence in the United States.

The accounting software market in India is poised to boom.

AccountantsWorld, a provider of cloud-based accounting solutions, has enhanced its signature product, Accounting Power.

The AICPA announced a multifaceted action plan against cyber crime.

With the regulations that once kept financial advisors and other money-management professionals on the social-media sidelines a thing of the past, the floodgate of tweets, Snaps and Instagram posts should be wide open by now. But the response has actually been quite muted.

The Internal Revenue Service has begun a new campaign to make tax preparers more aware of security risks that could expose their clients to identity theft and tax fraud.

Cloud business software provider Exact released Macola 10.4, an enhanced version of its ERP and business software.

All too often, the cloud is overlooked for groups working with highly-regulated and sensitive data, but the reality is that it can provide enormous gains in terms of efficiency, productivity and security.

TaxAct president JoAnn Kintzel is stepping down from her post and the company is entering into a transition agreement.

Equity plan management and financial reporting solution provider Certent has signed an agreement to acquire DisclosureNet.

Improving your tax workflow starts with understanding your current workflow.

The startup that you’ve been working so hard to get off the ground has finally received its first round of funding. Now what?

BPaaS provides economies of skill by shifting resources elastically across the provider’s whole customer base.

It’s an old adage that most firms will appreciate today: “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.”