The Internal Revenue Service is offering up to $10,000 to the winner of a new competition to make its online tax information more understandable to taxpayers.

Today’s college students were born into the Information Age, and simply cannot imagine a world without technology. During my decade-long experience teaching graduate courses, students are increasingly cognizant of using technology to help them find answers quickly and replace manual tasks.

Selling products online (“e-tailing”) is a potential goldmine of opportunity, and technology has made it easier than ever via dynamic software platforms, intelligent fulfillment solutions, and ubiquitous mobile devices.

As the founder of a consulting firm that provides cloud-based accounting software and business-process-as-a-service outsourced accounting in the cloud, I’ve gotten a first-hand look at the adoption of cloud software in finance and accounting.

FloQast, an enterprise software company that provides month-end closing software for accountants, announced it has raised $6.5 million in a Series A round of funding.

MineralTree, the accounts payable and payment automation solution provider, has expanded its partner program for resellers and business process outsourcers.

If you’re in the tax preparation business, chances are you’ve had a client experience tax-related identity theft.

Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse has updated its Taxpayer Returns online tool with data through filing year 2014.

Intuit announced a new automatic mileage tracking feature in its QuickBooks Self-Employed solution for independent contractors.

Sage announced improvements to cloud accounting software Sage Live, including new automation engines and simplified management features.

In a new survey from Robert Half Management Resources and Robert Half Technology, 51 percent of CFOs claimed that they are presently collaborating more with their company's CIOs than three years ago. A scant 7 percent of respondents said they work with CIOs less often.

Business software giant SAP has been going beyond its traditional enterprise resource planning specialty to expand into areas such as supply chain management, travel and expense management, and the Internet of Things.

EY and EMC announced a strategic alliance to provide clients with tools and service offerings for their strategic initiatives and technology implementations.

Jody Padar, principal of New Vision CPA Group and author of The Radical CPA: New Rules for the Future-Ready Firm, will be partnering with Donal de Paor and Veltig - the salesforce solution consulting and implementation partner - to support the launch of Sage Live in Chicago, the two announced on Wednesday.

Bloomberg BNA has upgraded its BNA State Tax Analyzer with a new NOL Manager function that predicts and analyzes the financial impact of state net operating losses on a business’s cash, effective tax rate and earnings per share.

Many Americans are willing to delay receiving their tax refunds for up to two months if it would provide the IRS time to combat identity fraud, according to a new survey.

Sales tax technology vendors have been expanding their efforts to help small and midsize businesses cope with the dizzying array of tax rates and rules across states, localities and countries.

Here are five big things that happened in the world of technology in the past month and why they’re important for your business (and mine). Did you miss them?

Chrome River Technologies released the new interface Mercury, which enables secure and user-friendly travel expense management across multiple devices.

If you’re an accountant, this is your busiest season.