The Internal Revenue Service warned Thursday it has seen a fourfold surge this tax season in email phishing and malware incidents, targeting consumers and the tax industry.

The IRS urged tax professionals in an email Wednesday to verify their Electronic Filing Identification Number activity to safeguard against tax fraud.

DSD Systems has acquired the Sage 100 Extended Solutions library of business technology solutions and services provider SWK Technologies.

Internal audit practitioners are facing new demands for improving cybersecurity and communicating the risks of cyberattacks to their organizations, according to a new report.

The Indiana CPA Society’s CPA Center of Excellence is seeing greater demand for online learning in nontraditional areas for accountants, according to a new survey.

Float announced that it now integrates with QuickBooks Online, giving small and medium-sized business owners access to its SaaS product for planning and projecting future cash.

SIGNiX launched TaxDoX, an e-signature solution created for tax preparers to digitally sign and send documents securely through the cloud while meeting IRS compliance standards.

In a world of “big data” that grows exponentially every day, tax departments should focus on how to mine the right data.

Bloomberg BNA released its new BEPS Tracker, enabling international tax professionals to quickly determine the status of a country’s response to the OECD's BEPS action plan.

Sage introduced a version of Sage Live available on iOS, the first of a series of the company is collaborating with Apple on after Sage became an Apple mobility partner.

The Senate has included a permanent ban on taxes for Internet service within a larger trade enforcement bill that was passed Thursday.

A New York City CPA is launching a startup company this tax season that he hopes will become an “Uber for taxes.”

Exact is partnering with QB Express to launch QB Express’ new educational module for manufacturers.

The Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday evening that it recently identified and halted an automated attack upon its Electronic Filing PIN application on IRS.gov.

Xero announced an integration with Microsoft Power BI that enables customers to access and analyze information from Xero and other sources in Microsoft Office 365.

Nonprofit accounting software developer Aplos has raised $4 million in a Series A round of funding from San Joaquin Capital, a new venture capital firm that specializes in financing technology companies in California’s Central Valley.

Incisive Software Corporation launched a new API for its spreadsheet management technology that provides a comprehensive view of all spreadsheets across an organization and in various systems.

The Internal Revenue Service still hasn’t said what caused some of its systems to shut down last Wednesday, but the agency’s processing functions—including e-filing—were restored by last Thursday evening.

Tax pros and their clients are putting themselves at risk, because e-mail is not secure.

Intacct announced an increase of new bookings in the company’s second fiscal quarter of 47 percent over the same period the year prior.