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.

Tax workflow headaches are abundant, but the investment in technology solutions to improve the annual stressors is traditionally a low priority.

There are really two tax seasons every year, marked by two very different attitudes.

Business payments company Bill.com announced the Bill.com Network to help companies pay and get paid quickly and securely via the cloud.

Thumbtack, an online professional services marketplace, today released a new original report: “Beyond the Gig Economy: How New Technologies are Reshaping the Future of Work.” The report investigates the current "gig economy" - a market built on many short-term positions and employees - as well as examining the workforce of the future.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has accepted the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s 2016 GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy.

KPMG and IBM announced plans to apply IBM’s Watson cognitive computing technology to KPMG’s professional service offerings, with a focus on auditing services.

Accountively launched its cloud-based technology platform that enables taxpayers to procure tax return preparation services from its network of tax and accounting professionals.

Xero launched the Xero TaxTouch app, developed for freelance workers who submit a Schedule C form with their tax filings.

Check out the digital edition of the March 2016 issue of Accounting Today.

A roundup of new hardware, software, books and services for accountants.

Accounting software solutions are creating their own environments

Nexonia has acquired ExpenseWatch, provider of spend management solutions.

NetSuite has acquired the cloud practice of IQity, provider of advanced collaborative manufacturing software.