A host of changes are presenting challenges to the accounting profession, but they are also engendering business opportunities for those accountants who are willing to seize them.

Avalara has announced EZtax, provider of tax compliance solutions for the telecommunications industry.

eFileCabinet announced it has secured a $14 million Series B funding round, bringing the company’s total raised to $15 million.

On Tuesday morning, the second day of events at Practitioners Symposium and Tech Conference in Orlando, Fla., Dave Maney, Founder/CEO of Deke Digital held a presentation on producing smarter social media content entitled, "Inbound Lead Generation Using Social Media."

Erik Asgeirsson, president and CEO of CPA.com, talks about how CPA.com, the business and technology arm of the American Institute of CPAs, is helping firms with change management and technology.

CPA.com president and CEO Erik Asgeirsson describes how technology automation and specialization are changing the accounting profession, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.

Most of the time, it seems as if technology moves faster than I’m able to cover it.

Dr. Chandra Bhansali of AccountantsWorld talks about his company's cloud-based accounting software for practitioners and their clients, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.

AccountantsWorld CEO Dr. Chandra Bhansali discusses technology changes in the field of accounting and how the cloud is encouraging collaboration between accountants and their clients, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.

Chris Rush of ADP discusses the changing demographics, technology and regulation in the accounting profession and how firm leaders can deal with succession planning, recruitment, retention, cloud computing, and the Affordable Care Act, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.

George Farrah, executive editor of Bloomberg BNA Tax & Accounting, discusses changes in the accounting profession and the technology and recruiting strategies used by firms, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.

Xero kicked off Xerocon, the cloud accounting software provider’s North American user conference, by announcing new partnerships, including relationships with Apple and Avalara.

Sage announced the launch of the Sage Foundation, with a model of charitable donations and employee volunteerism.

Intuit introduced online resource FirmoftheFuture.com, a hub of curated content for accountants that includes step-by-step guides and resource links.

Teresa Mackintosh of Wolters Kluwer discusses how technology can help accountants deal with the challenges they are facing, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.

These solutions are critical to the ‘New Firm’

Cloudsourced will allow HPC to expand its services into cloud integration consulting and provide virtual back-office solutions to small businesses.

The Internal Revenue Service has agreed to change its policy on identity theft and provide victims with copies of the fraudulent tax returns that have been filed under their names by scammers.

A little advance planning can help you make the right choices in payroll.

Bill Price, CFO at the accounts payable and payment automation company MineralTree has identified eight issues that companies looking to implement mobile accounting – and bring their teams into the digital age – must consider.