New software, hardware, books and other tools for accountants

As the debate goes on about how to curb the increasing incidence of taxpayer identity theft in the U.S., members of BKR International discussed their experiences during the recent tax filing season, as well as ways to mitigate future risk and help clients respond to fraudulent activity should it occur.

Like the rest of the world, accounting professionals are quickly adopting mobile technology.

ACL announced it has completed the acquisition of Denver-based digital design firm Artletic.

On the heels of a disclosure this week that identity thieves were able to access 104,000 tax returns through the Internal Revenue Service’s Get Transcript application, a new report finds that the IRS is improving its identification of fraudulent tax returns involving identity theft.

Small form-factor PCs aren’t anything new. They have been available for years, though in the past they tended to be built around low-power, not-so-fast CPUs.

The Internal Revenue Service warned of a huge data breach of its online Get Transcript application that allowed the tax returns of approximately 104,000 taxpayers to be accessed by identity thieves.

Four firms share their experiences with their NFP clients

Firms will either disrupt themselves or be disrupted by someone else.

Intuit unveiled a new app, Sync with PayPal, that automatically imports PayPal sales transactions, fees, discounts and taxes directly into QuickBooks Online.

G2 Crowd, the user-generated business software review platform, published its updated Grid report for accounting software, ranking nine products based on 425 reviews.

Yahoo! Inc. is pushing ahead with plans to spin off its stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. after comments by the IRS triggered a share slump amid concerns the deal could hit a snag.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year again—Accounting Today’s VAR 100 list, ranking the top value-added resellers of accounting and accounting-related software by revenue.

Intuit’s Accountant and Advisor Group is celebrating Global Accountant Day May 20, with festivities extended to more than a week.

Avalara launched SALT-in-a-Box, a no-cost program for accountants and bookkeepers to help their clients proactively identify and address SALT compliance issues.

SaaS expense reports provider Tallie announced an agreement with McGladrey to be the firm’s preferred expense management provider.

Toshiba Corp. named two lawyers and two certified public accountants to a third-party committee that is expanding an investigation started by an internal probe last month over accounting practices.

Lawmakers have introduced legislation that would provide a month-long safe harbor from income tax and withholding requirements for traveling employees and their employers.

Abila announced MIP Advance, a new cloud-based offering joining the nonprofit software provider’s true fund accounting MIP family of solutions.

Thomson Reuters Checkpoint released a special report on Monday to highlight the prevalence of tax-related identity theft and guide practitioners representing victims.