Highlights from the world of accounting software resellers

Venture capital firm Battery Ventures said Wednesday that it has invested $20 million in sales tax automation provider Avalara.

Online invoicing and accounts payable and receivable solutions vendor Bill.com has rolled out a new cash management feature to complete its Cash Flow Command and Control System.

Nonprofit and government accounting software developer AccuFund Inc. has acquired Outreach Suite, a Software-as-a-Service fundraising and constituent relationship management solution.

CCH introduced technology Tuesday to allow third-party applications to integrate with its ProSystem fx software, share data and support workflow.

CCH Canadian Ltd. and XCM Solutions have partnered to distribute XCM's cloud-based workflow solutions in Canada under the name CCH Workflow - powered by XCM.

American Express has introduced Payve, a new digital payment service that allows large and midsize companies to centralize multiple payment methods through a single electronic system.

The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission has released a report on how companies can best handle enterprise risk management for cloud computing.

CCH executives plan to begin visiting CPA firms and organizations around the country to find out what tools and services the firms need to succeed.

Social accounting involves using new collaboration tools inspired by social networks to connect and engage in a business context.

Nonprofit-focused accounting software maker Blackbaud Inc. today unveiled its Accountant Referral Program, which is designed to provide software incentives and additional resources to accountants that choose to refer the company's The Financial Edge fund accounting product to their nonprofit clients.

The decade-old Sage Leadership Alumni Association has been renamed the Sage Leadership Association with a renewed focus on education and collaboration -- specifically among the Sage business partner channel.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has introduced a new cloud-based professional tax software line, Agile Tax.

KPMG LLP has allied with Axiom Software Laboratories to address new regulatory requirements facing investment advisors, including Form PF.

Cloud-based accounts payable and receivable service Bill.com has rolled out an accountant certification program, enabling accounting firms using Bill.com to gain a deeper understanding of the product and expand their service offerings.

Sage North America has released a mobile application to help members of the Sage Accountants Network keep up to date on Sage and industry issues.

Intuit has integrated its mobile payment processing application GoPayment with the latest version of QuickBooks Point of Sale, designed for small retailers.

The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to remove the 2009 U.S. GAAP Taxonomy in July when it upgrades to the latest version of its EDGAR online system of financial filings.

Electronic document and workflow management software provider Cabinet NG has added CNG-SHARE, a cloud-based file sharing and workflow component to the company’s latest version of its flagship document management software CNG-SAFE.

The pressing question seems to be not “if” a company will transition to International Financial Reporting Standards, but rather “when.”