Intuit has named eight new members to its 17-person Accountant and Advisor Customer Council.

Productivity software provider RedPrairie plans to offer pre-integrated application modules on software developer NetSuite’s cloud computing platform.

Software developer and IT consulting services provider Pagos will this month formally release SpreadsheetLIVE, an online real-time spreadsheet service, after a year of beta testing.

Microsoft has announced it will stop distributing its Office Accounting as of Nov. 16 but will continue to offer product support for the software for five years.

Sage North America has honored Blytheco of Laguna Hills, Calif., as its business partner of the year and announced its Chairman’s Club and President’s Circle for 2009.

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Trial balance and engagement workpaper software solutions are two completely different kinds of applications that must be treated differently. Yet they are increasingly brought together, either as a matched pair of critical applications or within the same software suite, so it only makes sense to consider them together.

For years, offering payroll services to clients had been the proverbial double-edge sword.

1. What are the major current issues in payroll that accountants should be aware of?

In today's challenging economic environment, companies are increasingly looking for ways to bolster revenues, and for some accounting firms that means offering payroll services for clients.

1. What are the major current issues in payroll that accountants should be aware of?

1. What are the major current issues in payroll that accountants should be aware of?

1. What are the major current issues in payroll that accountants should be aware of?

Payroll has long been perceived as a chore. Employees need to be paid, necessary government forms have to be filed, and taxes have to be paid promptly. "Many mistakes happen due to the preparer simply not knowing the rules," said Michael Hoffman, CPA, of the New Jersey-based firm of WithumSmith+Brown.

In a tough economy with a highly competitive market for accounting talent and the ever-increasing complexity of state and federal regulations, it is more important than ever for accounting professionals to examine their service offerings and clients' needs and expectations to find the best solution for their clients and their firms.

Accounting firms are not exempt from the influence of social networking and social media. The questions firms face are: Is it better to control or influence social networking? And how can social media help accelerate business?

Vertex has announced an online certification program through which continuing professional education credits can be earned.

Thomson Reuters has joined with Palo Alto, Calif.-based Bill.com to offer accountants using Thomson’s CS Professional Suite software a way to handle bill payment workflow online and help clients stay organized.

Cloud computing software developer NetSuite Inc. has unveiled what it describes as the first real-time end-to-end Web-based cloud business management solution for global services businesses.

Intuit has issued an advisory warning of a security problem in some versions of its QuickBooks software that could allow hackers to access a user’s computer.