Technology

Xero has updated its online invoicing feature with the aim of helping small businesses get paid faster.

The Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee issued its annual report Wednesday, with recommendations calling on the Internal Revenue Service to expand its electronic filing efforts and digital strategy, and to offer end-to-end capabilities on online accounts for both taxpayers and tax professionals.

Moving to Web-based apps? Get answers to these questions first.

Enabling your startup clients to set up a successful accounting function involves both an understanding of their needs and the ability to tailor relevant solutions to meet those needs.

Did you know that the “Father of Accounting and Bookkeeping” was good friends with Leonardo da Vinci?

Bellevue, Wash.-based Acumatica, a developer of cloud-based accounting and enterprise resource planning software, has initiated a long-term agreement with German software vendor Lexware to bring cloud-based ERP solutions to the German market.

Verizon released its ninth annual Data Breach Investigations Report last month, which reports on the major security breaches and methods used by hackers to compromise businesses and governmental organizations.

Princeton, N.J.-based Top 100 Firm WithumSmith+Brown has struck a deal to become a NetSuite solution provider.

The Big Four accounting firms have come roaring back into the consulting field in the years after the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 forced three of them to shed their consulting units and now dominate the U.S. consulting market, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service failed to identify and assist all taxpayers who may have been affected by the data breach in its online “Get Transcript” application, according to a new government report.