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Cloud 101

One in four Americans (25 percent) fell victim to information security breaches in the past year, according to a new survey from the AICPA conducted by Harris Poll. This statistic represents more than double the number of people (11 percent) who reported being victimized in a similar survey taken just over a year ago.

Scott Fleszar of Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting talks with Dan Hood of Accounting Today about why accounting firms should be more proactive in using new technology.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board released two accounting standards updates last week, one of which covers the fees paid for cloud computing while the other applies to defined benefit obligations and plan assets.

Accountants’ top technology-related priority is preventing security threats, according to the 25th Anniversary North American Top Technology Initiatives Survey.

Main Street Solutions has introduced ClientLink Pro, cloud-based software that allows accountants and tax professionals to share documents and collaborate with clients.

Workflow was identified as one of the top technology challenges in the second annual Accounting Firm Operations and Technology survey ebook.

Only 37 percent of CFOs and finance leaders say their organization’s approach to annual budgeting is valuable, and, of those, all of them think it needs be improved, according to a new report.

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In a tax season plagued with identify theft and tax fraud, a new method of online criminal activity has been identified.