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Intuit has made its new QuickBooks Online Accountant available to new users.

Members of The Georgia Society of CPAs (GSCPA), wishing to raise awareness of financial literacy education amongst young people, recently coordinated the second annual statewide GSCPA Financial Literacy Day for eighth-grade students. The program, titled "Millennial Money," gave CPAs throughout the state an opportunity to teach local eighth-grade students the importance of financial education, and how budgeting and saving can impact both their personal and professional lives throughout their futures.

Michael Pires, division vice president at ADP Small Business Services, talks about recent trends in the Accountants Confidence Index and the improving labor market for accountants and other professionals, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.

Accountants will increasingly need to help the organizations they work with manage their financial risks, according to panelists at an event sponsored by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Institute of Management Accountants.

Sqrl announced an e-signature add-on, 88seventysign, for its client communication platform.

Cloud-based document storage and sharing solution provider SmartVault has closed a $4.5 million round of funding.

The Financial Accounting Foundation and the two standard-setting boards it oversees, the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, have created a draft strategic plan of their vision, mission and top priorities, and are asking for comments.

While the traditional end-of-year tax tip checklist contains such tried and true suggestions as defer income and accelerate deductions, there are a number of other steps Tom Wheelwright takes in advising his small business clients.

Greatland has begun offering Web-based features for its Yearli technology for reporting and filing W-2 and 1099 forms.

The business payments technology network Bill.com said Thursday that its clients can now earn continuing professional education credits for Bill.com training.