Automation

Teased at this year’s QuickBooks Connect conference in San Jose, Intuit has now released new artificial intelligence-enabled tools for QuickBooks Online Advanced, Intuit’s offering for more complex and growing small and mid-sized businesses.

The tax automation software provider will use funding from Bregal Sagemount to enhance its products including 1040Scan and TaxCaddy.

Turning repetitive tasks over to machines will free knowledge workers for more interesting work.

The company behind the very popular business billing and payments app filed for a $100 million initial public offering on Nov. 15.

Intuit wants ProAdvisors to know it is serious about automation — not just embedding it into its QuickBooks platforms, but also getting accountants to use the capabilities to their fullest potential.

Like the cloud in which many of its functions reside, marketing automation is a relatively fuzzy concept that can be confusing.

The real-world implications of buzzword technologies.

Expensify, provider of the popular expense management app, has introduced the Expensify Card, a free corporate card for companies that use the app.

Judgment is the critical differentiator for the profession going forward.

The SEC's former chief accountant is back at PwC and has some thoughts for #AuditorProud Day.

Finance Close Automation makes use of machine learning to predict where problems during the close may occur.

AccuFund, which provides accounting software for nonprofit and government organizations, has released version 6.03 of its Accounting Suite.

Democratizing tech can reduce fear and enhance jobs in tax and accounting.

Plus new products from Chargify, Avii, and a new chief product officer at MineralTree.

The firm will provide affordable automation solutions to midmarket clients to automate processes across all platforms.

Traditional oversight measures often lack the capability to supervise large quantities of assets.

As online sales transactions increase in volume year after year, companies that provide tax automation are seeing a major increase in the need for their services.

The majority of payroll professionals don’t think C-suite leadership recognizes the strategic value the payroll function can deliver to an organization, according to a new survey.

Emerging technologies pose great opportunities — but only if we are open to new ways of thinking, developing new skills, and leveraging new business models.

Artificial intelligence and machine learning aren’t the next big thing — people are.