Data and information management

The Internal Revenue Service needs to improve how it handles third-party requests for access to taxpayer information and electronic signatures from representatives such as CPAs, enrolled agents and attorneys that could leave taxpayers at risk of identity theft, according to a new report.

Deferring payroll taxes; another way to track EIPs; managing needy clients; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The COVID-19 pandemic has firms and their clients looking at data analytics and forecasting differently.

What is real and unreal about the times we're living through may have become hard to differentiate for many of us.

Smart Eye Technology releases screen privacy and document security platform; Wolters Kluwer TeamMate+ named finalist in Saas Awards; and Mode app now allows instant Bitcoin transfer.

As firms work remotely and cloud applications and security become more important than ever, accountants should be thinking about cybersecurity in new ways.

Wish you were here; refunds and interest; California and gig drivers; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The pandemic amplifies cybersecurity concerns for CPAs.

Big data can help companies make better financial decisions, improve their operational processes, increase employee compliance and much more.

Making sure you’re secure working from home, spying on employees, and eight other recent developments in technology and how they’ll impact your clients and your firm.

Reopening the IRS; wording a referendum; the season that won’t end; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Outsourced accounting is among the options business leaders should carefully consider in these unprecedented times.

The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission has released a new paper offering its views on how blockchain technology can be used with an organization’s internal controls over financial reporting.

Jirav, which creates all-in-one budgeting, forecasting, reporting and dashboarding software, has received $8 million in Series A funding to boost growth.

The COVID-19 pandemic has infected the service’s annual list of top tax scams.

This Practice Aid provides auditors with information to consider when accepting or continuing audit engagements that involve digital assets.

150,000 reasons to protect yourself against ransomware, and nine other developments in technology from this past month and how they’ll impact your clients and your firm.

The committee’s suggestions for the IRS include collaborating with the FTC.

Advisable taps advisory teams from around the world who share their insights and experience.

The software detects errors and anomalies in complex business data within accounting software, aimed at reducing the frequency and the cost of fixing them for accountants and bookkeepers.