Data and information management

As firms increase the number of Internet-enabled products they’re connected to, they take on additional risk. Here’s how to combat the danger.

The news comes just after the company raised $7.8M in Series A funding.

A new report from the Government Accountability Office suggests the Internal Revenue Service should increase its efforts to collaborate with the tax preparation industry and state tax authorities in the battle against identity theft and tax fraud.

The money is earmarked for expanding accounting, audit and tax software for businesses in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry.

The Internal Revenue Service isn’t doing enough to ensure that Electronic Filing Identification Numbers are assigned to qualified applicants or deactivated when needed, according to a new report.

Firms that have an interest in earning government contracts could benefit from this marriage.

The Top 100 Firm acquired a local technology consultancy to expand its services.

Many businesses are still getting ready for the new revenue recognition and leasing standards, and in some cases that involves changing their technology and processes.

2017 has been a year of great expansion into the accounting technology space for the company.

The major firms are leveraging the latest tools to make the auditing process more efficient.

The Application Cloud, Business Cloud and QuickBooks Desktop Cloud allow accountants to access their software from anywhere.

The update brings improvements to business user engagement, and modeling to aid company-wide decision making.

Outgoing Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen foresees problems with tax reform if major provisions apply to the current tax year and predicted the agency would need more funding from Congress to implement the legislation if it passes.

The Big Four firm’s CEO is keeping an eye on how technology is reshaping work, how demographics are reshaping the workforce, and how clients’ demands are shifting.

It will be business as usual with no layoffs or title changes, execs say.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is likely to issue guidance on the use of blockchain and data analytics technology as more auditing firms weigh the benefits and drawbacks of them.

Target: CPAs

Common roadblocks firms face during tax season, and how software can help overcome them.

The Internal Revenue Service said Monday that it was able to transition most of its e-Services user applications to a new platform over the weekend, although it reiterated its warning Friday of delays in moving to new authentication technology.

SophiaTX will also provide APIs to integrate with other major ERP and financial software systems.