Data and information management

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.

Technology is going to radically reshape the profession in the next decade.

The Grid employs a main chain and side chains to speed up the processing of smart contracts.

The Internal Revenue Service has not been able to upgrade its online e-Services applications to a more secure authentication method, the IRS admitted Friday.

Corporate investment decisions must achieve a balance between short- and long-term performance objectives to sustain future growth.

PrismInsight performs data analytics, financial reporting, and tracks key metrics for educational institutions.

The initiative also aims to improve understanding and education surrounding the distributed ledger technology.

The Internal Revenue Service, working in partnership with state tax authorities and the tax preparation industry as part of their Security Summit initiative, reported significant progress Tuesday in the battle against tax-related identity theft, with new steps planned for next tax season.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board will be looking out for some major risk areas at audit firms in the months ahead.

The Internal Revenue Service has suspended its $7.25 million contract with Equifax after the company admitted to finding a malware link on its website on the heels of a data breach that exposed the personal information of approximately 146 million people in the U.S.

PMB Helin Donovan’s Houston offices (and Atlanta-based data) emerged from hurricane season unscathed, due to a decision made three years ago to move to a cloud-hosted environment.