Mobile technology

The Internal Revenue Service is offering up to $10,000 to the winner of a new competition to make its online tax information more understandable to taxpayers.

Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse has updated its Taxpayer Returns online tool with data through filing year 2014.

Accounting software solutions are creating their own environments

Want to free up more time this busy season? You could stop showering. Or ban March Madness? But what about something more effective and less offensive, like eliminating dozens of back and forth emails by implementing meeting scheduler software?

Namely announced that its new Namely SuiteApp achieved “Built by NetSuite” verification.

Bill.com has launched its mobile app for Android, used by accounting professionals and their clients to review, approve and pay bills on their devices.

WeiserMazars announced its partnership in the inaugural Ford SYNC AppLink Developer Challenge.

As purchasing becomes a more mobile activity, online payment providers are tailoring their apps to service smartphone users.

The IRS2Go app can now be used to make payments, as well as check refund status and receive tax tips.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Institute of Management Accountants have debuted a new website and research report exploring the future of the accounting and finance profession.

Note-taking and archiving service Evernote has been firmly planted on top of must-have-app lists since it debuted in 2008, with recent enhancements extending its vitality for business professionals.

Instapaper, once at the forefront of the "read later" tools, continues to evolve, providing broader functionality than its younger competitors.

Damien Greathead of Receipt Bank talks about how accountants can use technology to spend more time with clients, in an interview with Accounting Technology editor-in-chief Danielle Lee.

Disruptive technology leads to increased productivity

More passwords, more problems—unless you have one of the many password-management services currently available.

Bridging the divide between business cards and LinkedIn profiles is CamCard, an app that scans and stores business cards.

Bill.com launched its new iOS mobile app for small business owners to manage and pay bills on the go.

Mailchimp's integration with Salesforce makes the e-mail marketing service an especially valuable tool, with the ability to cross-pollinate contacts and subscriber data between the two services.

While there are myriad calendar and time management apps available for download, Cozi has an edge in its collaborative functionality.

A new mobile app called Swipefin is aiming to become the “Tinder of tax prep” by using the same swipe left and right movements employed by the popular dating app, in this case for tracking deductible business expenses.