Technology February 9, 2026
Botkeeper is Closing Its Doors
In a statement posted on the Botkeeper website over the weekend, Enrico Palmerino wrote that the automated bookkeeping platform he founded in 2015 is shutting down.
March 9, 2017
Some HR Functions May Be Fully Automated in 10 Years
The study shows that most of the automation is centered around messaging, benefits and compensation, but there is room to increase efficiencies across a variety of basic functions. Among employers who automate at least one part of talent acquisition ...
March 9, 2017
Is There a Link Between Stock Options and Accounting Fraud?
A 2014 Harvard University study concluded that the average CEO compensation makeup for a Standard & Poor’s 500 company was comprised of 57.2 percent stock award and options. This statistic asserts that the average S&P 500 corporation compensates its ...
March 9, 2017
Business Optimism Highest Since 2004
Business executives are reporting their highest level of optimism about prospects for the U.S. economy in more than a dozen years, according to the first-quarter AICPA Economic Outlook Survey, which polls chief executive officers, chief financial ...
March 8, 2017
U.S. Lags Behind Other Developed Nations on Women’s Role in Business Leadership
Grant Thornton’s global report shows that developing regions continue to outperform developed economies in terms of diversity in senior management. Eastern Europe performed best, with 38 percent of senior roles held by women in 2017, up from ...
March 8, 2017
New ioSafe Server 5 Offers Enhanced Data Protection
ioSafe Server 5 can physically protect data against natural disasters in real-time, irrespective of internet connection status. Both fire- and waterproof, Server 5 protects data from fire up to 1550°F for 30 minutes per ASTM E-119 and from floods ...
March 8, 2017
FASB Proposes Simplifying Nonemployee Share-Based Payments
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued a proposed Accounting Standards Update (ASU) intended to reduce cost and complexity and to improve financial reporting for nonemployee share-based payments. Stakeholders are encouraged ...
March 7, 2017
Viking River Cruises Adds Two Longships
During a celebration that took place at the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle rivers in Koblenz, Germany, Viking Hild and Viking Herja, were officially christened by ceremonial godmothers and now join Viking’s award-winning, state-of-the-art fleet ...
March 7, 2017
Track 1099
Track 1099 is an online W-2 and 1099 processing program that is well suited for both businesses and accounting firms alike, and is completely online. New users can quickly access a free, online demo, where they can try the product out.
March 7, 2017
Wolters Kluwer Acquires Tagetik
Founded in 1986, Tagetik is a market leader in corporate performance management solutions, supporting the workflow of the Office of the CFO, including financial and operational budgeting and planning, consolidation and close process, financial ...
March 7, 2017
IRS Interest Rates Stay Level for Second Quarter 2017
The Internal Revenue Service has announced that interest rates will remain the same for the calendar quarter beginning April 1, 2017. The rates will be:
March 7, 2017
Average Household Debt Nears Record Levels
The New York Fed's February 2017 Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit reports that our collective household debt has reached $12.58 trillion. At the current rate of increase, household debt should surpass the 2008 peak of $12.68 trillion ...
March 7, 2017
Intuit and Uber Partner for Financial and Tax Tools for Drivers
The financial situation for Uber partners is often different from traditional employees. As independent contractors, Uber partners have to understand potential tax deductions, untangle co-mingled business and personal expenses and stay on top of ...