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 6, 2017 Sponsored
Case Study: Learning eCommerce the Hard Way
You’ve seen them – companies that do all of their business online. It looks easy, right? Getting from idea to execution doesn’t exactly happen overnight. Here’s how one company went from an idea to a functioning eCommerce website.
March 3, 2017
FloQast Appoints Akmaeva to VP Finance Position
Akmaeva has worked in the finance industry for more than a decade. Most recently, she served as corporate controller at TeleSign, a Los Angeles based software security company. In this capacity, Akmaeva managed the global consolidation, implementation ...
March 2, 2017
Labor Department Revises Garnishment Rules
The Labor Department revised its garnishment guidance on earnings under the Consumer Credit Protection Act to include amounts received as lump sums and wages for some tipped workers. The amount of pay subject to garnishment is based on an employee's ...
March 2, 2017
AICPA Proposes New Guidelines for Allocating Expenses for Exempt Orgs
The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has submitted proposed guidelines to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) about how to address the allocation of unrelated business income (UBI) expenses of tax-exempt organizations for dual use facilities and/or ...
March 2, 2017
$1 Billion in Tax Refunds to Expire if Not Claimed
The IRS says that more than $1 billion in federal income tax refunds from 2013 has gone unclaimed so far, and will be lost to the nearly 1 million taxpayers who failed to claim them. Taxpayers have three years to file for an income tax refund, after which
March 2, 2017
French Firm ORIGA Group Joins PrimeGlobal Accounting Network
The French accounting and audit firm ORIGA Group has joined the PrimeGlobal network of independent accounting firms. ORIGA will join the association’s Europe, Middle East & Africa Region.
March 2, 2017
AICPA Asks Senate to Approve Income Tax Treaties
The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) says the United States Senate should promptly consider and approve the bilateral income tax treaties and protocols currently pending before it.
March 2, 2017
CRUSH Sales Tax Conference Heading to Austin May 2-3
The event brings together leaders in finance and technology who are enabling the strategic evolution of accounting, CRUSH offers attendees opportunities to learn, educate and network with hundreds of peers and experts.
March 1, 2017
SEC Proposes Inline XBRL Filing of Tagged Data
The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to propose amendments intended to improve the quality and accessibility of data submitted by public companies and mutual funds using eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL).
March 1, 2017
Xero Payroll
Combine small business payroll software with your online accounting. Xero Payroll not only manages the tasks you have to do, it automatically updates your accounts too. Xero Payroll also provides tools for tracking working hours and approving leave with controlled access for employees. Plus, you can easily give employees self-service access from any device with the...…
March 1, 2017
Only 17% of Finance Team Time Spent on Strategic Activities
The CFO Indicator Q4 2016 report reveals that while 85% of CFOs say their teams have direct access to the financial and operational data needed to generate accurate reports, it is the non-value-added tasks—like data gathering, verifying accuracy, and ...
March 1, 2017
IRS Investigated 3,400 Cases of Tax ID Theft, Laundering, Cybercrime and Terrorism in 2016
In 2016, the Criminal Investigation (CI) division of the Internal Revenue Service initiated 3,395 cases in fiscal year 2016 that focused on tax-related identity theft, money laundering, public corruption, cybercrime and terrorist financing.