Technology

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August 3, 2020 

2020 Innovation Award Winners Announced

Now in their 17th year, the CPA Practice Advisor Tax and Accounting Technology Innovation Awards highlight technologies that are shaping the profession and small businesses through increased collaboration and productivity.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

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July 31, 2020 

Communication Methods in Our New Work Environment

The whirlwind that is 2020 has changed the nature of accountancy in ways that nobody could’ve predicted a few short months ago. From a delayed tax deadline to a back-and-forth dance of opening and closing businesses, it’s still ...

Amy Vetter

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July 31, 2020 

Key Strategies For Stronger Q3/Q4 2020 Comebacks

Accounting and finance professionals are essential partners for business owners, perhaps never more so than right now. And with COVID-19 recovery on the horizon, they should start preparing their practices for what could be a particularly busy season. Here are three business-readiness tips for ramping up safely and strategically — so that you can help...…

Jodi Chavez

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July 29, 2020 

CES 2021 to be a Virtual Event

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has announced that CES 2021 will be an all-digital experience. The world's largest technology and innovation tradeshow, CES has been the global stage for 50 years.

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July 29, 2020 

Xero Makes Toronto Office its North American Hub

The decision marks a major commitment to the Canadian market and Xero’s accelerating investments in North America. Xero will hire product and technology specialists across its cloud accounting platform starting with global Payments, Billing and ...

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July 29, 2020 

Vertex IPO to Start at $19 per Share

Vertex, Inc., which has filed for an initial public offering scheduled for this week, has announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 21,150,000 shares of Class A common stock at a price to the public of $19.00 per share. Vertex is a provider of tax technology and services. In addition, Vertex and certain...…

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July 27, 2020 

Critical Considerations on RPA and Why It’s Important

Novel or transformative? The latter best describes the trajectory of robotic process automation (RPA). A May 1, 2018 article in Forbes Magazine written by Patrick Taylor stated that corporate finance teams spend about 80 percent of their time gathering, verifying, and consolidating data, leaving only about 20 percent for higher-level tasks like analysis and decision making. While...…