Technology March 27, 2026
How Accounting Firms Can Stay Ahead of BSA/AML Expectations
Strong internal controls, clear documentation, and deliberate IT practices help your firm look like a lower‑risk partner to banks.
December 15, 2017
ALTER Your Path: 5 Steps to Becoming a Consultant
As we try to keep up in today’s fast-paced, disruptive world, we need to remember we are extremely valuable. We have a fundamental understanding of how business works. Yes, it ties back to debit and credits, but today we don’t need to worry so much ...
December 14, 2017
The Top Five Benefits of Outsourced Accounting
Today’s business owners are facing greater expectations when it comes to financial transparency and government compliance. All too often, businesses are juggling day-to-day responsibilities alongside more complex and time-consuming tasks such as finance, accounting, compliance, internal audit, and risk management. They are simply trying to do more with fewer resources.
December 14, 2017
TaxSlayer Launches Online Advance Tax Refund Product
Exclusively from TaxSlayer, qualifying customers can receive up to $1000, in as little as 48 hours of their e-file being accepted by the IRS. Customers can select to receive these funds via direct deposit into their bank account or via an American ...
December 14, 2017
Outsourcing vs Automation: Is There a Difference?
When companies listen to the call of automation—even in the face of immediate shareholder interest—it earns it soul.
December 14, 2017
Survey Shows CFOs Combat Talent and Data Challenges with Strategic Tech Investments
In light of today’s evolved finance function, and extremely competitive market, businesses are hard pressed to find, engage, and retain accounting and finance talent with the requisite mix of capabilities and experience required to drive financial ...
December 14, 2017
Divvy Launches Secure Financial Platform
Using Divvy, businesses can prevent any fraudulent spending by assigning budgets to teams and individuals, tracking transactions in real-time, and analyzing spending across the entire company in one place.
December 14, 2017
Is Automation Killing Finance?
The automation shift that is now in motion boils down to this: By automating manual, slow, disconnected spreadsheet-based planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes, Finance increasingly will be able to spend far more time leveraging data than ...
December 12, 2017
How Accounting Firms Can Leverage the Gig Economy
While freelancing is a part-time or side-gig for many people, a growing number of people make it a full-time living. Twenty-nine percent of survey respondents said their freelance business is their only source of income, up from 17% in 2014.
December 12, 2017
CLA Acquires Accounting Firm NSBN
As one of the nation’s leading professional services firms, CLA has retained the agility to serve clients of all sizes and locations, while at the same time bringing an unparalleled depth of capabilities, all in one place.
December 12, 2017
IIA Announces Conference in Dubai, Speaker Lineup
The annual conference is considered the largest gathering of internal auditors in the world. It will take place at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, part of the Dubai World Trade Centre complex, May 6-9, 2018, and feature more ...
December 12, 2017
5th Annual Accounting Firm Operations and Technology Survey Now Open
The survey results eBook, released in May 2018, will continue to remain a free resource delivered to practicing accounting, tax and bookkeeping professionals who complete the survey.
December 8, 2017
How to Evaluate Software as an Accountant
When determining the software’s value, review its list of features and consider the costs it could eliminate (e.g., wages of a seasonal employee), the revenue it could generate (e.g., additional services you could offer), and the freedom it could ...