Accounting October 6, 2026
The 2026 AI Finance Stack
73 tools worth knowing, how I would put them together, and the trends behind why finance teams are picking them.
August 6, 2018
Avalara Certifies 34 Technology Partner Integrations to Automate Tax Calculations and Management
These integrations enable customers of Avalara partner solutions to benefit from Avalara’s real-time calculation of applicable taxes, fees, and surcharges for billing line items. Avalara software reduces the tedium and complexity of determining taxes ...
August 6, 2018
How to Futureproof Aspects of Spreadsheets with Two Keystrokes
Depending upon your version of Excel, the Table feature is the second or third command from the left on the Insert menu. Ostensibly this feature makes filtering lists of data easier, but it offers many other benefits, and one frustrating side-effect.
August 6, 2018
Role of Financial Leaders Continues to Expand
Financial leaders continue breaking the mold and expanding their influence throughout their organizations. In a Robert Half Management Resources survey, finance executives most frequently reported their roles have grown over the past three years to include more human resources (39 percent) and information technology (28 percent) efforts. Finance leaders were asked, “In which one of...…
August 3, 2018
Bill Would Allow IRS to License and Regulate Tax Preparers
The Protecting Taxpayers Act (S.3278) would "amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional protections to taxpayers," according to the official description. The bill was referred to the Senate Finance Committee. The bill is still a ...
August 2, 2018
Will AI and Automation Take Your Job?
Technology and its impact on the future or work is currently one of the most deliberated topics across the globe in business forums and leadership consortiums. At this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos, global leaders echoed concerns over the ...
August 2, 2018
Wipfli Expands Presence into New England with Acquisition of Macpage
As part of this combination, nearly 100 Macpage professionals will join more than 2,000 professionals at Wipfli. The firm’s two full-service offices in South Portland and Augusta, Maine will expand Wipfli’s presence into the New England area of the ...
August 1, 2018
Workday Completes Acquisition of Adaptive Insights
Workday, Inc. a provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, has completed its acquisition of Adaptive Insights, a leading cloud-based company for modernizing business planning. With Adaptive Insights now part of ...
August 1, 2018
Grant Thornton’s Jim Burton to Lead AICPA’s Assurance Services Executive Committee
The ASEC mission is to support the profession in serving the public interest by anticipating, identifying, assessing and addressing evolving market needs and demand for assurance and advisory solutions. ASEC develops relevant thought leadership, ...
August 1, 2018
ADP Acquires Celergo
Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Chicago, Celergo offers multi-country payroll in 150 countries and combines a proprietary cloud-based technology platform with a local provider network to enable timely, accurate and compliant payroll.
July 31, 2018
The Wayfair Impact, Part 2: How the U.S. Supreme Court Decision Affects Remote Sellers
In part one, I discussed the U.S. Supreme Court’s big decision and touched on physical presence. In part two, I’ll go a step further and break down the physical presence sales tax nexus standard, as well as South Dakota’s nexus standard, as it relates...
July 31, 2018
The culture of a service-oriented firm is to look, listen and adapt to their clients’ needs.
Joni Johnson-Powe, principal of Taxnologi Solutions, LLC, was recently interviewed by Scott Peterson, Vice President of U.S. Tax Policy and Government Relations at Avalara. Taxnologi Solutions is a company made up of tax consultants who are skilled in ...
July 31, 2018
The Taxability of Cryptocurrency When Used in A Business
For a cash basis taxpayer, each time he or she earns cryptocurrency through mining or providing goods or services, the U.S. fair market dollar value of the cryptocurrency earned must be recorded as of the date of receipt. This fair market value ...