Technology

 Avalara Announces Extension for Magento 2.0 Ecommerce Platform

April 12, 2016 

Avalara Announces Extension for Magento 2.0 Ecommerce Platform

Avalara has been integrated with Magento for five years, and was named a Magento Gold Partner in 2011. With this latest version of the Avalara extension for Magento 2.0, customers can seamlessly take advantage of Avalara’s Compliance Cloud platform ...

 Xero Adds Integration with Microsoft Outlook API

April 12, 2016 

Xero Adds Integration with Microsoft Outlook API

The cloud-based small business accounting system Xero now has integration with with Microsoft Outlook REST API, the company announced on Tuesday. This allows small businesses to get a single, 360 degree view of all interactions with their contacts and cus

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April 7, 2016 

4 Ways Accounting Firms Can Win In The “Age Of The Customer”

Focusing your organization around better client service requires you not only to work faster, but also smarter. You need to be agile to compete, drive transparency into your processes and be able to effortlessly mobilize organizational knowledge and ...

 Practice Management – An Opportunity to Grow

April 5, 2016 

Practice Management – An Opportunity to Grow

Probably more important than the tool is the culture of business development, discovery meetings, referral clients and omni-channel marketing. Since many accounting professionals have not been trained in marketing, this leads to common errors and ...

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April 5, 2016 

CFOs Becoming More Strategic

As further evidence that the role of CFO is becoming less tactical and more strategic, the survey found that only 8% of CFOs, or teams reporting directly to the CFO, are spending the bulk of their time closing the books each month. By contrast, the ...

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March 30, 2016 

Survey Shows Businesses Ditching Paper-Based Processes

The report found broad concern over paper-based processes, with cost (42 percent) and security (42 percent) cited as primary issues. 40 percent of Canadian respondents said cost reduction was the prime reason for digitization followed by improved ...

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March 30, 2016 

IRS To Hold Technology Crowdsourcing Contest

The nation's taxing agency is trying to step up its game when it comes to using technology to improve customer (aka taxpayer) interactions. The IRS wiill be hosting its first Tax Design Challenge crowdsourcing competition to encourage innovative ideas ...