Technology

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September 29, 2015 

It’s Time for a 4th Quarter Income Tax Tuneup

With summer vacation over and school back in session, it’s time to help those extreme tax procrastinators get their returns filed. But what about the rest of your clients − the “good” ones whose taxes you completed way back in April?

Dave DuVal

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September 28, 2015 

Aplos Software Unveils New Enhancements to Software Dashboard

  Fresno, CA –September 28, 2015 – Aplos Software, a company that specializes in online, nonprofit accounting software, unveiled its new software dashboard aimed to help users quickly monitor the health of their organization. The visual display shows users the most important metrics, financial trends with dynamic graphs and alerts of recent important actions to...…

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September 28, 2015 

Bill.com Enhances Sync With QuickBooks Online

With the QuickBooks Online Sync 2.0 from Bill.com, accounting professionals can achieve a higher level of efficiency and control for their practices. The sync’s seamless, bidirectional workflow for both accounts payable and accounts receivable ...

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September 23, 2015 

10 Questions Business Leaders Should Ask About Mobile Security

Protecting an organization from mobile threats requires being proactive, unrelenting and knowledgeable about the threat landscape and the solutions that work. Mobile devices require a different type of incident response and enterprise executives ...

 IRS Return Review Program Improves Detection of Fraud

September 23, 2015 

IRS Return Review Program Improves Detection of Fraud

“The RRP test results show potential improvements in the IRS approach to prevent, detect, and resolve pre-refund tax fraud,” said J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. “While these potential improvements are ..."

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September 22, 2015 

How Vulnerable Are Mobile Payment Apps to Hacking?

These days, cash and credit cards aren’t the necessities they once were because alternative-payment options are just a tap or two away on a mobile device through apps such as Google Wallet, Apple Pay, Square, Levelup, Kash and PayPal.

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September 22, 2015 

Avalara Launches Sales Tax Service for Xero Customers

Cloud tax solutions provider Avalara has launched a new automated sales tax rates and returns service for Xero customers. The integration provides tax rate data in real time, enabling quick and automatic access for inclusion in customer invoices.

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September 18, 2015 

Thomson Reuters Launches New Tax Fundamentals Certificate Program

The Tax Fundamentals Certificate Program provides practitioners with the basic knowledge and tools they need to understand and confidently expand their practices to tax planning, compliance with tax return preparation, and reporting requirements for ...

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September 18, 2015 

Survey: Pay Raises to Average 3% in 2016

Pay raises for U.S. employees are expected to hold steady in 2016, according to a survey by the Towers Watson HR consulting firm. Virtually all respondents (98%) said they plan to give employees raises next year, with an average salary ...