March 3, 2016
The accounting profession is on the verge of a significant change. Researchers at Oxford University have projected that accounting processes has a 93% chance of being automated in the next 20 years.
February 24, 2016
Davidson writes the “On Money” column for the New York Times Magazine, and rose to prominence as the co-creator of Planet Money, which reaches millions of people weekly via a blog, a twice-weekly podcast and regular stories on ‘‘Morning Edition,’’ ...
January 19, 2016
With the newly-announced integration, Shopify Plus merchants can benefit from Avalara’s Compliance Cloud solution, which automatically calculates tax for every invoice line item, in real-time, in the Shopify Plus shopping cart.
January 15, 2016
Avalara, Inc. has attained Workday Certified Solution Partner status. Avalara, which is a provider of cloud software for tax compliance, is a Workday software partner. With this certification, Avalara now provides customers with a real-time ...
November 17, 2015
Turkey and taxes. The U.S. has a long history of both. And in 2010, the two converged in Virginia as part of an annual Thanksgiving tradition where tribal and state leaders pay homage to a more than 330-year-old treaty: then-governor Bob McDonnell was ...
November 16, 2015
Tax Scan and Import is a module for firms using the ProSeries and Lacerte tax preparation systems, offering the ability to scan in client documents, with the system then using optical character recognition (OCR) to determine which forms were scanned ...
November 16, 2015
ProSystem fx Scan is a tax document automation system that offers optical character recognition (OCR) functions for identifying scanned-in tax forms and extracting data from the forms. It can be used as an integrated part of CCH’s ProSystem fx Suite ...
October 27, 2015
The enhancements introduced in this latest release reflect the experience and feedback of over 9,000 end customers that have signed up to use the platform, as well as VersaPay's strategy to continuously drive innovation and offer the best solution for ...
October 15, 2015
In an effort to increase income and cash flow, a number of jurisdictions are adding prepayment requirements for larger tax amounts. Prepayment requires payments to be made to jurisdictions on a different filing schedule, sometimes more than once a month.
October 15, 2015
Avalara has just announced it will guarantee the accuracy of its sales and use tax calculations. Avalara is the first in its industry to offer such a promise. The company makes cloud-based solutions for sales, use, VAT and other transactions.
September 22, 2015
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.
August 14, 2015
By their nature, accountants often eschew promoting themselves and their services. For years we were told it was ethically improper to promote ourselves, but in the present day, it's very common for accountants to take the lead in self-promotion.