2018 Innovation Awards Announced

The top technologies for tax and accounting professionals were honored on Tuesday at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The 15th annual Technology Innovation Awards were presented by CPA Practice Advisor during a special ceremony at the Accounting & Business Show – LA. The event, held July 25-26, gathered more than 2,000 financial professionals from across the country for accounting and tax education topics and keynote speakers.

The 2018 Innovation Award winners are:

ADP for Accountant Connect
Bill.com, for the new Bill.com customer experience
CPA.com and CaseWare, for their collaboration: OnPoint PCR
Liscio, by Liscio
Receipt Bank, for Receipt Bank Self Employed

Five Innovation Award Finalists were also recognized by CPA Practice Advisor:

Avalara for Avalara Trustfile
BQE Software for BQE Core
Gusto for its new Flexible Pay
Intuit, for Intuit ProConnect Tax Online Data Import
SurePrep for Tax Caddy

The Tax & Accounting Technology Innovation Awards honor new technologies that help accounting firms and their small business clients operate more efficiently and profitably through improved workflow, increased accessibility, or enhanced collaboration.

“These awards recognize new technologies that can benefit tax and accounting professionals, and their clients” said CPA Practice Advisor Editor-in-Chief Gail Perry, CPA. “As the profession continues to embrace new workflows and processes that optimize the potentials of these technologies, firms are improving their efficiency and focusing their practices on more profitable service offerings that, at the same time, are more beneficial to the small businesses that rely on them for advice and strategy.” Perry also manages a tax practice and is the author of more than 30 books, including Mint.com for Dummies, and Idiot’s Guide to Introductory Accounting.

CPA Practice Advisor provides a variety of independent digital and print resources for accounting professionals, including practice resources, technology reviews, interactive tools and content that helps firms achieve greater productivity.

In addition to the winners and finalists, more than 40 technology products and services were nominated for this year’s Innovation Awards.