Technology February 9, 2026
Botkeeper is Closing Its Doors
In a statement posted on the Botkeeper website over the weekend, Enrico Palmerino wrote that the automated bookkeeping platform he founded in 2015 is shutting down.
October 15, 2015
The 5 Major Pains of Sales Tax Filing and Remittance
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 Offers First Ever Guarantee on Sales Tax Calculations
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
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.
August 14, 2015
7 Tips for Promoting Your Sales Tax Practice
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.
July 9, 2015
Study Reveals State of Accounts Payable, ePayables Adoption
According to the report, epayables adoption is gaining the most initial traction in key areas, such as document imaging/scanning (72 percent), automated routing and workflow approval (52 percent), and automated data capture and extraction (38 percent).
June 16, 2015
New Information and Tools for SALT Accountants
There is never a dull moment in the area of state and local taxes. If you're a SALT accountant, you know what I'm talking about. Laws are constantly changing at the state and local level, Congress spends a lot of time talking about the Marketplace ...
June 16, 2015
2015 Reviews of Sales and Use Tax Compliance Systems
It’s not just tracking additional jurisdictions that can become problematic. Sales and use taxes change much more frequently than other taxes such as income tax or property tax, so ensuring that a business is charging the correct amount of sales tax ...
June 15, 2015
Awards Spotlight Innovations in Tax & Accounting Technologies
The winners of the 12th annual Tax & Accounting Technology Innovation Awards, all cloud-based solutions, are examples of this new reality of on-demand information and business agility.
June 2, 2015
Avalara Acquires Telecom Tax Compliance Provider EZtax
The $5.6 trillion worldwide telecom market is subject to multiple tax laws and regulations that are highly complex and constantly changing. EZtax offers cloud-based solutions that address this complexity.
May 26, 2015
Is Your Firm Ready for Automation?
The opportunities for automation created by advances in technology are greater than ever before and this is changing the expectations of clients, employees and partners about how they exchange data with your firm. It will also continue to have a major ...
May 12, 2015
How to Use the Bank Feeds Feature in QBO
QBO Simple Start, Essentials and Plus all offer the critical ability to connect to bank and credit card accounts to download activity.
April 1, 2015
XCM Selects Accounting Tech Veteran Mike Sabbatis as COO
Workflow management technology provider XCM Solutions, LLC has selected Mike Sabbatis as the company’s Chief Operating Officer (COO). This company said in a statement that the appointment reflects its plans to expand its operations as it prepares to ...