Accounting technology news and resources

TOPICS

March 7, 2018

A new staffing model for accounting firms

What will accounting firms and accounting departments look like after lower-level, repetitive tasks are automated and unprecedented amounts of data can be mined for business insights? That topic takes center stage in the second part of our annual accounting technology roundtable podcast.

March 1, 2018

Microsoft Office: 9 PivotTable enhancements in Excel 2016

Microsoft has made several improvements to Excel 2016’s PivotTables.

March 1, 2018

Microsoft Office: Excel’s versatile CONVERT function

How to use Excel’s CONVERT function to convert a multitude of units of measurements.

March 1, 2018

Factoring in the time value of money with Excel

This Technology Workshop illustrates how to leverage a number of functions to perform calculations in Excel involving the time value of money.

March 1, 2018

Online security: The password-recovery questions you should be answering

The challenge for organizations is to not make the security questions so difficult that users are unable to remember their answers later.

February 28, 2018

How AI, blockchain, and automation will reinvent accounting

Three of the profession’s top technology experts discuss the radical changes emerging technologies will bring to accounting — and accountants — over the next 1–5 years.

February 21, 2018

SEC publishes new requirements for cybersecurity disclosures

Public companies received new guidance from the SEC on the disclosures they should make related to cybersecurity.

February 1, 2018

Microsoft Word: Developing checklists in Word

You can convert your Word forms, surveys, and checklists to interactive media simply by inserting some clickable check boxes.

February 1, 2018

How to choose the right software for retirement planning

Weigh these factors when choosing financial planning software to help clients with retirement planning.

February 1, 2018

Survey software: Gather data with these applications

How to create forms, surveys, and checklists that are
instantly tabulated for you.

February 1, 2018

New features in Word 2016

Office 365’s subscription-based edition of Word 2016 has eight new noteworthy features.

February 1, 2018

Expanding your app-titude: Add a business line to your personal cellphone

A monthly look at apps and websites that can make the CPA’s job and life better.

January 29, 2018

Skills that help accounting professionals succeed alongside AI

Professionals will have to retain their traditional accounting skills and learn some new ones to succeed alongside AI.

January 18, 2018

20 cities in the running for Amazon HQ

The online behemoth plans to hire up to 50,000 workers in a second North American headquarters. Did your city make the list?

January 1, 2018

Microsoft Excel: Count the words in a cell

Use this formula to count the number of words in a Microsoft Excel cell.

January 1, 2018

Keyboard shortcuts for Facebook

10 keyboard shortcuts for navigating Facebook a little faster when using Google Chrome.

January 1, 2018

Cloud computing: What should organizations move to the cloud?

You probably shouldn’t put everything in the cloud, but moving nothing to the cloud isn’t the right answer either.

January 1, 2018

How data-hosting services affect independence

Taking responsibility for hosting an attest client’s data or records impairs a CPA’s independence, according to a new ethics interpretation.

January 1, 2018

Internet forms: Password-protecting Form 941

How to add password protection to IRS Form 941, Employer’s Quarterly Tax Return.

January 1, 2018

Getting ready for the EU’s stringent data privacy rule

New data protection regulations in the EU will have far-reaching effects.

FROM THIS MONTH'S ISSUE

AI risks CPAs should know

Are you ready for the AI revolution in accounting? This JofA Technology Q&A article explores the top risks CPAs face—from hallucinations to deepfakes—and ways to mitigate them.