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2022 Innovation Awards
Spotlight Top Tech for Tax
and Accounting Pros
By Isaac M. O'Bannon
AUTOMATION, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, and connective technologies are
becoming increasingly important to the productivity and profitability of modern
tax and accounting firms, helping to streamline workflows and keep tasking as
efficient as possible.
The winners of this year's Tax and Accounting Technology
Innovation Awards, now in their 19th year, were
selected by a panel of thought leaders in the profession.
Presented by CPA Practice Advisor, the Innovation Awards
were first presented in 2004, and honor new or recently
enhanced technologies that benefit tax and accounting
professionals and their clients through improved workflow
and efficiencies, increased accessibility, enhanced collaboration,
greater accuracy, or other means. Nominated products
or technologies must be less than 2 years old or have had
new, significant features or enhancements during that time.
" 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 individuals and 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, Surviving
Financial Downsizing, and Idiot's Guide
to Introductory Accounting.
The winners of the CPA Practice
Advisor Tax and Accounting Technology
Innovation Awards are
selected from nominated products
by our awards committee, which
includes thought leaders and
professionals engaged in various
practice specialties across the
accounting profession.
CPA Practice Advisor provides a variety of
independent digital and print resources for accounting
professionals, including practice resources, podcast reviews
of practice technologies, interactive tools, and content that
helps firms achieve greater productivity. Award winners are
listed in alphabetical order.
2022 INNOVATION AWARD WINNERS
AVALARA RETURNS FOR ACCOUNTANTS
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ruling continues to unleash complexity for businesses of
all sizes four years on, and accountants are more than
ever on the front lines in helping clients to understand and
stay in compliance with increasing sales tax regulations.
In tandem, accounting firms continue to struggle to shift
meaningfully into advisory services, while also spending
client time on compliance.
Avalara Returns for Accountants, a recent addition to
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for accounting practitioners to help scale compliance
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cloud technology to simplify and streamline a firm's tax
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