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Title: Back to the Web

Author: Scott, Robert W Article Type: Product Analysis
Source: Accounting Technology, v21 n6 p18(7) Publication Date: Jul 2005
  ISSN: 1068-6452
  Illustrations: Charts
URL of Publication: http://www.electronicaccountant.com

Many CPA firms are seeing a return to Web-based applications due to less expensive data bandwidth, improved security, easier consolidation of disparate systems, as well as an increased comfort level with the Internet, now that the dot-com bust is a fading memory. Companies also are increasingly turning to the Web to allow their employees the ability to access data and documents from various locations. Online products are also seeing growth due to changing attitudes about e-commerce, with many accounting firms opting to sell their services on the Web. The concepts of paperless payroll and paperless tax are driving accounting professionals to the Internet as well. CCH Tax and Accounting has been a leader in the online trend with its Tax Research Network, TaxNotebook online organizer, and its Global fx tax preparation system. The company plans to offer a Web version of its ProSystem fx Document before the end of 2005. Development of Web Services standards have also helped pave the way toward the availability of more applications. Avalara's AvaTax is an Internet-based sales and uses tax software that pulls data off tax agency Web sites via Web Services. Utilization of the XML file specification, which supports file exchange between applications, is another driving force toward the embracing of Web applications.

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