After having virtually no change in his compensation from 2014 to 2015, Carlos Rodriguez, CEO of Automatic Data Processing, received a 32.1-percent increase for 2016. The boost in pay for the year ended June 30 came from three compensation categories, including stock and option award. But the biggest hike came from the change in his pension value and deferred compensation.

Intuit wants to use QuickBooks Online Accountant as a platform that can tie together major applications used by tax and accounting firms. The company outlined the vision at its recent Investor's day with EVP CeCe Morken giving a general view of how that will be accomplished.

Sales-tax specialist Avalara has created a new business unit as it launches an effort to provide services to very small businesses. Automating to reach these organizations is essential to sell to them, according to Marshal Kushniruk, the company's VP of global business development.