CPA2Biz is developing a version of the AICPA Online Store that will be smartphone friendly. And it also will roll out eBook versions of the most popular titles of the American Institute of CPAs. That's part of the plan outlined this week by Erik Asgeirsson, CEO of CPA2Biz, the for-profit arm of the AICPA.

The smartphone-enabled store would be available "in coming months", according to Asgeirsson's description. Members could use devices to order publications, conferences, webinars and continuing professional education courses. The eBook role out is scheduled for this year.

More online retailers are collecting sales and use taxes as efforts growth at the federal and state level to impose the levies, according to CCH. The company's review of online nexus rules also noted that another factor is online retailers seeing such taxation as inevitable.

Members of the American Institute of CPAs would be able to use CPA-branded email accounts this year. Under the plan detailed this week by CPA2Biz, the AICPA's for-proft arm, the email addresses would have a cpa.com domain name.

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