Accountants who are members of the Mentor Plus Consulting Accountants RoundTable have formed a group that has established a Web site, www.thepassionateaccountant.com, which is designed to promote the use of social media tools, such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

BAINBRIDGE, ISLAND, Wash. – Sales and use tax vendor Avalara has continued on the acquisition path with its merger with Taxcient, a San Diego-based company that supplies Web-based sales tax automation services and also tax filing and compliance services for large businesses. Taxcient, formerly known as vAudit Group, employes a team of former state tax auditors, technologists and financial system industry executives