Six new CPA firms have joined as inaugural members of the Information Technology Alliance’s Client Accounting and Advisory Services) track. ITA is a nonprofit association of CPA Firms, consulting firms and technology vendors.

 Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting is acquiring Vanguard Software for about $110 million in cash. Vanguard Predictive Planning applications uses artificial intelligence in a variety of areas of supply chain management.

The 2021 tax season is taking on a new character as efiles from paid preparers continue to grow over the year-ago period.  After being 7.6-percent ahead of the 2020-pace in the prior report from the Internal Revenue Service, the total for the period, ended May 7, 2021, was 10.6 percent over the period ended May 8, 2020.