Last night I presented the 2008 Innovation in Tax & Accounting Technology Awards in Los Angeles. Technologies focused on increasing productivity and efficiency through streamlined workflow processes and management stole the spotlight at the California Accounting and Business Show & Conference in Los Angeles.
Now in their 5th year, the Innovation Awards are recognized as a pinnacle of achievement for developers of software, hardware, services and other technologies geared toward professional accountants and tax preparers. The awards, which honor advances in technologies that benefit accounting and tax professionals, are selected by The CPA Technology Advisor, the leading independent technology magazine and online resource for the profession.
This year’s winners are
- Copanion, Inc. for the GruntWorx system
- XCM Solutions for its Workflow & Information Automation Software
- CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business, for ProSystem fx Document E-mail Management
- Thomson Reuters for Engagement CS and
- Thomson Reuters for PPC’s SMART e-Practice Aids – Risk Assessment
Winners of the Tax and Accounting Technology Innovation Awards are selected by The CPA Technology Advisor’s Awards Committee, which is comprised of the magazine’s editorial advisory board, contributing writers, editorial staff and select thought leaders in the profession. The advisory board is comprised of accounting and tax professionals from across the country who are engaged in public practice in firms ranging from sole practitioners to major, multi-office regional practices.
Nominated products or services must be less than two years old or have undergone a significant revision or addition during the past two years. They are voted on based upon their innovation and the potential benefit the products or services are likely to deliver to the profession. A total of five awards are presented each year on an “at large” basis, with no categories or rankings.
Honorable Mentions are also presented to products not receiving an award but which possess significant innovative potential.
For the 2008 Tax & Accounting Technology Innovation Awards, Honorable Mentions were extended to
- AvaFile from Avalara,
- Disclosure & Reporting Manager from CPA Service Group
- GoFileRoom ES from Thomson Reuters.
Each year the nominations increase in number and improve in quality, which is both wonderful for the profession and challenging for our judges. We sincerely appreciate the efforts of our nearly 50 judges who vetted this year’s nominations. It is a daunting task, indeed!
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