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Tech News: April launches flagship filing product

ByChris Gaetano
April 7, 2023 9:00 AM

April Tax Solutions Inc. launched flagship filing product; Accounting Today's Best Firms for Technology deadline was extended; KPMG spun off new AI security company; and other accounting tech news.

April Tax Solutions launches tax filing offering

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April Tax Solutions announced the launch of april, an AI-embedded tax program. The program does things like estimate taxes, file when the time is right, and optimize tax strategies year-round. It is integrated with financial institutions, payroll providers and fintechs, including Acorns, Mercury Financial, B9 and Moves. Backed by Treasury, QED, Nyca Partners, Team8, Euclidean Capital and Atento Capital. The program's infrastructure is built within its partners' platforms, allowing tax considerations to be taken into account for activities within them, which is how april intends to make filing season easier by having already kept track of all the necessary information. 

KPMG spins out AI security company

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Big Four firm KPMG said that its incubator, KPMG Studios, has successfully spun off its very first startup: an AI security firm called Cranium, which was developed in collaboration with AI security experts in the firm's advisory practice (see full story). While many have been using AI in security, Cranium's focus is on the security of the AI itself. To keep data and systems secure, the company provides an end-to-end AI security and trust platform that operates by mapping the AI pipelines, validating security, and monitoring for adversarial threats.

'Best Firms for Tech' deadline extended

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Accounting Today is extending the deadline for its Best Firms for Technology survey to Friday, April 14 (see full story) due to the great amount of interest from out readers. To participate, firms must complete the Best Firms for Tech submission form, located here. Submissions are due on Friday, April 7, 2023.

Other news

ERP vendor Acumatica said that Wayne Kimber will be the company's new chief financial officer effective today. He will lead all aspects of the company's finance, accounting, business intelligence and legal functions. He succeeds Nigel LeGresley, who has headed up the company's finance operations for the past eight years. … AuditDashboard, an audit client collaboration platform, announced the successful completion of its 7th SOC 2 Type 2 audit for the period of review from February 2022 to January 2023. … Expense management platform Fyle said that it is now integrated with MasterCard just a few months after touting a similar integration with Visa. ... Translucent, an accounting and finance platform specializing in multi-entity businesses, announced it has raised a £2.7 million pre-seed round, led by LocalGlobe. Several prominent angel investors also participated, including co-founder and former CTO of Xero Craig Walker and co-founder and former managing drector of Xero UK Gary Turner.
Chris Gaetano
Technology Editor, Accounting Today
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