Leaders in the U.S. House will support extending a moratorium on taxing Internet services for another seven years, according to a leadership aide.The House had earlier approved a four-year extension, but last week, the U.S. Senate approved a seven-year extension, surprising some observers.A Democratic leadership aide told Bloomberg News that a House vote on the issue could come as early as Tuesday.

While fires raged in California last week, accountants at the second annual Accountants Technology Conference in nearby Las Vegas learned about what they can expect to see in the near future in the way of technology changes.Speakers at the event, which ran Sunday through Tuesday, October 21-23, offered a plethora of information about new programs, new gadgets, innovative technology techniques, as well as helpful tips for making the lives of accountants more efficient and effective.In addition to having a chance to meet with several vendors and other professionals in the accounting techno

An experienced group of management accountants gathered earlier this year at the Law Society in London for AccountingWEB UK ExcelZone's inaugural seminar on "smarter management reporting with Excel." The event, the first in a series, was sponsored by ExcelZone partner Rugged Logic. ExcelZone contributor Simon Hurst was on hand to pass on tips for smoother working with accounting data and spreadsheets. "Before we get on to the practical stuff, the first thing you need to do when reporting with Excel is to design a good spreadsheet," says Simon Hurst, AccountingWEB contributor.

IBM has announced new software and resources to help mid-sized customers more effectively manage the quality of their software and network infrastructures, just like their counterparts in large enterprises. The new software underscores IBM's expanded focus on providing small and mid-sized businesses with the solutions necessary to remain competitive in the market. Typically, IT departments in small and mid-sized businesses lack resources or a formalized IT department to support their operations.

The Internal Revenue Service wants to remind everyone of the impending October 15 deadline for extended tax returns. This is the first year of October 15 being the date for automatically extended federal returns. E-filing is still a viable option for extended returns. A record 58 percent of the 135.3 million returns received by the IRS so far this year have been filed electronically.The IRS reports that more than 10.2 million taxpayers requested an automatic six-month extension this year and many of them have yet to file.

RSS means Really Simple Syndication. RSS is a special format based on XML, which was first used to unite headers with web content. In fact, RSS feeds are XML files containing data according to the RSS specification, and usually located on a website.As soon as an RSS feed appears in the Internet, any connected computer can access it. In order for the user to be able to use the RSS feed, he needs special software or services called readers or aggregators.RSS allows users to save their time, however it is rather difficult to create an RSS feed manually.

Microsoft Security alerts are such a part of computing life that virus writers have now created spoof security alert e-mails to trick users into activating a trojan horse program.