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CompuPay has acquired another payroll service company, Priority Payroll.

The Internal Revenue Service does not always properly authenticate the identity of taxpayers calling its toll-free assistance lines before providing them with confidential tax account information, according to a new government report.

Epicor Software has unveiled Epicor Express, an on-demand version of its Epicor 9 ERP software, with a focus on job shops and smaller manufacturers.

Nearly three-quarters of senior finance executives expect economic growth to occur over the next 12 months, according to a new survey, and only 10 percent believe economic contraction will take place.

The International Accounting Standards Board has published a proposed set of changes in the accounting standards for financial liabilities to address what it calls the “counter-intuitive” effects of fair value measurement.

CPA financial executives are optimistic for the first time in two years about the economy, according to a new survey.

Sage North America has introduced Sage Exchange, a new secure, cloud-based Payment Card Industry-certified payments system to allow small and midsized businesses and organizations to accept all forms and methods of payment.

AccountantsWorld has revamped its Web site to help clearly delineate its resource portal and destination for its accountant-centric products.

The Hawaii legislature has overridden the veto of Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle and passed a strict mandatory peer review law for public accountants.

A new study from consulting and market research firm Hurwitz & Associates revealed that over a four-year period, the total cost of ownership for a cloud-based corporate performance management system is as much as 77 percent lower than that of comparable on-premise midmarket CPM systems.

A group of seven accounting and business organizations are protesting a proposed amendment to the financial regulatory reform legislation from Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, that would legislate some accounting standards for financial reporting.

The American Institute of CPAs took the wraps off its redesigned Web site, AICPA.org, with new multimedia and social networking features.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has released Checkpoint Learning, a system that combines legislative news, research, testing, and the ability to determine compliance with continuing professional education requirements.

Business management tool developer New Horizon Software Technologies has released PlanGuru Version 12, the latest version of its budgeting, forecasting and planning software for small and midsized businesses and nonprofit organizations.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics issued its monthly employment report, finding that in the month of April, the economy created 290,000 jobs, including 231,000 in the private sector, the largest number of new jobs in four years.

The Internal Revenue Service has opened examinations of over 30 colleges and universities as part of an ongoing investigation into the business activities of tax-exempt academic institutions.

The majority of CFOs see state taxes increasing for their companies and believe that state and local tax compliance has become more demanding than federal tax compliance, according to a new survey by Grant Thornton.

The federal government is losing millions of dollars every year due to increasing taxpayer noncompliance with Individual Retirement Account requirements, according to a new government report.

NetSuite Inc. has partnered with IBM to further connect and integrate their respective cloud solutions, mostly via IBM’s recent acquisition of Cast Iron Systems.

CaseWare IDEA has inked a deal with SymSure Limited to acquire SymSure’s intellectual property and other assets.