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Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain saw his rising numbers in the latest tracking polls reflected in the swipes that rival candidates took at his tax proposals.

CCH Small Firm Services has released PaperlessPLUS, a product developed to help tax and accounting professionals to save and store emails, spreadsheets, memos and other documents as PDF files in a client’s electronic folder.

The Internal Revenue Service mistakenly sent notices to approximately 80,000 taxpayers telling them they needed to repay the First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit.

Unit4 Coda Inc., a division of Unit4, has released Coda Financials – Destination: Control, the 12th version of its Coda Financials financial management software.

The American Institute of CPAs announced the 2011 recipients of three accounting curriculum awards granted to educators who demonstrate innovative teaching practices at three different educational levels.

Sage North America has introduced a program for Sage Accountants Network members specializing in the construction and real estate industry, giving them access to Sage’s construction-focused accounting software and support.

SaaS and on-premise enterprise resource planning software developer Acumatica has included a project management module as a major part of its Acumatica 3.0 release, targeted at professional service, marketing, software, construction, nonprofit, and other businesses that need to maintain separate accounts for different activities.

Senate Republicans blocked President Obama’s jobs package with its extension of the payroll tax cuts and unemployment insurance, tax credits for new hires and wage increases, and surtax on millionaires.

A few blocks away from the Accounting Today offices, the Occupy Wall Street movement is encamped at Zuccotti Park in New York.