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The confidence level of women in their ability to plan for retirement has reached a three-year high, according to a new survey, with 69 percent of women rating their confidence level as good or very good.

FUND E-Z Development Corporation, a provider of nonprofit accounting, fundraising and HIPAA billing software, said Tuesday that it has integrated a Positive Pay automated fraud detection tool with its FUND E-Z Nonprofit Accounting Software.

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service have asked for public comment on issues related to provisions of the health care reform law requiring employers to help pay for the cost of providing government-run health insurance to their employees.

Payroll and benefits outsourcing provider Paychex has acquired online 401(k) administrator ePlan Services.

CCH Small Firm Services has transferred its Electronic Filing Center reporting system from an Oracle database to Microsoft technology.

ADP has introduced a new system that helps companies quickly find the correct local tax information for newly hired or transferred employees.

A new analysis by Congress’s nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation found that 51 percent of U.S. households did not pay any federal income tax in 2009.

Joseph B. Nelson, CPA, CFE, CFF, FCPA, CVA, has joined Top 100 accounting firm Berdon LLP as a partner and co-director of the Litigation and Business Valuation Group.

CCH Small Firm Services celebrated Earth Day by donating professional recording and studio equipment to local Pine Mountain Middle School in Kennesaw, Ga.