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IMGCAP(1)]To compete in today’s unpredictable economy your clients’ companies must keep a very close eye on their operational performance and be able to use that information to continuously update their business plans and budgets.

A New York-based startup company called Profitably has introduced a web-based small business analytics service in partnership with Intuit.

A three-month slide in small business confidence ended in September, driven in part by fewer small business owners reporting cash flow issues than they did in August, according to a new survey.

A group of 47 House Democrats has written to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., asking to extend the soon-to-expire Bush tax cuts on dividends and capital gains, echoing a similar letter sent this month by 31 House Democrats that advocates extending the tax cuts for upper-income taxpayers.

After less than nine months on the job, SpeedTax executive vice president David Lahey has departed the company.

Sage reseller Blytheco made another move to further grow its SalesLogix and overall customer relationship management business with the purchase of the SalesLogix practice of Result Data Consulting Ltd.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has released new Competency Model software for its Checkpoint Learning system that provides self-assessment tools to measure proficiency in the subjects studied by users, along with roadmaps for career development.

Two New York City tax preparers are facing prison time and the payment of substantial sums of money in a pair of recent cases.

The American Institute of CPAs and 18 other groups have written a letter to congressional leaders encouraging them to ban tax strategy patents before adjourning.

Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., has sent a letter to IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman requesting him to investigate the use of tax-exempt groups for political advocacy.