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AccountantsWorld president Chandra Bhansali visited the WebCPA and Accounting Today offices on Friday to discuss the company’s cloud computing services for accountants, which are now being packaged together at a discount.

The Senate debated a bill on Monday that would give companies a two-year holiday from their share of Social Security payroll withholding for each employee they hire to replace a worker at a foreign-based facility.

Upticks in payroll and human resources revenue helped payroll and benefits outsourcing provider Paychex Inc., post a 7 percent rise in first-quarter profits to $132 million, versus the results of last year’s first quarter for the period ended August 31.

Florida accounting firms Saltmarsh, Cleaveland & Gund and Stogniew & Associates are combining, effective Oct. 1.

President Obama signed the Small Business Jobs Act into law on Monday, providing $12 billion in tax breaks and a $30 billion lending fund for small businesses.

The Internal Revenue Service said that individuals and businesses will no longer receive paper income tax packages in the mail.

A Kansas company has created a national online marketplace for matching buyers and sellers of transferable state tax credits.

Michigan accounting firms Lewis & Knopf CPAs PC, and Thomas R. Haggerty CPA PC have combined forces.

Senate Democrats plan to hold a vote on the Bush tax cuts extension soon after the mid-term election in November, congressional leaders indicated.