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The economic confidence of small business owners continues to slide, according to a newly released survey.

There was nothing unusual about the announcement of the first North American CaseWare Idea User Conference. That September conference appears typical of the user conferences that have started in the last five years—shows from CCH, Intuit (for QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions), Open Systems and Sage. In fact, after the consolidation in the early part of the decade eliminated many reseller conferences, the spread of user conferences probably means there are more conferences in the financial software business than ever.

IRS Narrows Tax Gap

The American Institute of CPAs found a range of responses when it surveyed Americans on how they intend to use their tax rebates.

Pop singer Britney Spears' company has been slapped with a tax lien by the state of California for owing nearly $24,000 in back taxes.

Revenue at accounting firm J.H. Cohn rose 26 percent to $221,371,000 for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2008.

Sales performance management provider Xactly Corp. has launched Xactly Analytics, a software tool for analyzing sales data.

Accounting software developer Intacct has raised $15 million in financing led by Bessemer Venture Partners.

For nearly 30 years, futurists have been predicting the advent of the paperless office, an all-electronic era of documents and infinite storage space. How fast are CPA firms moving toward that strategy and what steps do they need to take to get there?

Fed Cuts Rate to 2 Percent