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Web-based sales tax management software service provider Avalara said it has agreed to acquire New Horizons Systems, a provider of business geographic and tax jurisdiction assignment software.

Just in time for the New Year, the Internal Revenue Service has expanded its online rebuttal of frivolous tax arguments to provide some amusing holiday reading.

President Bush signed into law a one-year patch for the alternative minimum tax, in addition to a $555-billion omnibus spending bill to fund government operations through 2008.

The Securities and Exchange Commission introduced an online tool that allows investors to compare executive pay at 500 of the largest American companies.

ATM and voting machine maker Diebold said that the Justice Department, in addition to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Chief Accountant, has been investigating its accounting practices.

Even as a kid, I never truly got into the clichéd “Spirit of Christmas.”

An IRS manager and his wife were arrested as part of the widening D.C. property tax scam that has led to the arrests of 10 people so far.

Sage Software business partner Integrated Tech Inc. has signed a letter of intent to join Blytheco LLC, one of the software company's leading resellers, as of January.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a new tax form for employees who have been misclassified as independent contractors.

Sunrise Senior Living fired three top executives after the company completed its accounting investigation.