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After a significant setback in September hiring at small businesses, the jobs situation appeared to be stabilizing in October, according to payroll figures from CBIZ.

John Wiley & Sons has acquired Efficient Learning Systems, an e-learning system provider that specializes in professional finance and accounting, for $24 million.

On the first morning of its annual User Conference, being held now in San Diego, tax and accounting solution and research provider CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business, emphasized the importance of mobility to modern accountants.

Payroll giant ADP reported that hiring in the financial activities sector increased by 9,000 in October.

On the eve of an election in a year full of rancor over whether taxation belongs at the federal, state or local level, corporate IT buyers are already getting a taste of how regional levies could affect their current costs and future strategies.

CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business, released new mobile applications to monitor the status of e-filed returns, as well as access to client data in ProSystem fx.

Cloud-based sales tax automation service provider Avalara has hired former Information Technology Alliance(ITA) president Ron Eagle as strategic advisor within the company's Accounting & Advisory Services program.

Cloud and mobile top the list of emerging technologies transforming the tax and accounting profession, according to the 2012 CCH Technology Survey, an independent nationwide survey of more than 400 accounting professionals.

The Internal Revenue Service is taking issue with a new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration that faults the IRS for taking longer than expected to upgrade its computer systems to allow the use of SmartID cards for improved security.

KPMG LLP has elected P. Scott Ozanus to serve as deputy chairman and chief operating officer of the audit, tax and advisory firm. Ozanus succeeds Henry Keizer, who will retire at the end of 2012.

Transition Advisors president Joel Sinkin discusses succession planning for accounting firms and how they can prepare for mergers.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board is giving more time to people to comment on its proposals for clarifying financial statement disclosures as a result of Hurricane Sandy.

Accountants can -- and should -- help their clients prepare for disaster.

Federal, state and local authorities have issued various forms of tax relief for those affected by Hurricane Sandy last week.

Braintree, an online payments platform for mobile commerce has formed integrated partnership with FreshBooks that will allow FreshBooks merchant users access to Braintree’s payment processing, providing them with a PCI compliant payment gateway.

The H&R Block blog offers several tips for tax preparers to help clients recover from the devastation of Hurricane Sandy.

Online marketing and communications service Demandforce is now fully integrated with QuickBooks, six months after Intuit acquired the company.

The board of directors of the CFP Board of Standards announced the immediate resignations of its chairman Alan Goldfarb and two members of the Disciplinary and Ethics Commission.

The IRS e-Services suite of services, including the transcript delivery system, the e-file application, the disclosure authorization and TIN matching will be unavailable from Saturday, November 3, at 9 p.m. Eastern, until Monday, November 5, at 6 a.m. for maintenance.

The Internal Revenue Service has made progress in automating installation and monitoring in a large segment of its computers, but it hasn't yet implemented key patch management policies and procedures, according to a new report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.