The Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday evening its tax-processing systems have suffered a hardware failure and that tax processing could be affected into Thursday.

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Sage North America announced the release of Sage 50c, accounting software that combines the familiarity of the desktop-based solution with the anywhere, anytime access to data of a cloud-based solution.

Taxpayers are increasingly aware of identity theft-related tax fraud this year and are concerned about becoming victims, according to a new survey.

Receipt Bank announced it has raised $10 million in growth capital from international growth equity firm Kennet Partners.

Thomson Reuters has released ONESOURCE Indirect Tax Integration for Microsoft Dynamics AX, connecting the company’s sales tax and VAT software with Microsoft’s enterprise accounting product.

Avalara introduced Avalara LandedCost for small and mid-market ecommerce merchants to determine in real-time the duties, taxes, cost of goods sold, and shipping costs for global commerce transactions.

Intuit announced that Death Wish Coffee Company, a small business coffee roaster, won the Intuit QuickBooks Small Business Big Game contest.

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Tax preparation software provider TaxSlayer detected suspicious activity on its servers about a week after another tax software developer, TaxAct, was attacked by identity thieves.

The American Institute of CPAs is encouraging firms to modernize the way they conduct audits by using data analytics technology and working to improve the way employee benefit plan audits are conducted in response to a critical Labor Department report.

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American Institute of CPAs president and CEO Barry Melancon said the AICPA is pushing the Internal Revenue Service to improve its services for both taxpayers and CPAs while preparing to become a more international organization.

Crowe Horwath has announced firmwide changes to its dress code (echoing other firm policies), as well as a new mobile working strategy. Rolled out in December, the two policies were designed for attracting and retaining talent both old and new.

Accountants may work with the treasury management function at some corporations, and being able to share information across functions can help executives make better decisions about investments.

There’s no doubt we live in an anywhere, anytime, any device world with employees locally, nationally and across the globe.

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The Information Technology Alliance named Lissa Johnsen as vice president.