Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen met with the heads of some of the major tax software companies, tax preparation chains, state tax commissioners and other officials in an effort to combat the growing problem identity theft and tax fraud.

The Internal Revenue Service is sending letters to verify the identity of taxpayers as part of its effort this tax season to combat the growing problem of identity theft.

Cybersecurity is a CEO-level issue, stated David Finn, executive director of Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit, during his closing day keynote of the 2015 Microsoft Convergence Conference.

Avalara announced the launch of Avalara ExciseRates, a free fuel tax calculator for buyers and sellers of bulk fuel.

Microsoft announced the Spring '15 release of Microsoft Dynamics CRM, featuring enhancements in the five areas of productivity, social, mobility, analytics and knowledge.

As the economy continues to see signs of vitality, companies will shift their focus from survival to becoming stronger and more competitive.

Armanino released a Forecast Management solution for Microsoft Dynamics CRM, also compatible with all CRM solutions, enabling sales and operations executives to develop detailed sales forecasts.

The Internal Revenue Service and the Free File Alliance have reached a new five-year agreement to continue providing free tax preparation software for 70 percent of tax filers.

Accounting Today has released its 2015 list of the Top 100 Firms in Accounting.

“We are at the dawn of a new generation of business systems,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in his keynote to kick off Microsoft’s 2015 Convergence Conference, “with unlimited computing capacity in the cloud.”

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Sageworks announced a marketing partnership with QBExpress, Intuit’s large network of QuickBooks consultants.

Socius has joined the NetSuite Solution Provider Program, adding the cloud-based ERP and omnichannel commerce software to its portfolio of Microsoft, Sage and Syspro solutions.

Intuit announced two new QuickBooks Online integrations with ecommerce companies Bigcommerce and Shopify to provide accounting and bookkeeping for businesses selling on these platforms.

Vertex SMB introduced a returns-only offering of its cloud-based solution.

Zuora announced a new $115 million investment, bringing the total amount of capital raised to fund its RBM platform to $250 million.

Avalara announced the acquisition of the tax content, determination, and compliance technology for Brazil from information and technology consulting company SuitePlus.

A majority of technology CFOs in the U.S. have increased their spending on cybersecurity in the last year, according to BDO USA’s annual survey.

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