Thomson Reuters’ Tax & Accounting business has added the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Codification of GAAP standards to its Checkpoint service.

CCH has integrated its CorpSystem Sales Tax Office product with Microsoft Dynamics Nav.

NetSuite began offering a new program to Sage partners to resell its Web-based accounting software with a 50 percent revenue share split for the first 12 months.

Software-as-a-service provider Smart Online has introduced OneBiz 1.1, a suite of Web-based business management tools for small businesses.

Online invoice management provider Bill.com has introduced a new online bill payment service for small and midsized businesses.

CCH has upgraded its CCH Sword enterprise risk management system with improvements to the risk and control assessment module.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has released ONESOURCE Transfer Pricing Documenter, an online application that allows users to create analyses of transfer prices.

Intacct president and CEO Mike Braun plans to retire by the end of the year.

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In a move that will further boost its penetration into the payroll market, Intuit has signed a deal to acquire online payroll service PayCycle for approximately $170 million in cash.

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Sage Software’s top reseller in North America for the past two years, Management Information Services Inc., also known as MIS Group, abruptly announced that it is ceasing all business operations, effective Monday. The firm had ranked No. 10 on SourceMedia's VAR 100 list, with $25.3 million in revenue in 2008.

CCH said it is supporting the new FASB Accounting Standards Codification in its CCH Accounting Research Manager service.

E-mail newsletter provider BizActions has introduced an Online Tax Guide that CPAs can link to from their own Web sites and brand with their own firm’s name and logo.

AccuFund has upgraded its financial reporting software for nonprofit, municipal and government organizations with new features for budget development, allocations and financial reports.

Adaptive Planning has released version 6.0 of its eponymous product, with new multidimensional business financial planning features and integration with NetSuite.

Global risk and internal audit consulting concern Protiviti Inc. has released Governance Portal version 3, a governance, risk and compliance application.