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Municipal bonds typically represent an investor’s safest asset or the most conservative component of the overall investment portfolio.

Sage North America and Epicor partner CompuData has added Intacct to its list of product offerings as part of the Intacct Business Partner Program.

Sales tax compliance technology provider Avalara has signed a strategic partnership with Moore Stephens North America, a regional association of accounting firms that is part of an international network, in the company’s latest deal with a major accounting firm group.

Commercial hosting service Cloud9 Real Time has released C9 Mobile, a downloadable app that gives Cloud9 users access to all of their desktop software applications from the iPad or iPad Mini.

Nonprofit accounting software provider Abila, has released Abila Millennium 2014, its donor relationship management tool which now features mobile capabilities.

Lateral hiring of partners and leaders by accounting firms from competing accounting firms is on the rise, according to a new study.

By misinterpreting federal law, the Internal Revenue Service has sharply limited the number of erroneous tax refunds and improper tax credit claims on which it can assess penalties, according to a new study.

Online bill payment and invoicing service Bill.com has secured $38 million in financing from new and existing investors, which include venture capital firms, financial institutions and individuals.

The U.S. sought court permission to ask Citigroup Inc. and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. for records of U.S. clients of Zuercher Kantonalbank, the biggest of Switzerland’s publicly owned regional banks, to determine whether those people evaded taxes, records show.

The Internal Revenue Service said it is sending letters in November and December to tax preparers suspected of filing inaccurate claims for the Earned Income Tax Credit.