Liberty Tax Service announced the acquisition of eSmartTax, the income tax preparation business of San Jose, Calif.-based C&S Technologies. Financial terms of the deal, which does not include C&S's payroll-tax-related filing services, were not disclosed.The eSmartTax acquisition will allow Liberty customers to prepare and file individual tax returns on the Internet through the company's Web site, or through the Internal Revenue Service's Free File Alliance site.
Financial services firm Great American Holdings acquired Trampe Settles, which provides business valuation, forensic accounting, due diligence and audit services.
Private equity is fueling a wave of mergers and acquisitions, with transaction volume rising 26% year-over-year in 2025 and continuing to climb in 2026.
The Internal Revenue Service's effort to reduce the amount of paper it deals with may be exposing taxpayer data to unwanted security vulnerabilities.
Greenshoe announced a new continuous monitoring feature, which allows public companies to discover and react to disclosure changes throughout the year.
The House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing to advance legislation requiring disclosures of foreign sources of funding for tax-exempt groups and recipients.
KPMG announced a strategic alliance with OpenAI to develop solutions that reflect a new "headless" vision for enterprise software where AI becomes the main work surface.
