Intuit

The software company has also enhanced payroll and more for QuickBooks Online.

Intuit wants to put small businesses in touch with professional advisors, in more ways than one.

For months, Intuit has been testing a new live bookkeeping service called QuickBooks live. Now the company is ready to go live with the offering on June 3.

Intuit Inc., maker of TurboTax tax-preparation software, lured customers into using the service with the promise of free filing of U.S. returns only to charge them anyway, according to a lawsuit on behalf of disgruntled customers.

QuickBooks Online users can now access RUN Powered by ADP directly from within QBO.

The Internal Revenue Service is launching an investigation of the Free File program amid complaints that tax software companies are making it difficult for qualified taxpayers to access free tax prep software, as Los Angeles and New York State also take action.

Senator Elizabeth Warren and other lawmakers asked the Internal Revenue Service and the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether tax preparation companies are hiding their free services by manipulating search engines.

Intuit has added next day funding for ACH payments to its QuickBooks platforms.

The 2017 tax law had no discernible impact on consumer tax filing patterns or the market share of tax prep vendors, according to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service.

The tax and accounting software maker reported a 5 percent increase in TurboTax units sold this tax season compared to last year, thanks to a 7 percent increase in TurboTax Online sales.