Tax prep software

The Internal Revenue Service is planning a series of actions in the coming months to improve e-Services usability and security on the online apps.

Accounting Today's 2017 comparison guide lays out the prep packages side by side.

Clients often don’t understand the practitioners who file their returns.

An old banking procedure could add another layer of security to IRS return processing.

The Internal Revenue Service is planning to demonstrate an upcoming refresh of its IRS.gov website optimized for mobile users, along with a prototype of online accounts for tax professionals, at its IRS Nationwide Tax Forums this summer.

The ruling rejects the ‘software defense’ for deduction errors.

H&R Block’s use of IBM’s Watson technology this past tax season is only one sign of the increasing involvement of artificial intelligence in tax preparation, with even Big Four firms like PricewaterhouseCoopers making major investments in AI for servicing their tax clients.

Intuit CEO Brad Smith is seeing some strong competition for TurboTax this year.

(Bloomberg) Tax preparation isn't rocket science -- or so contends Kenneth Lin, in his pitch to get taxpayers to use Credit Karma, his popular credit-monitoring site, to do taxes online for free.

The developers plan to partner with accounting firms and payroll service providers.