Tax tools

Thomson Reuters has released a new special report on year-end tax planning for 2013 for individuals and businesses.

The total number of state, county, city and transit sales tax rate increases in the U.S. rose to 129 in the third quarter of this year, compared to 69 in third quarter of 2012, according to a new report from Thomson Reuters.

Greatland, a provider of W-2 and 1099 products for business, is offering advice to help businesses and their tax preparers avoid penalties, improve compliance and know the important changes for year-end, particularly in light of the Affordable Care Act.

The Income Tax School Inc. has introduced the All-States Individual Income Tax Guide, aimed at students of the company’s ITS Comprehensive Federal Income Tax Course in individual Form 1040 Individual Income Tax Preparation.

“Oh what I’d give to get a good night’s sleep.” We’ve heard that before, maybe even said it ourselves, especially during tax season. But tax preparer Joyce Linzy was prepared to spend money to make it happen.

Thomson Reuters has released the 2013 edition of its annual Tax Planning Guide.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Large Business & International division and its Wage and Investment division have teamed up to create a discovery tool for taxpayers with international filing requirements.

New River Innovation has enhanced its Beyond415 WorkCenter and Beyond415 Guidance products, including a simplified user interface, interactive file system, automatically saved documents, and guidance on the core phases of tax practice and procedure work.

CCH Small Firm Services and eFileCabinet are teaming up on offering PortalSafe, an integrated portal and file sharing service aimed at tax and accounting professionals.

Nexus for state corporate income and sales and use taxes remains widely variable between states, according to the Bloomberg BNA 2013 Survey of State Tax Departments.

Intuit expects approximately 4 percent revenue growth in TurboTax for the 2013 fiscal year, the company said today.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has acquired select assets of the TaxWorks software line from RedGear Technologies, the customers of which will be transitioned to UltraTax CS—part of the CS Professional Suite.

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While its figures for the overall season were flat, Intuit reported today that from January 30 through March 16, sales of TurboTax Online units increased 29 percent versus the comparable prior-year period, and that total TurboTax federal units were up 26 percent in the same span.

CCH has improved its CCH Tax News Highlights App for iPhone, iPad and Android mobile devices with social media sharing features, a new interface and access to more content.

The Minnesota Department of Revenue has reinstated Intuit’s consumer and professional tax products to its approved vendor list.

Tax software developer Greatland Corporation has outlined a plan to further accelerate growth through strategic acquisitions during 2013.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has introduced a cloud-based version of its software for managing sales and use taxes and value-added taxes.

IRS e-file provider Aplos Software will begin offering its Aplos e-File online tax preparation and e-filing product for IRS Form 990-EZ in March of 2013.

CCH Small Firm Services president Jeff Gramlich has resigned from his post, with former Wolters Kluwer Financial & Compliance services vice president and general manager Jason Marx stepping into the role.