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Performers from shows like “The Sopranos” and “The West Wing” were hired by software company DataRails to narrate examples of real-life problems with financial planning and analysis.

Chargebee has acquired Brighback; and GTreasury has bought Hedge Trackers.

The company uses natural language processing and human-assisted AI, along with partnerships with financial institutions, to streamline the tax preparation process and more closely align it with financial wellness.

The Internal Revenue Service made its Free File program available on Friday, allowing taxpayers who earn less than $73,000 in adjusted gross income to start preparing and filing their tax returns for free.

The tax prep chain is looking to compete in the online tax prep space against H&R Block and Intuit.

Dysfunctional and manual financial reporting processes are expected to cost U.S. businesses $7.8 billion this year, according to a new report.

Bloomberg Tax has added new features to the Tax Provision product it acquired last year from Tax Prodigy.

The vast majority of tax and finance leaders see a need for improved technology and data skills in their employees, according to a new international survey.

Partners may not have a clear sense of how efficiently they and their teams are spending their time and often lack awareness of what other partners are doing, which can result in opportunity lost.