Technology

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

Cybersecurity must remain a central concern as filing is increasingly digitized.

Practice Platform now sends push notifications and lets accounting professionals start item-related comment threads with their customers.

A data breach in the Internal Revenue Service’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, tool, which the IRS was forced to shut down last month, may have affected up to 100,000 taxpayers.

The deal adds a new functionality to the consultancy’s portfolio, which also includes Microsoft Dynamics SL and Sage 500 ERP.

The home stretch of tax season will see fraudsters’ biggest push – but cybersecurity expert Kevin O’Brien says that taxpayers and tax professionals accountants will still need to protect themselves after that.

Creative parking violations; scams at day care; “additional” cash fees; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The firm also provides complimentary training for companies that sign up for the service through its website.

The Internal Revenue Service saw a sharp drop-off in tax returns in the first half of filing season, according to a new report.

(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.