Cloud accounting software firm Xero is broadening its reach in the small business tax filing space through an acquisition of Instafile. ZDNet reported this week that Xero, based in New Zealand, will acquire U.K.-based Instafile to integrate its cloud-based tax preparation and filing solution. The company...
Tax preparation firm H&R Block announced Tuesday (Jan. 16) that it would link up with megaretailer Walmart in what is being billed as an exclusive partnership, according to Globe Newswire reports. Under the terms of the deal, H&R Block will become the sole provider of tax software...
M.E. Doc, the Ukrainian tax software company, is under investigation by Ukrainian police and will face charges over a global cyber epidemic. According to an AP news report, Col. Serhiy Demydiuk, head of the Ukraine’s national cyber police unit, said in an interview that M.E. Doc’s...
It appears that TaxSlayer may have sustained a bit of a wound itself in the area of customer data security. On Jan. 29, the tax software preparation company notified about 8,800 individual customers that hackers may have accessed their accounts, reports The Wall Street Journal....
April 16, 2020
Despite instructions from U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to fast-track stimulus payments to Americans, several million taxpayers are still waiting, according to The Washington Post. The Treasury has received complaints primarily from people who used H&R Block, TurboTax, and other tax software services and haven’t seen the money. It appears the IRS lacked their direct […]
January 17, 2018
Tax preparation firm H&R Block announced Tuesday (Jan. 16) that it would link up with megaretailer Walmart in what is being billed as an exclusive partnership, according to Globe Newswire reports. Under...
July 04, 2017
M.E. Doc, the Ukrainian tax software company, is under investigation by Ukrainian police and will face charges over a global cyber epidemic. According to an AP news report, Col. Serhiy Demydiuk,...
February 08, 2016
It appears that TaxSlayer may have sustained a bit of a wound itself in the area of customer data security. On Jan. 29, the tax software preparation company notified about...