Liscio, a Bloomington, Ind.-based software company has released FrontDesk, designed as a companion app to the company’s Liscio platform. FrontDesk supports tasks such as updating client demographic information or collecting signatures for engagement letters or document pick up.

Kathryn M. Collins, chief marketing and strategy officer for H&R Block, is leaving her job on January 17. The company, which drew a lot of attention with the “Get Your Taxes Won” marketing campaign last year, disclosed the change in a filing with the SEC.

The Internal Revenue Service has picked Monday, January 29, to begin accepting returns for this yea'rs tax season. However, the tax store chains, H&R Block, Jackson Hewitt and Liberty Tax, had already opened on January 1, starting to process returns seeking cash advances based on 2017 paystubs. This year’s federal deadline is Tuesday, April 17.