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H&R Block got through the first weeks of tax season with a drop in business as it reported a 6.2 percent decline in revenue, but a 5 percent rise in net income for the third quarter ended January 31. The company said the revenue drop reflected a 7.1 percent decline in retail tax returns prepared and it had lost two percentage points in market share in selling digital products. Its business operations sector, RSM McGladrey, fared better with a 3.6 percent drop in revenue for the same quarter.

Thomson Reuters has spelled out the pricing for its SaaS for the CS Professional Suite this past week at a strategic update at the Dexter, Mich., headquarters of the unit that markets products such as UltraTax and WriteUp CS. And the pricing, which hadn't been previously published, shows just how the concept of what software is and how it will be sold is changing as applications go to the Internet.

Payroll processing giant ADP is readying the lauch of moble payroll applictions for its Run payroll system in the September quarter with the intention of supporting all mobile devices including the iPhone, Blackberry, Windows Mobile and Android. The company is already in putting together pilot projects for small and mid-market customers.

WASHINGTON - Kevin Kilduff, a Massachusetts tax attorney, has been barred from practicing before the Internal Revenue Service for a minimum of 48 months for failing to file one federal tax return and for filing another five returns late. Kilduff, who once worked for the IRS Office of Chief Counsel, had blamed his late filings on his need to take care of his sick mother.