Intuit has reversed its original plan to have Lacerte Tax Research unavailable this weekend as several online functions are shut down for two days of planned computer maintenance. The original schedule would have had the research program not accessible through its standalone or in-program forms for Lacerte from 8 pm PDT Friday, March 23, through 8 pm. PDT Sunday March 25. Lacerte customers will still not be able to download Preparer files that control the program license. ProSeries customers will lose the ability to use online electronic filing status look-ups and ProSeries renewals.

Anyone who has had a social media account hijacked knows that these popular services are not tremendously secure. Multiply that times the number of employees at an organization and social media can represent a sizable security headache for any organization.

C.E. Andrews, who headed RSM McGladrey Business Services for H&R Block, is leaving the company with payments of more than $4 million and has the potential for more compensation. Although Block terminated his contract on March 6, it gave the executive nearly $1 million in cash under a separation agreement and tacked on another $3 million in cash because of what Block termed his "successful management" of the unit. Read more...