An increase in operating expenses led Bill.com to a fiscal 2020 loss that was four times the prior year's red ink. The payments software company lost $31.1 million for the most recently completed year, compared to a $7.3-million loss for fiscal 2019.

Intuit said the number of TurboTax Live customers increased 70 percent for the year ended July 31. Almost 70 percent of the new customers there came had used a professional preparer in 2019, the company said this month.

The Internal Revenue Service has approved digital signatures for a number of forms that cannot be filed electronically. The agency this week approved their use on these forms if mailed by December 31.