Liberty Tax has seen its store count drop by 37 percent over the last three years. Numbers filed by the Franchise Group, the parent to the tax chain, showed there were 2,494 tax store locations as of December 31, down from 3710 operating during tax season 2017.

 The traditional tax season deadline of April 15 is past. And with the extension of the due date to July 15 the total returns received by the Internal Revenue Service fell further behind last year.

Avalara says its newly introduced Sales Tax Risk Assessment tool provides a detailed assessment of state-by-state tax obligation risk. The sales tax software company said this month the self-serve online resource will provide the report over email.