The number of tax returns received by the Internal Revenue Service for the season through February 21 were almost even with the comparable period in 2019.  Total returns received were down .1 percent from a year ago while efiles were  up .3 percent.

Bloomberg Tax & Accounting has released Tax Season Watch this week. The product offers content and analysis related to federal and state issues developed for the 2019 tax year.

Thomson Reuters shipped its state tax forms in December this year, which is reshaping revenue from two quarters. The company said this week the move of forms shipment from January to December shifted revenue from the first quarter of 2019 to the fourth quarter of 2019.