The performance of the professional tax and professional segments of its Tax and Accounting business was strong for Thomson Reuters for the year ended December 31. However, that units' overall performance was sapped by the continuing weak results for its government business.

CEO Krista Endsley has left Abila after serving as CEO of the nonprofit software company since its formation in March 2013. Endsley has been replaced in the role at Austin, Texas-based Abila, by Craig Charlton, who has years of experience in the Epicor market.

Cloud software vendor Acumatica plans to market to CPAs this year in an effort to increase the awareness of the cloud-based vendor's product members of that community. That is part of the Seattle, Wash.-based company's intention to increase its marketing expenditures by five times this year.