TaxAct, the tax preparation business of Blucora, had a 13-percent rise in revenue for 2015. That came as the company's proforma revenue was up 7 percent over 2014 with the company's purchase of HD Vest on December 31, Blucora said during a recent earnings webcast.

Sage has introduced Sage50c, a product spanning three of its low-cost accounting packages. The product lets desktop users push files to the cloud and work remotely. The packages included include Sage 50c Pro, Premium and Quantum with both subscription and perpetual license pricing available.

Teresa Mackintosh, who had an almost 20-year career in the tax and accounting software business, has become CEO of Trintech. Based in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, area, Trintech markets cloud-based applications that manage the record-to-report process.