H&R Block has decided to rebrand its retail tax preparation software, TaxCut, which it purposed in 1994, as H&R Home, as the tax preparation giant takes a new approach to the market that it believes can take share from other software vendors and from competing tax store chains. The company outlined a plan to be more aggressive jn advertising and in going after tech-adept younger filers with its H&R Block Digital Tax division.

Revenue for Sage North America fell by 10 percent for the year ended September 30 - and dropped by 8 percent organically - over fiscal 2008 results as the division that markets its accounting products led the way down. North American revenue fell to $889.4 percent while the operation's EBITA margin dropped to 18 percent, down from 20 percent a year earlier as the economy took its toll.

Wolters Kluwer's tax and accounting customers have been the quickest to adopt the company's new technology products, Chief Executive Nancy McKinstry said yesterday. "And that’s because, believe it or not, accountants are early adopters of technology because they get a significant amount of profitability improvement if they can automate their workflow," she said. Wolters Kluwer is the parent of CCH.