Gusto has launched what it call a People Advisory program. The payroll software company is providing education and resources that enables practitioners to obtain the People Advisory Certification, based on their knowledge of human resources, benefits and payroll.

Intuit has introduced QuickBooks Cash, a business bank account with an interest rate of 1 percent. QB Cash has no account opening fees, maintenance fees, minimum balances, overdraft fees, or other recurring fees.

A 10.6-percent rise in do-it-yourself online filings led H&R Block to a 3.3 percent in tax returns prepared for the 2019 tax year. Block this week said it prepared 21.2 million returns for the year through July 17.