Avalara is readying a roll out of automation of international indirect tax preparation. CEO Scott McFarlane said this month the compan yramping up its activity internationally in “advance of launching automated filing technologies.”

The government shutdown impacted the start of the current tax season as every statistic released by the Internal Revenue Service for the first time for 2018 was down. But this year, the key metric may be the average refund as a measure of the impact of the new tax law.

Nasdaq has delisted the Class A shares of common stock of Liberty Tax. The action, effective today, February 1, follows a process that began on June 12 when the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications staff notified Liberty of its intentions.