Social media marketing may be a rage in the broad economy. But most tax professionals do not spend money on such programs and are not impressed with the results they get from them. And overwhelmingly, they put their faith in word-of-mouth marketing. Those are among the conclusions of a survey released this month by Drake Software entitled "Social Media and the Tax Professional."

Should anyone be surprised that one of the biggest trends in document management is the addition of mobile features? Not anyone who has travelled to a conference or read the unending stream of news articles about mobile capabilities.

Wolters Kluwer said last week that its tax and accounting business, largely CCH's operations, "improved to positive organic growth" for the third quarter ended September 30. That statement was part of the trading update issued for the period.