Self-prepared returns continued to pull closer to the totals filed in last year’s tax season. The 38,164,000 DIY efiles received in the 36 days through March 19 were only 1.3 percent behind 38,685,000 efiled in the 54 filing days through March 20, 2020.

The United States is seeking four civil injunctions to halt a franchise chain “The Tax Experts” from preparing federal income tax returns for others. The action seeks disgorgement of fees paid to defendants, whose stores allegedly prepared 17,000 federal tax returns claiming $82 million in refunds in tax years 2017, 2018 and 2019.

Thomson Reuters is planning on holding its annual Synergy conference in Nashville, Tenn., in November. The company will offer both in-person and virtual options for the event.