Accounting firms RSM US and Eide Bailly repeated this year as top award winners in the NetSuite reselling channel. RSM was named Worldwide Solution Provider of the Year for the second straight year at the Oracle NetSuite SuiteWorld conference this month.

Efiled returns for the tx season through April 5 reached 96,844,000, a 1-percent increase from 95,899,000 for the period through April 6, 2018. It was the first time during the current season efiles beat 2018 totals, all on the growth in self-prepared returns. 

The Internal Revenue Service is seeking volunteers to serve on the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. Those interested in applying to TAP, an advisory committee, can apply through May 3 for three-year terms starting in December.