Among other sectors, revenue from accounting services dropped to $11.9 million in the most recently ended period, down 14.6 percent from $13.9 million. The drop stemmed from the same factors pushing the tax income. Total Business Services revenue fell to $178.5 million, down 3.6 percent from $185.2 million a year ago.

The same patterns held for the nine-month totals with revenue from tax services falling to $251.3 million, down  5.2 percent from $265.2 million in last year's first third quarters. Revenue from accounting services to $35.9 million for the fiscal year to date, down 10.8 percent from $40.3 million. Business consulting revenue rose to just over $192 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2010, up 2.5 percent from $187.1 million a year ago.