Investment firm LNC Partners has acquired CrossLink Professional Tax Solutions, formerly Petz Enterprises, from the Petz family.  The company immediately announced development of CrossLink Online for professional tax preparers for the 2019 Tax Season Terms were not disclosed.

The number of tax returns received by the Internal Revenue Service remained .7 percent behind a year ago. But results  released this week continue to show improvement as statistics for the tax season through February 23 compared to those through February 24 a year ago.

The Internal Revenue Service has released an updated Withholding Calculator on IRS.gov. They agency has also issued  a new version of Form W-4 so taxpayers can check their 2018 tax withholdings under the new tax laws.