The Internal Revenue Service has named five new members to the Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee, including representatives from the nation's two largest tax preparation chains. And one of them, Mark Steber of Jackson Hewitt Tax Service, has been elected as ETAAC chairman for 2011-2012 by committee members.

CCH Small Firm Services has replaced its Document Manager and Scan & Fill applications with a product called PaperlessPlus. The new software saves and stores emails, spreadsheets, memos and other documents as PDF files in a client's electronic folder. Read more...

Sage North America has introduced a program for accountants who specialize in the construction and real estate industry. Operating under the Sage Accountants Network, the program gives members access to construction accounting software and support.