CrossLink Professional Tax Solutions has promoted two executives to the company’s officer team. It has also promoted two others to vice president positions and hired a former employee into another VP slot.

Congress needs to remove legislative barriers that prevent financial services companies from sharing information about tax identity fraud, the Electronic Administration Advisory Committee recommended this week. The Internal Revenue Service should also have authority for security standards and enforce in the areas of business tax and payroll, it said.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued guidance for deductions for domestic production activities for agricultural or horticultural cooperatives and customers. The guidance includes deductions for qualified business income and for calculating W-2 wages under section 199A(g).

Canopy is pitching its software eco-system as providing an advantage in using its newly introduced tax preparation software. Known for its tax resolution software, Canopy introduced the preparation software during the past tax season.