Martha O’Gorman, marketing director for Liberty Tax since its formation, has joined Loyalty Brands in the same position. Loyalty is a company started by Liberty’s founder and former CEO John Hewitt.

Wolters Kluwer had introduced CCH Axcess IQ, which is designed to analyze tax data. Shown at the company’s Connections user conference this week, IQ enables users to analyze the potential impact of tax legislation changes on clients. 

The American Institute of CPAs and several large accounting firms are working to create an audit software package and methodology. The parties said recently they are working with CaseWare International to develop the technology platform.