Herman Man, VP of products and partnerships, has left Xero’s operations in the Americas. Man has become chief product officer for BlueVine, an online lender for businesses.

The Internal Revenue Service has released a six-year plan for modernizing its information technology systems. Estimates are the IRS Integrated Modernization Business Plan will cost between $2.3 billion to $2.7 billion through FY  2024.

The number of returns filed with the Internal Revenue System for the season through April 12 increased from the totals for the year-earlier season through April 13, 2018. It was the first time that returns for this year’s tax season exceeded totals for the corresponding period in 2018.