Thomson Reuters is preparing a limited release of its first Onvio Tax module. The company plans to hit the market by the end of the year with a 1041 module, released to what the company termed "a very small group of firms" with all entities ready for a tax season test.

Intuit is developing an office management suite for tax and accounting professionals that will also integrate across Lacerte, QuickBooks and Microsoft Outlook. The company is not ready to release specifics about the functionality, but the move would put Intuit in the practice management software market, something that has been missing in its professional line, and give it more products for larger firms.