TaxAlmanac.org, a website originated by Intuit, has ended its operations. The home page of the free service notes that it was scheduled to go "offline permanently" this week. The site, launched in May 2005, was popular for its discussions, particularly on issues for tax professionals, but also provided information on a wide variety of topics.

Intuit Practice Management, which was supposed to be an important online product for the CPA market, is no longer being displayed on the company's website. It is the latest development in the convoluted history of a product that ad trouble getting to market.

Intuit had a killer tax season in both consumer and professional software sales. In an earnings webcast, CEO Brad Smith said, "We succeeded on all fronts" in meeting financial goals, continuing "We won this tax season." The company gained about a 1.5-percentage point gain in market share in the do-it-yourself tax category and the 3-percent gain in professional tax revenue was a strong performance in the slow-growing paid preparer market.