Somewhere after everyone stops talking about healthcare, there is a tax season coming in which the major purpose is still preparing tax returns. And in the rapidly approaching season, there is a great deal of emphasis by publishers of tax software on improved performance and an unusual number of problems that afflicted tax software during the last season is only part of the reason why.

H&R Block is conducting a test of selling health insurance in its stores in the Phoenix, Ariz. The test is part of a wide ranging set of healthcare services discussed earlier this month when executives of the tax preparation chain held an investor's day that covered the company's plans for 2014.

Robert Carmines says it’s a wonder he’s not electrocuted when he tries to sort out the wires under his desk. Or sometimes when he’s trying to sort out the problems with monitors, it’s like trying to find the burned out bulb in a string of Christmas lights. Welcome to the world of multiple monitors.