Low-cost accounting software vendor Xero plans a significant expansion of features in its online product in 2013. The broader capability is designed to bring the product more to the level of those from other players in the field, according to CEO Rod Drury.

Intuit has released fixes for four software programs that had errors in calculating Minnesota tax returns. The fixes involved all of the company's tax products, TurboTax, Lacerte, ProSeries and Intuit Tax Online, in an embarrassing situation in which the Minnesota Department of Revenue publicly warned its residents over the weekend not to use Intuit tax products to prepare or file either electronic or paper returns.