The prevailing attitude toward taking care of sales-and-use taxes looks a lot like the attitude many people have towards payroll processing. That ranges from doing everything yourself to outsourcing everything. In the middle, are all the variants of performing some tasks, but not others. And that probably explains why there’s an array of software and services available, like CCH’s CorpSystem service, which recently joined its software sibling on the market.

WASHINGTON -The Internal Revenue Service has opened the online system under which paid tax preparers must obtain a Preparer Tax Identification Number. That move came as the IRS also issued its final regulations regarding the ID for those who prepare all or substantially all of a tax return.

PARSIPPANY, N.J.  - Jackson Hewitt Tax Service has received approval from the New York Stock Exchange for a plan that would enable it to continue to be listed on the NYSE. The company had been notified about possible delisting after it failed to meet two separate exchange requirements. Jackson Hewitt is subject to quarterly reviews by the NYSE while it works through its plan.

BNA has released a new state tax research service, called the Premier State Tax Library, that offers analysis from practitioners organized by state and topic. The expanded state tax library also represents an important increase in emphasis on sales and use taxes as BNA has introduced a practice navigator and sales and use tax monitor and plans the launch of a sales-and-use tax nexus tool next year.