Drake Software is going to market Beyond415, a web-based application from New River Innovation, which handles events after tax filing, such as Internal Revenue Service notices, issues, audits and client management. Under the multi-year agreement the companies are conducting joint marketing efforts.

CCH has acquired SpeedTax, a Laguna Hills, Calif.-based company that markets internet-based sales-and-use tax applications. CCH said that SpeedTax would continue to be offered as product line separate from its CorpSystem tax product. SpeedTax's web-based system performs automated tax-calculations.

The Internal Revenue Service has eliminated the two-year limit for relief requests from innocent spouses. The decision was based on a review of the innocent spouse program conducted this year. Those whose relief request was denied solely to the expiration of the two-year period may reapply.