CCH has named Joe Bergera, who has led the CRM efforts of Sage North America, as EVP and general manager of its tax business unit. The tax unit is a new organization that the company said brings all tax resources into a single group, including product development, product management, content, sales and market, and operations and support.

OneSource Property Tax 9.4.02 from Thomson Reuters utilizes Microsoft Silverlight to deliver a completely browsed-based application. The Tax Manager browser-interface provides updates to data such as bills, assessments, real estate, personal property and returns while the Tax Center offers analytical tools. An overview screen displays multiple years of valuation and tax history for any parcel or property while graphs show the valuation of property through each stage of the assessment process from projected, to rendered, to initial through final values.

The move from desktop to online tax preparation continued as sales of the Internet-based version of TurboTax pushed the number of units sold to 7-percent higher for the tax season through March 12 over last year's tax season for the same period. That came as the sale of desktop units sold dropped by 3 percent for the same period, Intuit reported.