Educational vendor SmartPros narrowed its loss for the third quarter ended September 30, despite a 10.5-percent decline in revenue for the period. The company lost $108,902 for the most recently ended quarter, compared to $181,131 in red ink a year earlier.

WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service has begun notifying about 1 million tax return preparers to remind them they must use Preparer Tax Identification Numbers on all federal returns starting January 1. The IRS intends to send about 125,000 notification letters each week for eight weeks, based on the list of preparers who currently have PTINs.

CCH has introduced its CCH Mobile application which provides the services of its IntelliConnect research platform to BlackBerry and iPhone users. The company is rolling out a limited-time version that enables IntelliConnect users to download the initial edition of the product for free through next year.