Tax season 2017 took a step backward as it went into the last weekend. After a season marked by week-by-week improvement, most figures from the Internal Revenue Service for the season through April 14 fell behind the corresponding period ended April 15, 2016.

The California Society of CPAs was among nine organizations recently recognized for their implementation and use of Abila software. The Abila Excellence Award was presented to those organizations at the Austin, Texas-based company's Abila User and Developer Conference.

Drake Software this week starts its annual seminar series. Held at more than 100 cities across the United States, the events are designed to introduce prospective customers to the Franklin, N.C.-based software company's products.