Intuit says its practice management software will have releases that start after tax season. And while the product has been in field tests with about 2,000 firms, its general release is about a year later than the company had planned early in 2011.

Build Your Firm, an accounting marketing and website development company that serves accounting firms, has formed a partnership with ShareFile, which provides secure file sharing and exchanging to those accounting operations. The partnership supports cross promotion of complementary products.

CCH Small Firm Services has reached an agreement under which Tax Rite will provide advice on tax and and technology issues to its customers.Tax Rite provides technical support and a tax hotline for tax professionals through subscription-based services.

The Department of Justice is seeking to bar Larry Carnell Dixon Sr. and his firm, Dixon's Tax Service, from preparing federal tax returns for others. An injunction is being sought against the Zachary, La.-based preparer alleging that he used inflated and fake business expense deductions for real or fictitious businesses on his clients' returns to reduce their tax liabilities or increase refunds.