The Justice Department is seeking to bar two Dallas tax return preparers from preparing federal tax returns for others. A suit alleges that Ricardo Solomon and Leslie Mosley, who operate a business called Trini Tax, claimed false deductions and credits on customers' federal tax returns.

H&R Block is cutting its presence in Sears stores to 112 of its best-performing locations for the next tax season. And while CEO Bill Cobb noted the companies have renewed their contract, that number is down from 500 stores during the 2012 season while the company prepares to open in more WalMarts. In this week's earnings webcast, Cobb expressed confidence that his company can retain most of the customers frequenting the closed locations.

Checkout 3.5, a point-of sale package for the Mac, now supports customer displays, including both pole and table-top models. Supported models include Logic Controls LT9000 UP and PD3000 UP. The software also features receipt printing enhancements and the new version prints receipts/invoices without displaying a print dialog. Read more...