Checks per payroll rose for the eight consecutive quarter Paychex said this week as it reported results for the third quarter ended February 29. The company also said client satisfaction results remained high while the loss of payroll clients was down 5 percent from a year ago. That came as the company reported a 4-percent rise in net income on a 7-percent increase in revenue for the most recently ended quarter. Read more...

Avalara, a sales-and-use tax service provider, took the wraps off a program that it has been discussing since the beginning of 2012. The online company formally rolled out its Accounting and Advisory Services Program this week The program is intended to help the accounting profession serve clients by educating them about sales-and-use tax issues and providing resources and tools so that can provide professional assistance in this area.

Tax Planning for Troubled Corporations: Bankruptcy and Nonbankruptcy Restructurings, one of two new treatises from CCH, covers key areas of tax planning for and tax aspects of restructuring for financially troubled companies. Information included is designed to identify early warning time when cash flow becomes insufficient to service debt and determine the potential need for a company to exchange debt for equity. Read more...

New subscribers will no longer have efiling and electronic payment of federal tax and forms included in the Intuit Online Payroll Basic service effective May 1. Existing subscribers continue to have those services bundled into their plan as the company announced two payroll subscription changes.