The Franchise Group, the parent of Liberty Tax Service, will change its tax compliance program in order to end invesitgations by two federal agencies. The company this week also agreed to a three-year-oversight of the compliance program by an independent monitor.

Canopy has secured new funding, hired a new CEO and emphasized its plans to development practice management software. And the company this week said its plans for marketing a tax preparation software package are delayed, not cancelled.

Sage plans to release a version of its online Sage Accounting (formerly Sage One) for professional users. CEO Steve Hare broadly discussed plans during the company’s recent webcast for earnings for the year ended September 30.