TaxAct is seeking a new president following the announcement that the current job holder, JoAnn Kintzel, plans to leave the company. Kintzel will remain under a transition agreement until a successor is appointed. The company did not report that Kintzel had any immediate plans aftr leaving the company. 

The Internal Revenue Service's plans for a "Future State" for how the agency will operate over the next few years may run into consumer resistance, according to the National Taxpayer Advocate. The Advocate's 2015 annual report to Congress suggests that resistance to technology may thwart development of online accounts.

A Baltimore, Md.-based tax preparer has been sentenced to a 20-month prison term for preparing phony tax returns. Charles Imariagbe, the operator of JC Tax ServiceS, drew the sentence after being found guilty on February 8 on 15 counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false income tax returns.

A W-2 Verification Code test will be expanded to cover about 50 million forms in the next season, one of several steps formulated by the Security Summit. The Summit, which is comprised by the Internal Revenue Service, software companies and other leaders in the tax preparation industry, was formed last year to combat identity theft and released plans for 2017 this week.