Intuit is likely to introduce its long-delayed Intuit Practice Management system after tax season. The online product, designed to work with Lacerte tax software and QuickBooks, was originally scheduled for introduced at the end of tax season in 2011. But since then the company has widely tested it at thousands of CPA firms. Read more...

Government action to remove Instant Tax Service franchisees and its parent - which the Justice Department accuses of systemic fraud - from preparing taxes continued this month. A federal court in Kansas City, Kan., permanently barred franchisee A&S Tax Service from operating or preparing federal tax returns for others. A preliminary injunction was entered in Ohio against the parent, ITS Financial, and its owner in November. Read more...

A federal court has rejected the effort by H&R Block to force Intuit to withdraw two TurboTax television advertisements. Block had claimed the ads were misleading and also that Intuit had infringed on the tax store chain's trademark. Read more...