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Jackson Hewitt Tax Services has introduced a $25 flat fee for online tax filing for all do-it-yourself filers as it looks to compete in the online tax prep space against H&R Block and Intuit.

The vast majority of tax and finance leaders see a need for improved technology and data skills in their employees, according to a new international survey.

Tax leaders are concentrating on recruiting and training new and existing talent this year, while emphasizing personal development and health and wellness in order to attract and retain good people.

While tax planning works better as a year-round process, there are steps you can take now to get your finances ready for filing in April.

Members may also be able to get their refunds early.

The company is rolling out improvements to ProConnect Tax Online, ProSeries and Lacerte ahead of the coming tax season.

At its recent user conference, the company previewed some of its upcoming products and unveiled some new partnerships, along with a delay of its Onvio cloud software.

PricewaterhouseCoopers is turning some of the digital tools it developed internally to train its staff into artificial intelligence products its clients can use in their finance departments.

Taxpayers who file through TurboTax can now opt to open a Credit Karma Money Spend account and have their tax refund sent there directly.

You pay off that balance. that kind of eliminates the whole free flight idea. >> and medical bills are huge for a lot of people. and this almost sounds like a gimmick, but you can get free prescriptions? >> you can, several supermarket pharmacies have free precipitation drugs. for example, at giant eagle in meyer, you can get some commonly prescribed antibiotics, meyer also offers free prenatal vitamins, some places have free diabetes medications. >> tax time coming up, what about some free tax ...