The IRS says it inadvertently posted confidential information involving about 120,000 individuals on its website before discovering the error and removing it (Richard Rubin/Wall Street Journal)

Jon Victor / The Information:
Andy Rubin incorporated home security monitoring software startup Simple Things in July 2020 and appears to have hired staff from his defunct startup Essential  —  Andy Rubin is planning his next act.  —  The former Google executive, who received a $90 million severance package following …

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
The UK’s National Audit Office says a 2% digital services tax on the gross revenue of Amazon, Apple, and other US giants reaped almost £360M in its first year  —  Figure raised exceeds what most of the digital businesses have been paying in UK corporation tax

Nelson Wang / CoinDesk:
Washington, DC sues Michael Saylor for tax fraud and his company MicroStrategy “for conspiring to help him evade taxes” “on hundreds of millions of dollars”  —  The attorney general’s office is also suing the business software company for allegedly helping him evade taxes on his earnings in the district.

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
London-based private equity firm Cinven plans to buy Iowa-based TaxAct, which makes online tax software, for ~$720M; Cinven has made five acquisitions in 2022  —  London-based private equity firm Cinven has announced plans to acquire online tax preparation software provider TaxAct in an all-cash deal worth around $720 million.

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
Thomson Reuters plans to acquire tax automation software company SurePrep for $500M in cash, with the deal expected to close in Q1 2023  —  Thomson Reuters has announced plans to acquire SurePrep, a tax automation software company based in Irvine, California.

David Enrich / New York Times:
An investigation reveals how online US sports betting grew so big, so fast and what the consequences are likely to be for public health, taxpayers, and others  —  The New York Times examined thousands of pages of documents and interviewed lobbyists, executives, lawmakers …