1.   At least one test preparation publishing company, Princeton Review, expects to have a study guide in stores next fall.

2.   Block, the tax preparation company and also the owner of the Compuserve computer network, said it intended to specialize in on-line services.

3.   But he pointed out that some tax preparation software companies, banks and brokerage firms are already grappling with this problem.

4.   But the tax preparation company may be the sure winner here.

5.   Seppy Basili, vice president for learning and assessment at Kaplan Inc., a leading test preparation company, said there were big differences between test preparation courses.

6.   The suit alleged that the tax preparation company tricked customers into buying expensive loans, when they thought they were asking for quick turnaround tax refunds.

7.   Officials of major preparation companies said this failing called the results into question.