Debt (Details Textual) (USD $)	6 Months Ended				6 Months Ended												6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012	Jan. 31, 2012	Jun. 30, 2013 2019 Notes	Mar. 15, 2013 2019 Notes	Mar. 11, 2013 2019 Notes	Jun. 30, 2013 Alternative Base Rate Minimum	Jun. 30, 2013 Alternative Base Rate Maximum	Jun. 30, 2013 Libor Rate	Jun. 30, 2013 Libor Rate Minimum	Jun. 30, 2013 Libor Rate Maximum	Apr. 30, 2013 Revolving debt	Jan. 31, 2012 Revolving debt	Jun. 30, 2013 Term Loan	Jan. 31, 2012 Term Loan	Jun. 30, 2013 Long-term Debt
Debt (Textual) [Abstract]
Credit agreement				$ 105,000,000										$ 10,000,000		$ 95,000,000
Term loan borrowed				95,000,000										5,000,000
Mandatory prepayment on term loan within requirement	A portion of any excess cash flows, as the term is defined in the credit agreement, must be used to make a mandatory prepayment on the term loan within sixty days of June 30th, beginning June 30, 2013, and in each succeeding year, in the event that the leverage ratio is more than two-to-one on June 30th of that year.
Prepayment on the term loan	60 days
Leverage Ratio	2
Repaid the debt			25,500,000										10,000,000
Principal payments and matures																	Quarterly
Quarterly principal payments and matures																	Jan. 31, 2017
Interest Rate Description	The Applicable Margin is dependent on the consolidated Total Leverage Ratio (as defined in the credit agreement) of TaxACT Holdings and ranges from 2.0% to 3.5% for borrowings tied to the Alternative Base Rate and 3.0% to 4.5% for borrowings tied to the LIBOR Rate.
Alternative Base Rate and LIBOR Rate								2.00%	3.50%		3.00%	4.50%
Term Loan Gross Carrying Value															64,500,000
Amount outstanding under the term loan																	37,500,000
Interest rate hedge risk Period associated with the term debt	90 days
LIBOR Rate portion										0.85%
Convertible senior notes, maturity date					Apr. 01, 2019
Principal Amount					201,250,000	201,250,000
Convertible senior notes, stated interest rate							4.25%
Convertible senior notes, additional issued against overallotment, principal amount							26,250,000
2019 Convertible senior notes due year					2019
Convertible Senior Notes, Frequency of Periodic Payments					semi-annually
Convertible senior notes, semi-annual due date first					--04-01
Convertible senior notes, semi-annual due date second					--10-01
Convertible Senior Notes, Date of first required payment					Oct. 01, 2013
Convertible senior loan, Maturities, payments of Interest, Remainder of Fiscal Year 2013					4,700,000
Convertible senior loan, Long-term Debt, Maturing payments of Interest in fiscal Years 2014 To 2018					8,600,000
Convertible senior loan, Long-term Debt, Maturing payments of Interest in fiscal Years 2019					4,300,000
Convertible senior notes, proceeds from issuance, amount					194,800,000
Debt instrument, conversion terms	On or before June 30, 2013, holders could not convert the Notes under any circumstances. After June 30, 2013 and prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding October 1, 2018, holders may convert all or a portion of the Notes at their option, in multiples of $1,000 principal amount, only under the following circumstances:  during any fiscal quarter commencing after the calendar quarter ending on June 30, 2013 (and only during such calendar quarter), if the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during a period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter is greater than or equal to 130% of the conversion price on each applicable trading day;  during the five business day period after any five consecutive trading day period (the “measurement period”) in which the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes for each trading day of the measurement period was less than 98% of the product of the last reported sales price of the Company’s common stock and the conversion rate on each trading day;  if the Company calls any or all of the Notes for redemption;  upon the occurrence of specified corporate events, including a merger or a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets; or  at any time if the Company has not received stockholder approval (which approval was received May 20, 2013) for flexible settlement in cash, shares of common stock, or any combination thereof.
Convertible senior notes, conversion rate per $1000 face amount					46.1723
Convertible senior notes, conversion rate computation denominator					1,000
Convertible senior notes, conversion rate					$ 21.66
Convertible senior notes, repurchase price due to fundamental change as percentage of principal amount					100.00%
Convertible senior notes, adjustments to additional paid in capital, debt discount					6.50%
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Carrying Amount of Equity Component					22,300,000
Debt issuance costs	6,432,000	2,343,000			6,037,000
Debt issuance cost incurred					5,700,000
Fair value of debt instrument					$ 226,700,000