Sage is approaching the approval of a settlement of a class action suit which said the company improperly collected sales tax on downloaded software sold in 15 states. Sage has agreed to pay users 115 percent of sales tax collected in those states and plaintiff legal costs of up to $500,000 for those who paid the tax on products downloaded between June 28, 2008 and April 30, 2013. The case, Ernest Howard v. Sage Software, was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on June 28, 2012.