  The status of the Monte Carlo programs for the simulation of the $\tau$
lepton production in high energy accelerator experiments and decay is reviewed.
In particular, the status of the following packages is discussed: (i) TAUOLA
for tau-lepton decay, (ii) PHOTOS for radiative corrections in decays, (iii)
KORALB, KORALZ, KKMC packages for tau-pair production in e+e- collisions and
(iv) universal interface of TAUOLA for the decay of tau-leptons produced
by``any'' generator. Special emphasis on requirements from new and future
experiments is given. Some considerations about the software organization
necessary to keep simultaneously distinct physics initializations for TAUOLA
are also included.
