Thomson Reuters has introduced Checkpoint Marketing for Firms Emerging Tax and Regulation Alerts. The alerts are designed to enable accounting firms to provide clients with information about new and proposed tax legislation and regulatory changes.

Bill Cobb, the CEO of H&R Block will leave the tax services company on July 31. He will by replaced by general counsel and chief administrative officer, Tom Gerke, who will serve as interim president and CEO. The board of directors will consider both internal and external candidates.

A former police sergeant has pleaded guilty to embezzling funds from the accounts of disabled veterans. Glenn P. Pearson, 61, who served on the police force in Whitman, Mass., also admitted to preparing phony returns for his tax preparation clients that cost the government more than $1.5 million.