Taxpayers who utilize the Internal Revenue Service's Free File program can now use smart phones and tables to prepare and file federal and state tax returns. The IRS and companies which offer use of their software for free have implemented a design that supports desktops, laptops, mobile phones and tablets.

A former Queens, N.Y., tax preparer has pleaded guilty to using a variety of bogus deductions to inflate client tax returns. Vanya Thompson, 39, who operated tax businesses under a variety of names, admitted falsifying items on returns, which the Depature of Justice said produced a tax loss of $250,000.

Frazier & Deeter, an Atlanta, Ga.-based CPA firm has named three partners. The firm named Jennifer Gruner, a tax partner, and Jodi Prevost, an audit partner, both based in Atlanta, and Brandon Sherman, partner in the process, risk and governance practice in Nashville, Tenn.