Intuit has begun start-up tests for QuickBooks Live, its online bookkeeping service. The company was scheduled to begin dry tests this week via which businesses will pay $50 for a one-time set-up session with expert.

A Plainfield, N.J.-based tax preparer has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for filing fake returns both for clients and himself. Samuel Davis Jr., 54, a former N.J. State Police officer, received the term after pleading guilty to conspiring to defraud the IRS, falsifying his tax returns and witness tampering.

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting has introduced CCH Axcess Client Collaboration. The latest addition to the cloud-based product line, Client Collaboration enables firms to send and receive a variety of documents.