Executives, board members and donors increasingly want better ways to visualize the performance of nonprofits. That is in terms of both being able to see key performance indicators and to have a measurement of the impact of fundraising, according to Erika McNichol, senior product for nonprofit software vendor, Abila, said this week in explaining the accounting trends her company sees as important in the NFP world in 2015.

A lot of neat new electronic gadgets and devices will be introduced this week at the annual Consumer Electronic show in Las Vegas, Nev. Many will not have a direct impact on the technology at use at tax and accounting firms. Wearable devices and the new Panasonic Bread Maker with gluten-free baking mode probably are not on the buying list.

A tax preparer from Brooklyn, N.Y., has been indicted for allegedly preparing six years of fraudulent tax returns. The Department of Justice claims the preparer, Awilda Rosario, used a variety of techniques designed to boost refunds for her clients.