Avalara has updated cross-border features in its Trade Treaty Support and Trade Restrictions Management applications. The sales tax company this month said that among new features are trade treaty tariff rates as part of its tax content coverage.

Most states will not treat forgiven PPP loans as income, according to Bloomberg Tax & Accounting’s 21^st annual Survey of State Tax Departments. The survey found 29 state tax departments will follow federal treatment of loan forgiveness or cancellation in not considering the amounts taxable.

A former CPA in south-central Missouri has been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison for conducting a Ponzi scheme that swindled victims of millions. Douglas Richardson, age 47, was sentenced to 188 months in federal prison and ordered to pay his victims more than $8.8 million in restitution.