Access for a third accountant has been add to QuickBooks Online Advanced. The addition is part of a number of enhancements made this month to the upper end of QuickBooks software line. Advanced was introduced informally in August, supporting up to 25 users

A Dallas, Texas-area preparer has been sentenced to 51 months for tax filing fraud. The preparer, Mario Melendez, was also ordered to pay $3,885,456 in restitution for activities at Uptown Multi Services from November 2013 through April 2014.

Intuit and H&R Block reported results this week that beat the increase in tax returns filed the overall tax season. The totals for both were pushed by growth in online software while desktop sales dropped as did the number of returns prepared at Block stores.