CPA.com has given Caitlin Lacher and Rachael Higginbotham, two marketing team members accounting firm Postlethwaite & Netterville, its Innovative Practitioners 2016 Awards. The two employees of the Baton Rouge, La.-based firm were cited as guiding forces for Pounce, an online tool that serves employees of professional service firms.

E&Y has agreed to pay $9.3 million in monetary sanctions in a case in which the two formers audit partners maintained improperly close relationships with individuals at client companies. One had a close friendship with the CFO of a firm he was auditing and another partner on an engagement team for the audit of another company was romantically involved with the business' chief accounting officer.

Thomson Reuters has released the OneSource Indirect Tax Certificate Manager 2.1. Available both on-premise and in the cloud, the software supports dropship certificates, provides more efficient reporting and provides support for additional computer platforms.