Three Israel residents, a Washington, D.C.-based attorney and an Israeli auditor and his Maryland accounting firm have been accused of fraud in creating numerous shall companies. About $2.1 million disgorgement and pre-judgment interest was assessed against the parties.

Automatic Data Processing has added a variety of resources about tax reform to its Accountant Connect dashboard. The payroll services company, working with Wolters Kluwer/CCH has recently made available onine courses and webcasts.

Blucora bounced back to the black for the year ended December 31. The parent of TaxAct, Blucora reported 2017 earnings of $27 million, a swing from a loss of $65.2 million in 2016 as revenue rose by 12 percent.