Armanino Consulting had very strong year in 2011 as the organization's revenue rose by 62 percent over 2010 results. The financial software vendor cited organic growth along with acquisitions and strengthening of some product lines as factors behind the $28.7 million in revenue last year, a significant jump from $17.2 million in 2010.

CCH has named Teresa Mackintosh, a long-time executive at Thomson Reuters, as its EVP and General Manager of Tax. Mackintosh will report to CCH president Mike Sabbatis. She fills a vacancy left when Joe Bergera, a Sage executive, left the new spot after short tenure for what he had described as a dream job.

BlumShapiro Consulting has been given a 2011 Partner Leadership award by nonprofit software vendor AccuFund. The accounting firm was cited as the volume leader in nonprofit sales by the Needham, Mass.-based publisher. The award was one of three presented at the annual AccuFund reseller meeting last month.

A federal grand jury has indicted Bruce King, owner of a Montgomery, Ala.-based tax preparation business, and four other preparers that worked at his firm. All five are charged with participating in a scheme to file false tax returns with four of them were charged with aggravated identity theft.