Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting has announced two deals for extending its CCH product line through other vendors. It said this week it has developed an integration between making CCH Axcess Financial Prep with Xero and will offer CPE courses through OpenSesame.

The Internal Revenue Service will stop its tax transcript faxing service as of February 4. The decision applies to business tax and individual tax transcripts. The IRS said it is another step in protecting data, which started with the IRS’ masking personally identifiable information on the transcription starting last September.

A California CPA has been sentenced to eight months in prison for helping client avoid $4.7 million in taxes. Marc Howard Berger, 68, of Walnut Creek, Calif., drew the sentence for aiding and assisting in the filing of false tax returns.