A Texas tax preparer has been banned from preparer tax returns for others for her role in falsifying returns for customers working for defense contractors. The Justice Department said Karena Mondrianh invented business expenses for clients, most of whom perform overseas work, and urged one to lie to an investigator.

CCH ProSystem fx Mobile is now available for Apple users and soon will be released for the Android platform. New features include a client dashboard that displays an organized client background summary, such as a client's updated profile, contacts, files, associated projects and staff members assigned, accounts receivable information, and all related client notes, in a single view.

Office Tools Professional has entered a partnership agreement with cPaperless. The deal enables users of Office Tools, which publishes practice management software, to have esignatures for its form letters.