A Brooklyn, N.Y., preparer, who continued to file fake returns after her firm's Electronic Filing Identification Number was revoked, has been sentenced to three years in prison. Awilda Rosario, 40, drew the sentence after pleading guilty to two counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false income tax returns.

The number of returns prepared and stores operated by Liberty Tax Service were down for the 2016 tax season. But when the company ended its fiscal year on April 30, net income more than doubled and revenue was up by 7 percent over fiscal 2015 with revenue from tax preparation fees and financial products rising as the company cut expenses by 4 percent and realized an increase of 5.3 percent in the average net fees

The Internal Revenue Service has brought back the IRS Get Transcript Service. The service went offline last spring, but has been relaunched with what the agency describes as a more secure framework to block potential criminal access, such as affected it last year. The IRS says the enhanced authentication process will provide a foundation for additional self-help service.

Two Memphis, Tenn., area residents, who were partners in a former Mo' Money Taxes tax store, have received prison sentences. Jeremy Blanchard and Erik Pittman, both 35-year-old Memphis residents, this week drew the terms for filing numerous phony individual tax returns. The Mo Money chain was ordered shut down in September 2013 after being accused of systematically preparing fraudulent returns.