Intuit has created a tiered program designed to reward members of its ProAdvisor program that obtain QuickBooks certification. The program provides greater product discounts to those who develop more skills and also penalizes those who do not by ending the offer of free support to all of the more than 60,000 members, a combination for carrot and stick for a program that has historically made no distinction in rewards given to its members.

The two organizations that were once operated as McGladrey & Pullen will reunite when the accounting firm of that name acquires RSM McGladrey for about $610 million from H&R Block, about double what the tax services company paid to purchase the unit 12 years ago. The parties continued to function under the McGladrey name under what they described as an alternative practice structure, but the Block-owned organization had noticeably weakened over the last few years.

Online accounting application vendor Intacct has named six organizations to its 2011 President's Club,  an award the company said is based on sales success and client service. Among those selected were three CPA firms. Horne LLP of Ridgeland, Miss.; LarsonAllen of Minneapolis and SingerLewak of Los Angeles.