Avalara has hired Greg Stivers as the sales tax company's first SVP of sales. Stivers comes to Avalara from Concur, where he worked as SVP of client development from July 2014 until joining Avalara job this month. The position is a new one for the software company.

KPMG has agreed to pay more than $6 million in disgorgement, interest and civil money penalties for its role in the audit of a now bankrupt energy business. The Securities and Exchange Commission also slammed the firm for utilizing a partner with no experience with oil and gas companies given the high risk of its work with the former Miller Energy.

ADP says that 8,000 accounting firms have adopted its Accountant Connect dashboard. Announced in February, Accountant Connect is designed to provide accountants with a single view of payroll reports and tools. The total was disclosed during ADP's recent webcast for earnings for the year ended June 30.