Two Broward County, Fla., preparers must pay slightly more than $2.5 million to the Internal Revenue Service. Luzcor Fertilien, 39, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and his former partner, David Joseph, 37, drew a two-year prison term in a scheme that the Justice Department said cost the government $1 million in lost taxes.

A tax preparer who worked at a Liberty Tax Service store and later at her own company has been barred from the taxreturn business. A Federal Court has issued the order against Dieasha Davis and her Detroit, Mich.-area business, the Tax Pioneer Co.

Thomson Reuters has released a Checkpoint special report on health plan reimbursement. The report is titled "Which Expenses Quality for Tax-Free Treatment Under a Health FSA, HRA, or HSA?", and discusses which expenses from these plans quality for reimbursement or tax-free distribution.