Two Broward County, Fla., tax preparers have pleaded guilty to using stolen identities to file tax returns. Luczor Fertilien, 39, and David Joseph, 37, who owned two tax preparation businesses in Lauderhill, Fla., cost the government more than $550,000 in lost taxes by their actions.

Thomson Reuters has established a laboratory facility to assist startups in developing products based on emerging technologies. Called Thomson Reuters Labs–The Incubator, the Switzerland-based site will host early-stage entrepreneurs and give them access to Thomson executives as mentors through a six-month program.

The Internal Revenue Service has launched an education campaign, which alerts tax professionals to the dangers of email scams. The agency receives three to five data theft reports weekly from tax practitioners and says 177 tax professionals or firms reported client data thefts from January through May.