Wolters Kluwer CCH has become the latest major player to move to download only of its tax product. And the Riverwoods, Ill.-based vendor is also dropping support of Windows XP, something that most other companies have also done as Microsoft has ended support of one of it oldest operating systems.

While the CCH Axcess suite is cloud-based, its web-based operation is not the most important feature of the company's newest product line, according to Teresa Mackintosh, CEO of Wolters Kluwer CCH. The key is the suite's shared database. "It happens to be in the cloud. But the Holy Grail is to have one true common database," she said this week.

A Robert, La.-based tax preparer has been sentenced to 87 months in prison for inflating client's refunds and trying to hide her actions. Hazel M. McGary, 46, also known as Hazel M. Alexander and Hazel M. Kimble, must also serve two years of supervised release following prison and pay the Internal Revenue Service $148,673 in restitution.