A Durham, N.C.-based tax preparer has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service. Tasha Renee Smith must also serve three years of supervised release and pay $375,578 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service. She pleaded guilty on April 8.

FreshBooks has opened the FreshBooks Accountant Center. The Toronto, Canada-based cloud accounting software company said the center, a portal, gives accountants a comprehensive view of their clients' financial data.

A St. Charles, Mo., tax preparer who was sentenced to six month in prison earlier this year, has now been barred from preparing federal tax returns for others. William Naes drew the prison term for collecting $150,480 in disability benefits from 2055 and 2013 while still running his tax preparation business.