Blackbaud has put together a new channel program that will have room for accounting firms in a variety of roles. Accountants will be able to participate as resellers, consultants or referrals under the new Blackbaud Partner Network that will bring put the Charleston, S.C.-based software vendor's nonprofit accounting software into the hands of resellers for the first time since 2005.

The United States is seeking to force companies run by a Miami, Fla., man and his two daughters and a son-in-law, out of the tax preparation business. The government is seeking an injunction to stop Lazaro Jesus Toyos from preparing federal tax returns for others. The effort also applies to his daughters, Dilma Toyos Garcia and Shirley Ester Almazan and Shirley's husband, Daniel Almazan.

A Los Angeles, Calif.-based CPA has been convicted by a jury of 20 counts of aiding and assisting the preparation and presentation of false tax returns. Jeffery Deshon Applewhite, also known as Jeffrey Donald Mason, faces a maximum of three years in prison and fine of $250,000 on each count.