The Federal government shutdown held down revenue for CBIZ for the first quarter ended March 31. That means revenue from many return extensions was pushed into next two quarters while the CBIZ quarter faced comparsion to a strong quarter a year ago, the company said this week.

Access for a third accountant has been add to QuickBooks Online Advanced. The addition is part of a number of enhancements made this month to the upper end of QuickBooks software line. Advanced was introduced informally in August, supporting up to 25 users

A Dallas, Texas-area preparer has been sentenced to 51 months for tax filing fraud. The preparer, Mario Melendez, was also ordered to pay $3,885,456 in restitution for activities at Uptown Multi Services from November 2013 through April 2014.