Carl Nicholson, once auditor for Hattiesburg and Forrest County, Miss., has been convicted of filing phony returns for clients and his own income taxes. A federal jury this month convicted the CPA of conspiracy to defraud the United States, six counts of aiding in the preparation of false tax returns, and four counts of filing false tax returns

Xero has announced it will make an integration between its cloud accounting software and Adobe Sign available around the world. The company said this week the first integration will debut in Australia.

Mergers are increasingly a factor in increased accounting firm revenue. At the same time, they hold down per-partner profits, according to the 20th Annual Rosenberg Survey.