CCH is being remade. The latest change element is the pending departure of Mike Sabbatis, who has served as president and CEO since 2007. He will leave in September. That follows the June resignation of Bob Dias, VP of product management, after 33 years with the company. Sabbatis will be succeeded by Karen Abramson.

Two Alabama preparers have been sentenced to prison in a case that has already seen three other employees of the same firm given sentences. James E. Moss was sentenced to 160 months in prison and Avada L. Jenkins to 41 months for their role in preparing false returns at Moss's Montgomery, Ala.-based Flash Tax business.

A decline in bank product revenue and in tax publishing countered 4 percent organic growth in tax and accounting software for Wolters Kluwer's Tax & Accounting operations for the first half ended June 30. The result for the parent of CCH was flat organic revenue for the North American operations while a decline in high-margin bank product revenue at the company's Small Firm Services cut into the EBITA margin.

Wave Accounting, which markets online small business accounting software, has launched new tools for accountants and bookkeepers. The Toronto-based company says the tools are designed to link members of the Wave Pro Network to small business customers.