H&R Block said last week its newly acquired Wave software business registered revenue growth of 50 percent for the first quarter ended July 31. During the webcast for earnings for the quarter, Block added Wave had revenue growth of more than 40 percent year-over-year “over the last several years”.

Sage Intacct has been introduced into the Australian market. It is the first step in Sage’s plan to take the cloud financial product global with entry into the United Kingdom planned by the end this year, according to a product manager.

A former Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based CPA has been indicted on charges of failing to report his holdings in international accounts and filing false documents with the Internal Revenue Service. The charges were filed in a superseding indictment against Brian Booker who operated a Panama-based cocoa trading company.