The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters is planning a new web-based audit and engagement management application that will be released mid-year. Called AdvanceFlow, it is designed to complement the document management capabilities of the company's GoFileRoom.
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Build Your Firm, an accounting marketing and website development company that serves accounting firms, has formed a partnership with ShareFile, which provides secure file sharing and exchanging to those accounting operations. The partnership supports cross promotion of complementary products.

The Department of Justice is seeking to bar Larry Carnell Dixon Sr. and his firm, Dixon's Tax Service, from preparing federal tax returns for others. An injunction is being sought against the Zachary, La.-based preparer alleging that he used inflated and fake business expense deductions for real or fictitious businesses on his clients' returns to reduce their tax liabilities or increase refunds.