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.

The Oregon Department of Revenue has demoted one employee and taken disciplinary action against three others for actions that apparently led to a $2.1 million tax refund being issued to Krystle Marie Reyes of Salem. Reyes, who received the refund on a debit card, spent about $150,000 and was been sentenced this month to 5.5 years in prison.