Chrometa's email time capture plug-ins for Microsoft Outlook and Gmail capture the total amount of time a user spends on each email message. Time entries are automatically created by the application and include the the subject line of the email, the to/from field and (for Outlook) the folder. Read more...

A Los Angeles-area tax preparer has been permanently barred from preparing federal tax returns for others. The Justice Department alleged that returns prepared by Maria Teresita Viray of Reseda, Los Angeles County resulted in a loss of more than $45 million in tax revenue from 2008 to 2010. Viray operated TVDM Tax Services, MTV Tax Services and New Horizon Tax Services and had prepared thousands of returns since 2008. Read more...

Gilman Ciocia has named Jay Palma as principal financial and chief accounting officer. The financial planning company, which also provides tax preparation services, made the move following the resignation of Karen Fisher from that position this week.