The Internal Revenue Service and the Justice Department has conducted a nationwide sweep to arrest perpetrators of tax refund fraud and identity theft. The agencies said they had targeted 105 people in 23 states and filed 939 criminal charges as part of 69 indictments.

Xero, a New Zealand-based publisher of online accounting applications, says it expects that its revenue for the year ending March 31 will be twice that of fiscal 2012. The company has begun its attack on the United States market with the establishment of an office in San Francisco.