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Los Angeles Tax Services – Local tax firm serving all Southern California

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There is a substantial amount of time you have to file your taxes, but the process can seem hefty. With the help of Los Angeles tax services firms, you can receive information on your tax return, the amount you owe, and various resources for tax preparation service. Los Angeles Tax Representation Services.

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PCAOB Has Handed Out a Slew of Punishments to Audit Firms Recently

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Shortly after criticizing audit firms for the number of errors they made on public company audits reviewed by PCAOB inspectors last year, the audit watchdog doled out sanctions to 12 accounting firms from July 28 to Aug. 11 for breaking various auditing rules. Snodgrass, Mancera S.C.,

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Some Top Midtier Audit Firms Felt the Wrath of the PCAOB This Week

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million earlier this week for breaking various Public Company Accounting Oversight Board auditing rules. Grant Thornton’s India arm and an Australian audit firm also received penalties from the PCAOB. 21 for “pervasive” quality control violations found in its audits of special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) in 2020 and 2021.

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Landscape of Employee Retention Credit Tax Issues

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Has the IRS Ramped up the Number of ERC Audits? The IRS has significantly increased the number civil and criminal audits, and it has centralized the audit process. We are seeing and hearing from others that taxpayers are receiving checks, but only after the claims are reviewed and approved, or cleared on audit.

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Holiday Sales, Increased eCommerce Activity - and Sales Tax Obligations

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And that means that more companies may find themselves with new sales tax obligations. 29) this year did fall short of 2020’s total; observers said this might have been because shoppers, fearing supply chain problems, began hitting the buy button earlier in the holiday shopping season. Then there’s the danger of sales tax audits.

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Will the IRS Deny Your Claim for the Employee Retention Tax Credit?

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When it was first enacted on March 27, 2020 as part of the CARES Act, it received little fanfare because taxpayers that received a forgivable loan under the paycheck protection program (PPP) were prohibited from claiming the ERC. Some of these advisors also promise indemnification and audit support if their clients are audited by the IRS.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: ‘Auditors Are Not Lawyers’; Big 4 Break Up? | 7.31.23

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Currently KPMG, Deloitte and EY provide both consulting and audit to both the public and private sector. Originally they were just audit firms,” he said. Then the audit firms decided to create this problem by going off and doing their own consulting and the whole thing’s got out of hand.”

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