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You Shouldn’t Fear an IRS Audit if You Do Your Homework

CPA Practice

By Matthew Chancey, CFP, Kiplinger Consumer News Service (TNS) Audit. They dread the scrutiny, penalties and other unfortunate outcomes when the IRS questions the accuracy or the veracity of their tax return. Audit rates will increase by more than 50% for those with total positive income of more than $10 million.

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You Shouldn’t Fear an IRS Audit if You Do Your Homework

CPA Practice

By Matthew Chancey, CFP, Kiplinger Consumer News Service (TNS) Audit. They dread the scrutiny, penalties and other unfortunate outcomes when the IRS questions the accuracy or the veracity of their tax return. Audit rates will increase by more than 50% for those with total positive income of more than $10 million.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Semper Fi-nancial; EY Gets a D in Auditing; Deepfake CFOs Are a Thing | 2.26.24

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Marine Corps passed a full financial audit for the first time, with the service announcing Friday its fiscal 2023 financial audit received an “unmodified audit opinion” after a rigorous two-year review. The US audit watchdog also inspected four EY Canada audits in 2020 and found deficiencies in half the engagements.

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SECURE Act 2.0 Provisions Coming in 2024 and Beyond – What Plan Sponsors Can Do Now

Anders CPA

This withdrawal will not be subject to the 10% early distribution tax and participants will need to self-certify that they’ve experienced domestic abuse. The withdrawn amount can be repaid over three years and the income taxes on the repaid amount would be refunded upon repayment. SECURE Act 2.0 SECURE Act 2.0 SECURE Act 2.0

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Additional IRS Guidance Surrounding 174 R&E Capitalization Requirements

Withum

Therefore, taxpayers were forced to rely on the IRS’s application of software development for the IRC §41 research credit as provided in the audit guidelines and regulatory authorities. Before the Notice, what constituted software development was undefined.

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2023 Year-End Tax Planning Strategies for Businesses

Cherry Bekaert

Other states allow the pass-through entity owners to reduce their state taxable income by the amount of income previously reported and taxed by the pass-through entity. Preliminary tax reporting and issue identification can be initiated before the financial statement audit is completed.