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Treasury: IRS Could Collect $561 Billion in Revenue Thanks to Inflation Reduction Act

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A new Treasury Department analysis says the IRS could turn the nearly $80 billion in funding it’s receiving from the Inflation Reduction Act into $561 billion in overdue and unpaid taxes collected over the next 10 years, higher than earlier estimates. It also ignored the deterrence effect of compliance activities on taxpayers’ behavior.”

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More Rich Americans Will Soon Be Hit With an IRS Audit, Werfel Pledges

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in 2019 to 1% in tax year 2026. The IRS also said it is addressing racial disparities in tax enforcement, following an academic study last year that found Black taxpayers were three to five times more likely to be audited than other taxpayers. of these partnerships, the agency said.

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Senate Passes Inflation Reduction Act

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The Bill’s Tax Provisions. The bill contains some tax provisions that are new to the tax code. First, there is a 15% minimum tax on the book income of companies earning at least $1 billion each year. The bill also would impose a 1% excise tax on stock buybacks made by public companies. What’s not in the bill?

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The Technology Lab Podcast – Quantum Tech in Accounting – Oct. 2023

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Technologists Randy Johnston and Brian Tankersley, CPA, discuss how a new generation of computing will impact accounting firms. But I’m gonna get him convinced and you convinced why quantum computing and accounting is such a big deal. I hope you’re still listening, because I want to talk now about the way it works in accounting.

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How the CPA, CMA and EA Credentials Have Become Global Designations

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In the last few years there has been a shortage of critical skills with regards to the accounting profession and especially in the output of North American and European professionals with CPA, EA and CMA qualifications. This accounting qualification shortage has put a squeeze on firm owners who require individuals with these designations.

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IRS Announces Annual PCOR Fee Adjustment

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However, legislation enacted at the end of 2019 reinstated the PCOR provision, continuing the fee requirements through plan years ending before October 1, 2029 (see our Checkpoint article ). See also EBIA’s Self-Insured Health Plans manual at Section VI.H (“Additional Taxes Under Health Care Reform”).

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What are countries doing to implement OECD’s BEPS Pillar 2.0?

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As the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development’s (OECD) ground-breaking Base Erosion Profit Shifting (BEPS) framework for taxing the digital economy is being implemented, countries around the globe are beginning to roll out the second of the OECD’s two BEPS pillars—Pillar 2.0. Unlike the OECD’s Pillar 1.0,