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Friday Footnotes: Anyone Wanna Work in Hollywood?; Profit-Hungry CEOs Love Gen AI; KPMG’s SF Future | 1.19.24

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Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. And take our 2024 Predictions for the Accounting Profession survey ! Comments are closed on Friday Footnotes and the Monday Morning Accounting News Brief by default.

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Friday Footnotes: How Much Big 4 Spent on Lobbying Last Year; Super Bowl Bets; CFOs Feeling Good | 2.9.24

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Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. Comments are closed on Friday Footnotes and the Monday Morning Accounting News Brief by default. My buddy from undergrad works office security at one of the Big 4 accounting firms in Midtown.

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Overview of U.S. taxes on foreign income for individuals

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From understanding what foreign income is to navigating various tax forms and deductions, it is important for accountants to understand the ins and outs of U.S. Foreign property taxes. Foreign earned income is defined as income earned through labor or services while living and working in a foreign country.

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IRS Audit Red Flags & Triggers: How the IRS Catches You

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Claiming Large Losses From Gambling. The IRS pays heavy attention to losses claimed from gambling. This is because you can only deduct gambling losses to the extent that you report your winnings. If you gamble recreationally and claim losses, the IRS will be looking to see if you also reported your winnings in your income.

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Fourteen People Who Inspired Future Tax Criminals in 2022

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The IRS Criminal Investigation unit has released its top cases for 2022 and in it we get reality TV personalities, a rogue tax preparer, some garden variety PPP fraud, and even a former decathlete with his own Wikipedia page. Burnell did not report any of the money he received from victims in 2011 or 2012 on his income tax returns.

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