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Tax Partner Matters More Than Firm on Business Taxes

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When it comes to a corporation’s relationship with its accounting firm, the firm itself is less important than the partner who leads its engagement team in lowering its tax rate, according to a new study from Iowa’s Tippie College of Business. Wilde’s team analyzed more than 94,000 tax returns of U.S.

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Citrin Cooperman Adds Coleman Huntoon & Brown

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Top 25 accounting firm Citrin Cooperman has acquired Coleman Huntoon & Brown (CH&B) PLLC, a Chapel Hill, NC-based tax, accounting, and business consulting firm. The New York-based firm also picks up its first office location in the Carolinas as part of the acquisition.

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Accountants Behaving Badly: Police Department Accountant Couldn’t Be Bothered, PPP Loan Fraud, and a Creepy Tax Preparer

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Attorney’s Office, Western District of North Carolina ] A federal grand jury in Charlotte has indicted Mandy Deann Urban, 47, formerly of Charlotte, with wire fraud, for allegedly embezzling more than $1.1 Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. million from her employer, announced Dena J.

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CPE Webinar September 12, 2023: Cybersecurity for the Tax Practitioner

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Jared Ballew, 2022-23 Chair of the ETAAC and Vice President of Government and Industry Relations at Taxwell; and Ann Campbell, CPA CIA and Drake Software Trainer will share an overview of the cyber threats that taxpayers and tax professionals face daily. Program level: Basic (no prerequisites required).

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Friday Footnotes: Remembering Legend Sid Kess; Andersen’s Doing Great; Poland Banned Deloitte From Auditing? | 9.22.23

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In addition to his new role, he will continue to serve as co-director of the firm’s DC-Metro tax practice. Former employee of Chattanooga accounting firm speaks out [ Local 3 ] A former employee of Croft and Frost is speaking out following the accounting firm’s shutdown that cost him and his coworkers their jobs.

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Finding Your Niche: Lessons from Accountants on the Specialization Journey

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Specifically, they want to work with clients who VALUE their skills and insights, rather than ‘checking tax returns’. In the words of the founder of a North Carolina-based 12-person accounting firm, “Changing my mindset was the first important step I took in reforming my business.

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Friday Footnotes: The Profession vs. Gen Z; CPA Firms Get Back to the Office; Deloitte Quits | 6.23.23

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KPMG’s Big Four Dominance on Bank Audits Shaken by Failures [ Bloomberg Tax ] Big Four accounting firm KPMG has been buffetted by one of the biggest economic stories of the year—and has been pilloried for giving clean audit opinions for three banks that collapsed amid the interest rate crisis that’s threatened the regional banking sector. “I

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