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Tax Fraud Blotter: Getting personal

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Hoover, Alabama: Chiropractor Gary Forrest Edwards has pleaded guilty to tax evasion and to obstructing the IRS. Bakersfield, California: Tax preparer Victor Cruz, 40, has pleaded guilty to helping Miguel Martinez, a Mexican national who was in the U.S. All rights reserved. Sentencing is Oct. Sentencing is Oct.

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Thanksgiving: Weird sales tax rules

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Most of the food The turkey you cook at home, the seasoned bread cubes and the potatoes and the canned pie filling: Groceries are pretty much the simple part for sales tax and Turkey Day. All but 11 states no longer levy a statewide sales tax on groceries, though many local communities nationwide do.

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On the move: KPMG elects next Americas chair

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ALABAMA Ashley Taylor Ashley Taylor, a principal in the business valuation & litigation consulting group at Jackson Thornton, Montgomery, was elected chairperson of the NACVA Litigation Forensics Board. All rights reserved.

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Tax Fraud Blotter: Who ya gonna call?

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Dolton, Illinois: Tax preparer Byron Taylor, of Homewood, Illinois, has pleaded guilty to preparing and filing false individual income tax returns for clients and for himself. He owned and operated We Are Taxes and boasted that "Everyone Gets a Check!" All rights reserved. million on personal expenses.

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Tax Fraud Blotter: Hard lessons

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Grand Prairie, Texas: Four tax preparers convicted of defrauding the IRS of nearly $8 million have been sentenced to a combined 105 months in prison. Adenisimi pleaded guilty last year to falsely preparing returns and admitted to fraudulently obtaining two Paycheck Protection Program loans totaling $760,415. All rights reserved.

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Friday Footnotes: Pokemon But Make It Tax; IRS Employees Get Their Jobs Back; PwC Severs Ties in Africa; | 4.4.25

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Brown has attempted to recruit CPAs to Huntsville but finds that many professionals are drawn to larger cities like Nashville or Atlanta, unaware of the opportunities in North Alabama. Fewer people seem to be going into accounting because the degree sometimes takes longer, or they do not want to work the busy season schedule, Brown said.

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On the move: Whitley Penn names global talent partner

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ALABAMA Machen McChesney, Auburn, promoted: Emma Farris to manager, Mary Elizabeth Bond to supervisor, and Ally Bean, Cole Dewberry and Keeley Leisure to senior accountants. All rights reserved. relocate offices; and more news from across the profession. relocate offices; and more news from across the profession.