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Defending IRS Cash Based Audits – Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The Case for Using a Forensic Accountant

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Why a Forensic Accountant? Using a forensic account is essential in developing a strategy to handle and defend the findings of a cash-based audit. However, before delving into how they can assist counsel and the client, it’s essential to define what a forensic accountant is.

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What Auditors Do

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In two weeks, I will be teaching a graduate course on audit concepts and methods to accounting students at Fairleigh Dickinson University. However, my role is not just to teach the material but to excite them about accounting as a profession and auditing in particular and share my pride in the vital role auditors play in our ecosystem.

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Unmasking Fraud: How Forensic Accounting Protects the Hospitality Industry

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As a result, forensic investigations play a pivotal role in uncovering fraudulent schemes and identifying potential perpetrators, and, by way of collaborating with our internal control assessment team, suggesting preventive measures to mitigate risks. Forensic accountants are brought in to investigate issues in various facets.

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Defending IRS Cash-Based Audits – Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Computing Income

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As discussed in our previous article, The Case for Using a Forensic Accountant , confronting the prospects of a cash-based audit is fraught with potential traps and exposure to civil and criminal penalties, including incarceration. This makes the forensic accountant part of the defense team. Cash has a destination.

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New Approaches to Audits Gain Ground

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With markets changing and capital becoming more constrained by the day, there is a rapidly heightened awareness of the role that due diligence and audits play. These manual verification procedures are painstaking — and most often relegated to the audit professionals early in their career. By Tod McDonald.

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Companies Undertake More Aggressive Tax Positions When IRS Budget is Cut

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For the study, which appears in the American Accounting Association’s Journal of Forensic Accounting Research , researchers looked at data from 10,992 companies between the years of 2011 and 2021. That’s over and above any correlation to historical audit data.” “In

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Fraud Investigations vs. Audits

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Many of the administrative parts of a forensic accounting or fraud investigation project are similar to those in a traditional auditing assignment. For those who have played an active role in managing audit engagements, some of this information will be familiar.

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