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The IRS and Gambling – The Tax Blotter – June 16, 2023

CPA Practice

The Tax Blotter is a round-up of recent tax news. Taxpayers can claim a limited deduction for gambling losses, but the IRS keeps close tabs on these write-offs. Gambling losses are deductible only up to the amount of you winnings for the year. In a new case, a taxpayer gambled extensively at three casinos in 2019.

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The Ohtani scandal: A look into the IRS investigation

ThomsonReuters

The probe centers around Ohtani’s former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, who has been accused of illegal sports gambling and significant financial theft. It was revealed that Mizuhara had accumulated substantial gambling debts, which were allegedly covered by wire transfers totaling at least $4.5

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

Going Concern

TPB slaps 5-year ban on accountant involved in $26m fraud [ Accountants Daily ] The Tax Practitioners Board has slapped a five-year ban on a Sydney accountant charged with stealing $26 million through his firm to fund a lavish lifestyle and gambling addiction. We were not willing to let Mr Carter continue practising.”

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Tax Savings for Accountants with Gambling Clients

CTP

American gaming has boomed since sports betting and online gambling were legalized. Complex tax laws for filing and deducting gambling winnings and losses provide new hurdles for taxpayers. Without knowing that information, you can’t serve your client the legal help required to avoid paying IRS tax debts.

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Friday Footnotes: KPMG Pays High Schoolers 20 Bucks an Hour; Deloitte Cyberattacked Too; IRS on ERC | 7.28.23

Going Concern

The combination of too few professionals and high demand is pushing firm leaders to merge up, outsource tax work and hire non-CPAs, among other strategies. Beginning no later than 2011, Fulton was aware that Nix ran an illegal gambling business. The question now is whether year-over-year growth of 18% will continue next year.”

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

Going Concern

Big 4 Big Four Lobby Congress on Accounting Pipeline, AI, Crypto [ Bloomberg Tax ] PwC spent the most at $3.27 In a summary of the report, Linklaters said six unidentified partners outside Australia should have asked where the tax information had come from and that disciplinary action had been taken against them. “Win big?

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

Going Concern

Leadership PwC Vets Finalists for Top Job as Industry Meets AI, Gen Z Era [ Bloomberg Tax ] PwC’s next leader will confront the challenges of rapidly advancing technology, recruiting and training an evolving workforce, and keeping up with the needs of its core accounting clients. I get my tax documents in early.

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