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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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When initially confronted by GOCA, who requested access to the Quickbooks account, Butt allegedly claimed her computer wasn’t working and made other excuses to deny access, police said. The audit also showed the system was badly mismanaged by the Police Department.

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Top Remote Accountants of the Week | May 16, 2024

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FTE Senior Accounting and Tax | Candidate ID #5311425 Certifications: CPA, QB ProAdvisor Education: BA Accounting, MS Accountancy Experience (years): 10+ years public accounting Work experience (detail): 2+ with national firm 10 years working with large C-Corp clients 5+ years with SMB and HNWIs tax prep and advisory 4 years with own practice with (..)

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The Best Tech for Accounting Firms: CPAs Voted for Readers Choice Tech Awards

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The awards also let professionals see the technologies and best workflow practices their peers are using, which can help them stay competitive in the constantly-evolving tax and accounting space. And following dire budget conditions during and following the pandemic, states have greatly increased their sales tax audit activity.

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2023 Readers’ Choice Awards – The Readers Have Voted!

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And now, the results are in: IN-FIRM TECHNOLOGIES Federal/State Income Tax Preparation Insight : As was true in every year of voting, the tax prep system category is always the most voted-on, with nearly all respondents selecting a preferred system. We thank the more than 5,000 professionals who participated in voting this year.

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Friday Footnotes: Tim Ryan Works Too Hard; Fake CPA Gets Violent Over QuickBooks Files; PwC PR | 10.20.23

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AI PwC Offers Advice From Bots in Deal With ChatGPT Firm OpenAI [ Bloomberg ] PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP has teamed up with ChatGPT owner OpenAI to offer clients advice generated by artificial intelligence as the Big Four audit firms look to cut costs and boost productivity. CEO, Audit & Assurance, Deloitte & Touche LLP.

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ChatGPT Isn’t Terminator for Accountants…Yet

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TurboTax and QuickBooks are full of rudimentary AI features and already have reduced the need for some bookkeepers and tax preparers. The products can sort accounts, predict the other side of a journal entry, and populate a tax form with high accuracy. It’s the black-and-white methodology that draws many students into it.

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New Sole Proprietors, LLCs, and Corporations Need Accounting and Tax Services

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Some popular options include QuickBooks Self-Employed, FreshBooks, and Wave. These programs can help you track your income and expenses, generate financial reports, and file your taxes. This is especially true if you have a lot of business transactions or if you’re selling products or services online.