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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 General’s Office for Northern Illinois announced on Wednesday. The long-running TPB investigation found that Mr Carter lodged false BAS and amendments for unwitting clients and lied about their tax returns and debts that did not exist. Palos Hills Accountant Indicted In $7.8M and House of Furniture and Mattress, Inc.,

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Friday Footnotes: Looking Elsewhere For Talent; MPs Talk Private Equity Concerns; The Burnout Queen | 8.25.23

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Adventist Auditors Gather in Copenhagen for Spiritual and Professional Renewal [ ANN ] Maryland legend Tom Hood was there! Firm Watch Baker Tilly Names Adam Grinde Illinois Managing Partner [ Business Wire ] Grinde succeeds Thomas Walker who transitioned to a regional leadership role as managing partner – Central U.S. effective June 1.

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Friday Footnotes: Working Late; The Year of the ESOP?; It’s Not Layoffs, It’s “Repositioning” | 1.5.24

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Law & Order From the Crime Desk, December 2023 [ Thomson Reuters ] Just one of the many cases listed here: Former Illinois resident, Erica Early, a postal worker who also worked as a tax preparer, was sentenced to 14 months in prison for willfully preparing false tax returns on behalf of her clients.

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Friday Footnotes: Work-Life Balance, Does It Work?; Big 4 Firms Slash Job Postings; She Doesn’t Even Go Here! | 2.16.24

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This is according to the Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS), which surveyed 449 employers and 433 accounting and finance employees last summer and released its results last month. I’m a professional tax preparer.” She says Krystal had already filed her taxes for her.

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

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IRS warns tax professionals to be aware of EFIN scam email; special webinars offered next week [ IRS ] The IRS warned that scammers are posing as tax software providers and requesting EFIN documents from tax professionals under the guise of a required verification to transmit tax returns. billion 401(k) plan.