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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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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. He spent $350,000 in client refunds and ATO payments on himself and misappropriated $440,000 intended for share purchases on behalf of clients.

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Friday Footnotes: PwC Partners Get Played; Bad Accounting on the Rise; Getting to the Bottom of the Shortage | 9.1.23

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The professional and business service sector added 19,000 jobs, including 2,700 in accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services. Law & Order Co-Owner of Media Brokerage Firm Pleads Guilty to Filing a False Tax Return [ Department of Justice ] According to court documents and statements made in court, Susan K.

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