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Tax Fraud Blotter: Getting personal

Accounting Today

Sole owner of Zion Outfitter, an outdoor retailer in Springdale, Utah, he handled the company finances and provided CPAs with information and records to prepare tax forms to submit to the IRS. He underreported his taxable personal income, which resulted in his evading at least $1.9 million in income tax.

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Why Structure Your Business as a Partnership? Exploring the Tax Benefits of Partnerships

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Partnerships are pass-through entities, so they are not subject to corporate income tax. Instead, they pass the profits onto the owners who then pay personal income tax based on their tax bracketsa setup that can provide significant tax advantages to these owners. What makes partnerships distinctive?

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Year-End Tax Strategies for Businesses

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The corporate tax rate is currently a flat 21% rate. There is also a 15% corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT) based on book income for companies with average annual adjusted financial statement income exceeding $1 billion. years) to a shorter depreciable tax life (e.g., 3, 5, 7, 15, or 20 years).

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Tax Fraud Blotter: Negative waves

Accounting Today

Whitman also has not filed an individual income tax return since 1997 and has made no tax payments since 2000. In 2012, the IRS assessed nearly $800,000 in taxes against Whitman for 2002 through 2009 and began trying to collect. All rights reserved. Herman Estes Jr. In March 2023, Estes made a $1.3

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AICPA News – July 2025

CPA Practice

Provide guidance on Notice 2020-75 and sections 469 and 163 on nonpassive versus passive income and interest expense tracing. Provide guidance on section 111 application to state tax refunds at the individual level and ordering between passthrough entity income tax payments and nondeductible estimated payments and withholding.

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When to Recommend a Partnership Structure: The Tax Benefits of Partnerships

CTP

Just like the more popular S corporation, partnerships are pass-through businesses. This means they are not subject to corporate income tax. Instead, partnerships pass their profits onto the owners, and the owners then pay personal income tax. Compare this with the rules governing S corporations.

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Tax Fraud Blotter: Who ya gonna call?

Accounting Today

Brown and other ghost preparers who worked with him falsified 63 federal income tax returns for clients, causing the Treasury to issue $1,003,631 in false tax refunds. He owned and operated We Are Taxes and boasted that "Everyone Gets a Check!" All rights reserved. Brown had clients pay him a 10% fee of each refund.

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