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Defending IRS Cash-Based Audits – Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Computing Income

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As discussed in our previous article, The Case for Using a Forensic Accountant , confronting the prospects of a cash-based audit is fraught with potential traps and exposure to civil and criminal penalties, including incarceration. This makes the forensic accountant part of the defense team. Cash has a destination.

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Biden’s Expansion of Pandemic Fraud Investigations: What it Means to You

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Any company that has received a PPP loan, an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (“EIDL”), or any other form of pandemic relief, should consider and properly address any potential problems with their applications or usage of pandemic funds before a government investigation is initiated.

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Lifestyle Analysis in Divorce Cases

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A forensic accountant is the logical choice to help reconstruct financial records, estimate earnings, and analyze fine details of financial documents to prove or disprove income claims. A forensic accountant may also be needed when there are few financial records available with which to analyze income.

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Lifestyle Analysis in White Collar Criminal Defense

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These cases are quite often tax-related matters, but cases involving white collar crimes and drug trafficking usually include questions about income too. What happens when the government is alleging a defendant earned a certain amount of income from a legal or illegal activity? Where would you start? Lifestyle Analysis.

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Lifestyle Analysis for Divorce and Child Support

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A forensic accountant is the logical choice to help reconstruct financial records, estimate earnings, and analyze fine details of financial documents to prove or disprove income claims. A forensic accountant may also be needed when there are few financial records available with which to analyze income.

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The Role Of An Accountant: A Guide To Today’s Accountant’s Roles, Duties, And Responsibilities

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Hop on reading to learn more about the role of an accountant: 1. Accountants: a quick job description 2. Different types of accounting careers Public accountant Corporate accountant Forensic accountant Governmental accountant 3. What influences the change in accountants’ role and functions?

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Friday Footnotes: Fired Accountant Spills the Dirty Laundry; Scandals of Yore; Gen AI For Good | 1.26.24

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News Pride Toronto repaying over $505K after federal grant controversy [ CBC ] Pride Toronto is repaying just over $505,000 in grant funding after an accounting firm found the organization could not prove that it completed several projects despite receiving $1.85 million from the federal government. The film was a commercial success.

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