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Defending IRS Cash Based Audits – Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The Case for Using a Forensic Accountant

Withum

Why a Forensic Accountant? Using a forensic account is essential in developing a strategy to handle and defend the findings of a cash-based audit. However, before delving into how they can assist counsel and the client, it’s essential to define what a forensic accountant is.

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

Withum

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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The Difference between Bookkeeping and Accounting

SMBAccountant

Generally speaking, bookkeeping is a part of the accounting process that focuses on recording financials transactions and is heavily rooted in data entry and reconciliation of bank and credit card transactions and statements. There are different types of accountants which specialize in different areas.

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Do-It-Yourself Divorce Financial Analysis

FraudFiles

Hiring a forensic accountant for your divorce is expensive. If you can’t afford a forensic accountant, what can you do when you receive all the financial discovery in your divorce case? First, the documents you’ll need: Tax returns and W-2s. Make sure your have tax returns and W-2s for each year.

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Ryan Huff, Joshua Snyder and Clay Kniepmann Named Principals at Anders

Anders CPA

Snyder, CPA in Tax and Clay M. Kniepmann, JD, CPA/CFF/ABV, CFE in Forensic, Valuation and Litigation to principals at the firm. About Ryan Huff Ryan began his accounting career at Anders in 2008 and has worked his way up to principal as a technical resource for the tax department. Huff, CPA and Joshua L.

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

Withum

On top of that, throughout the PPP and EIDL process, the borrower was required to report specific financial information such as the number of employees, amount of payroll expense, and total annual revenues. Withum’s Forensics, Investigations, and White-Collar Criminal Defense Team.

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15 Ways Accountants Can Make More Money Under the New IRS Strategic Operations Plan

CPA Practice

Relief that maybe your job as a tax and accounting professional might get marginally easier with added agents available to respond to your calls and responses on behalf of your clients? Or nonchalance, since tax representation isn’t an area that you are particularly interested in as a professional? Not anymore.

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