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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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TPB slaps 5-year ban on accountant involved in $26m fraud [ Accountants Daily ] The Tax Practitioners Board has slapped a five-year ban on a Sydney accountant charged with stealing $26 million through his firm to fund a lavish lifestyle and gambling addiction.

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Friday Footnotes: KPMG Pays High Schoolers 20 Bucks an Hour; Deloitte Cyberattacked Too; IRS on ERC | 7.28.23

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According to his plea agreement, Fulton and his company provided bookkeeping, accounting, and tax preparation services for Wayne Joseph Nix, 46, of Newport Coast, a former minor-league baseball player who for nearly 20 years ran an illegal bookmaking business.

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Friday Footnotes: Anyone Wanna Work in Hollywood?; Profit-Hungry CEOs Love Gen AI; KPMG’s SF Future | 1.19.24

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Coss, 54, was arrested Tuesday and is held in the Broward Main Jail on 18 charges stemming from an ongoing Internal Revenue Service tax fraud investigation. He owns Coss Bookkeeping & Accounting and is the registered agent of numerous other businesses, state business records show.

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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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Tax Betting on the Super Bowl? You gotta pay the piper’ on your winnings, says tax expert [ NBC10 Philadelphia ] All gambling winnings are considered taxable income by the Internal Revenue Service, even if you aren’t a professional gambler. “Win big?

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Instant Payment Adoption Soars Year Over Year

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In another demonstration of the move from paper-based processes and further into digital for the tax preparation industry, services like H&R Block are getting creative by offering qualified customers instant refund advance loans. Even the growing legal gambling sector is getting into the instant disbursements act.

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Overview of U.S. taxes on foreign income for individuals

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From understanding what foreign income is to navigating various tax forms and deductions, it is important for accountants to understand the ins and outs of U.S. Consider implementing scan-and-populate solutions that automate the tax preparation process and streamline documentation. Plan ahead. Timely filing.

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IRS Audit Red Flags & Triggers: How the IRS Catches You

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Claiming Large Losses From Gambling. The IRS pays heavy attention to losses claimed from gambling. This is because you can only deduct gambling losses to the extent that you report your winnings. If you gamble recreationally and claim losses, the IRS will be looking to see if you also reported your winnings in your income.

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