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Justice Department Continues Efforts to Stop Fraudulent Tax Preparers

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The Department of Justice is warning taxpayers to choose their return preparers wisely as the April 18 federal tax filing deadline approaches. Unscrupulous preparers who include errors or false information on a tax return could leave a taxpayer open to liability for unpaid taxes, penalties and interest.

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Friday Footnotes: Big 4 Culture Gets Slammed Again; Audit Leads the Way in AI; Small Firm Gripes | 11.10.23

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Customers of the Falasz Tax and Accounting company say they’re upset because the company didn’t file their taxes on time in April and then missed the October extension date. Earnest and Randell were separately convicted of individual counts of preparing false tax returns.

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Friday Footnotes: Work-Life Balance, Does It Work?; Big 4 Firms Slash Job Postings; She Doesn’t Even Go Here! | 2.16.24

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Detroit woman accused of being unlicensed real estate agent, CPA charged [ The Detroit News ] A Detroit woman accused of working as an unlicensed accountant and an unlicensed real estate agent has been charged, the Michigan Attorney General’s Office said. I’m a professional tax preparer.”