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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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along with Palos Hills accountant Sharhabeel Shreiteh, were indicted on charges on Tuesday, claiming that they reportedly engaged in fraud in connection with the Payroll Protection Program that was created to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, federal prosecutors said. Tracy Mitchell, the owner of House of Deals, Inc.,

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This Shady Chattanooga Accounting Firm Just Went Down in Flames and Still Owes Staff Months of Pay

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Chattanooga Times Free Press has written quite the story about legacy accounting firm Croft & Frost abruptly laying everyone off earlier this week after months of issues making payroll. “There may be a slight delay on the payroll,” he said. Thanks to the tipsters who sent this over because holy s**t.

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10 Best States to Pursue a Career in Accounting

CPA Practice

Minnesota Total Number of Accounting Jobs Available: 2997 Total Number of Finance Jobs Available: 2,130 Accounting and Finance Average Salary: $107,000 Average World University Rankings Accounting and Finance Score: 62.80 Finance Career Score /10: 9.65 2. Finance Career Score /10: 8.80 Distributed by Tribune Content Agency LLC

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How to Safely Use ChatGPT for Your Tech Company Accounting

Shay CPA

Accounting use cases for ChatGPT Let’s look at a few ways companies are using ChatGPT to help with their bookkeeping, tax preparation, and more. #1: 3: Simplify tax law You can ask ChatGPT to tell you about applicable laws and to explain those to you. For example, “What state tax laws apply to my tech company in Minnesota?”

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Friday Footnotes: Tim Ryan Works Too Hard; Fake CPA Gets Violent Over QuickBooks Files; PwC PR | 10.20.23

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The strategic acquisition also encompasses Mueller dotKonnect, a business process outsourcing firm specializing in finance, accounting, tax and payroll functions. LLB provided accounting services including tax preparation, audit and consulting services.

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Friday Footnotes: PwC Partners Get Played; Bad Accounting on the Rise; Getting to the Bottom of the Shortage | 9.1.23

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The professional and business service sector added 19,000 jobs, including 2,700 in accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services. ” Iannazzo, a Minnesota native, was recently promoted to office managing partner at the EY Minneapolis office, which has nearly 800 employees.

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