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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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Business Tax Rates: How Much Do Small Businesses Pay in Taxes?

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The IRS taxes corporations as separate legal entities, which opens them up to double taxation. The IRS then taxes them at the corporate income tax rate. Shareholders still must file their personal income tax returns and report the corporate dividends and capital gains they get as part of their taxable income.

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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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