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Microsoft plans to contest IRS claim it owes $28.9B in back taxes

Accounting Today

The dispute centers on a 2012 IRS audit into transfer pricing, a method used by companies to shift profits to tax havens and avoid the U.S. corporate tax rate.

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Tax Fraud Blotter: Sick excuses

Accounting Today

and beginning at least in 2012 and continuing through at least May 2020 participated in a scheme to defraud the IRS by organizing, marketing, implementing and selling illegal syndicated conservation easement tax shelters created and organized by co-conspirators Jack Fisher, James Sinnott and others.

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Navigating cloud adoption: A conversation with Xero ambassador Scope Solutions

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About Scope Solutions : Founded in 2012, Scope Solutions is a leading cloud solutions and SaaS specialist based in Malta. By simplifying cloud adoption and providing expert guidance, Scope is helping accounting firms across Malta, Cyprus and the UAE thrive in the digital age.

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Three payment trends accountants need to know

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With interest rates at the highest level since 2012 in Australia and costs rising across the board, it can feel like the macro environment is designed to dent you and your clients’ businesses. This guest blog was written by the team at the leading bank payment solution, GoCardless. But it’s not all doom and gloom.

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Tax Fraud Blotter: Negative waves

Accounting Today

In 2012, the IRS assessed nearly $800,000 in taxes against Whitman for 2002 through 2009 and began trying to collect. Between 2002 and 2018, he generated millions of dollars in gross receipts sales. Whitman also has not filed an individual income tax return since 1997 and has made no tax payments since 2000.

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Meet five apps creating new ways to do business in 2022

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Fathom is a reporting, analysis and forecasting tool that has been a part of the Xero Ecosystem since 2012. Here are five apps that have joined the new Xero App Store since launch in August 2021, and are helping small businesses seize the post-pandemic opportunity. . Fathom: Gaining deeper insights into the present and future.

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App Partners of the Month: Xerocon London 2022 special edition

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Integrated reporting, analysis and forecasting app Fathom also celebrated its 10 year anniversary earlier this year, joining Xero back in 2012. “We “We believe that providing accountants with greater clarity is the best way to add value to their customer relationships.” . One of our core values is to make genuine connections.

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