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'Bitcoin Jesus' lawyers say his tax case violates Constitution

Accounting Today

Among other things, Roger Ver is charged with filing a false 'exit tax' return after he renounced his U.S. citizenship in 2014

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Uber, Lyft agree to $328M in back pay for NY drivers

Accounting Today

Attorney General Letitia James says Uber from 2014 to 2017 improperly deducted sales tax and other fees from driver paychecks that should have been paid by passengers.

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IRS proposes banning contingency fees

Accounting Today

The change would come as part of the first big amendments to Circular 230 since 2014.

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Swiss bank Pictet to pay $123M to end US tax case

Accounting Today

Federal prosecutors charged Pictet with conspiring to help taxpayers use 1,637 accounts to conceal assets and income from the IRS between 2008 and 2014.

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Treasury, IRS propose rules on excluding Tribal general welfare benefits from income

Accounting Today

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Friday to implement Section 139E of the Tax Code, created by the Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act of 2014, excluding from gross income the value of any Tribal general welfare benefit.

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Ex-Credit Suisse client charged by US amid tax evasion probe

Accounting Today

Officials are weighing whether the bank now owned by UBS breached a 2014 plea deal in which it paid $2.6 billion and admitted helping Americans evade taxes.

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Building Inclusion: How Natasha Riley Spreads LQBTQ+ Awareness and Allyship Through Her Voice

Intuit

I have more than 20 years of experience in small business finance, tax and many years of accounting experience with Intuit software. Since 2014, I worked during tax seasons with Intuit TurboTax and when the position in QuickBooks Live opened up, I was able to take advantage of the opportunity.