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Tax Fraud Blotter: Sick excuses

Accounting Today

After an IRS audit in 2016 assessed a federal tax debt totaling some $1 million, Archer concealed and transferred assets through two LLCs he controlled and began using third-party bank accounts to evade paying the tax debt. Bui anticipated that the transactions would be audited. million payroll tax scheme.

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Tax Fraud Blotter: Negative waves

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In 2012, the IRS assessed nearly $800,000 in taxes against Whitman for 2002 through 2009 and began trying to collect. Mellinger and a co-conspirator, who was a relative, collectively earned approximately $3 million in fees from the scheme. Mellinger and the relative subsequently stole more than $2.1

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Tax Fraud Blotter: Getting personal

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For 2015 and 2016, he filed tax returns that stated he owed more than $2 million in taxes for both years but did not fully pay the taxes. In 2017, the IRS sent notices to Tucci that he owed taxes, interest and penalties for 2015 and 2016. From at least 2016 through 2020, he filed no returns for himself or for his companies.

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Tax Fraud Blotter: Boundless energy

Accounting Today

From the second quarter of 2017 through the fourth quarter of 2020, he collected but did not pay over or report similar taxes to the IRS. They instead spent the money on country club memberships and season tickets to the San Jose Sharks. Olson was also one of the owners and operators of a day spa in Saratoga, California.

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Tax Fraud Blotter: Hard lessons

Accounting Today

IRS records show that she underreported her income by more than $1 million in 2015 and 2016, and failed to file any returns for 2017 despite having significant income. Los Angeles: Real estate broker Gabriel David Guerrero has pleaded guilty to obstructing IRS efforts to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid taxes.

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Auditors with unusual names deviated from rules, study finds

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The study examines whether audit partner individualism reduces earnings comparability in the United States and argues that individualistic audit partners are more likely to deviate from internal working rules and allow clients more flexibility in making accounting choices, thus decreasing their clients earnings comparability.

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E-invoicing? We already do this don’t we?

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Multiple formats, considerable effort required for integration, high setup and transactions costs and the need to create a visual copy of the invoice for processing or audit, are all cited as potential issues. The NHS started adopting structured e-invoicing in January 2016. Global Tax Losses.

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