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$1B in 2020 tax refunds remains unclaimed

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Time is running out for nearly 940,000 individuals to claim refunds from 2020, with a May 17 deadline approaching for filing the necessary tax returns.

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CAMs disclosures decrease since 2020

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Auditors are including CAMs in more of their opinions but disclosing fewer CAMs per opinion, according to an Ideagen report.

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IRS TECU compliance checks take 3X longer since 2020

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hours on average per case in 2023, up 281% from 2020. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found that IRS Tax-Exempt Compliance Unit examiners spent 6.1

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Ransomware attacks doubled from 2020 to 2021

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Audit fees edged up from 2020 to 2021

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Tax Fraud Blotter: Boundless energy

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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. Sentencing is Aug.

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Tax Fraud Blotter: Sick excuses

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Alvarez did not have a PTIN and admitted that in 2019 and 2020 she misrepresented taxpayers eligibility for education credits and deducted fictitious business expenses from their taxable income to reduce tax liabilities and inflate refunds. Charleston, West Virginia: Business owner Luther A.

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