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Invented expenses; hidden returns, client gifts; skimmed immigrants; and other highlights of recent tax cases. New York: Art dealer Mary Boone potentially faces months in prison after pleading guilty last year to two counts of filing false returns, news outlets said. Prosecutors reportedly wanted Boone, who was scheduled to be sentenced in mid-January, to serve […]
I’m an accountant. Like most of you, I’m also a realist. I’m tired of “doom and gloom” predictions about the profession. I’m also sick of overly rosy and optimistic pictures of what’s to come for accountants and auditors — painted by non-accountants who have no idea what they’re talking about. With the new year already […]
The National Conference of CPA Practitioners is stepping up to help government employees dealing with the ongoing government shutdown. NCCPAP announced that it will give any furloughed or unpaid critical federal employee “a significantly discounted fee” to have their 2018 return prepared by a participating NCCPAP CPA. Federal employees must provide proof of employment. Those […]
Personal financial satisfaction declined in the fourth quarter of 2018 as stock market gyrations and the prospect of a government shutdown weighed on U.S. consumers, according to a survey by the American Institute of CPAs. The AICPA’s quarterly Personal Financial Satisfaction index (PFSi) decreased for the first time in two years. The decline in the […]
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg While the ongoing government shutdown hasn’t delayed the expected start of tax season, other Internal Revenue Service functions have been impacted, with the service announcing today that it has cancelled a public hearing on proposed amendments to the regulations relating to imposing user fees for enrolled agents and enrolled retirement plan agents (REG-122898-17). […]
Remembering this season; retention pointers; IRS Mind; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers. Promises promises Mauled Again (http://mauledagain.blogspot.com/): ATT, upstate New York, Florida and 150 positions: Why tax breaks for creating jobs should not be based on promises of future employee retention and hiring but on actual compliance with job creation. Tax Vox […]
Accounting and consulting firms are vying for a greater share of the so-called “digital transformation” market, which grew by 70.8 percent globally to $48.5 billion in 2017, according to a new report. Source Global Research reported Wednesdayon the market share of the top four consulting firms in the global market in 2017, led in first […]
South Dakota v. Wayfair Inc. has led to the largest change in sales tax in the last 50 years. Since 1967, businesses have operated under the premise that a substantial physical presence is needed in a state, in order for said state to subject the business to their sales tax collection and remittance requirements. ”Substantial […]
Much of what we know about whistleblowers is wrong — and that matters, because they play a crucial role in uncovering fraud, says accounting professor and fraud researcher Kelly Richmond Pope. (For more, see her TED Talk)
Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP is expanding its presence in Texas by adding Montgomery Coscia Greilich LLP, a Dallas-based accounting and advisory firm, effective June 1, 2019. The combination with MCG promises to bolster Baker Tilly’s footprint in Texas, particularly the Dallas-Fort Worth region. The firm currently has offices in four of the biggest cities […]
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