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People who receive Supplemental Security Income will automatically get economic impact payments from the federal government in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The Internal Revenue Service, the Treasury Department and the Social Security Administration said the economic impact payments will go directly to the SSI recipients’ bank accounts through direct deposit, Direct Express debit […]
Organizations lose 5 percent of their revenue to fraud each year, according to a new report from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. The percentage has remained relatively constant over the years, according to the ACFE’s 2020 Report to the Nations. The biannual report analyzes 2,504 cases of real fraud from 125 countries that totaled […]
Whitley Penn launches strategic consulting services practice; Illinois CPA Society announces 2019 Excel Award winners; and more CPA news.
Melanie Hayes and tens of millions of other Americans are asking the same question as stimulus checks begin to arrive: How do I prioritize spending a one-time relief payment that won’t be enough? Hayes and her family will receive $3,400 — $1,200 apiece for herself and husband, Matt, and $500 for each of their two […]
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration has a new website providing information concerning IRS-related coronavirus scams, and is urging taxpayers to report them directly. The IRS and the TIGTA have issued several warnings that scammers are posing as the IRS to try to get personal information from payment recipients that they can then use […]
The American Institute of CPAs announced the 133 recipients of the 2019 Elijah Watt Sells Award. To qualify for the award, CPA candidates must have a cumulative average score above 95.50 across all four sections of the Uniform CPA Exam, pass all four sections of the exam on their first attempt and have completed all […]
Unlike our colleagues who sit behind a desk evaluating paper assets like software licenses and private loan agreements or intangible assets like goodwill, professionals who value real property are used to rolling up their sleeves and hopping on the next plane. Commercial real estate (CRE) valuation professionals visit properties to measure square footage and loading […]
The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service are partnering with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to deliver economic impact payments automatically to veterans and their beneficiaries, without filling out extra forms, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The stimulus payments will automatically go to veterans and their beneficiaries who receive Compensation and Pension […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission recently voted to exempt many smaller public companies from the Sarbanes-Oxley requirement for auditor attestations of their internal controls over financial reporting, but many companies have been able to avoid such audits anyway by incurring debt instead of selling stock, according to a new study by researchers at University of […]
Where grass is not greener; MS KO; brother’s keeper; and other highlights of recent tax cases. The usual Noncents Kansas City, Missouri: Preparer Azareia Derseh, 39, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and been ordered to pay $108,621 in restitution to the IRS for a scheme to file false returns. His brother and […]
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