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Tax Fraud Preparers

In the current environment I am finding out that there are more and more people who are out and out dishonest tax preparers out there. Now, there are several levels of criminals preparing taxes out there.  Some aspect are as follows: Buy a single copy of Turbo Tax and...

The Underground Economy

It seems that our underground economy is growing.  What is the underground economy?  Remember all of those people yourself included that do business for cash.  Cash that does not get reported to the government and no taxes are paid on.  I have been aware of tax...

Employee Embezzlement

Does your bookkeeper write your checks, sign your checks and reconcile your bank accounts?  This office setup is the most effective for allowing employee embezzlement.  Congratulations and good luck if this is the case for your business, because you need good luck to...

Crossing the line

I have just read a story that a CPA threatening to kill an IRS employee over the phone.  Now I may have been angry on certain issues while on the phone, especially to a certain horrible utility shall we say.  But I never lost it to the point of threatening mortality....

Uncle wants their share even if illegal

Have an embezzlement case of a 42-year-old from Timonium, MD pleaded guilty earlier this month to filing false tax returns in 2007 and 2008 after she neglected to claim over $382,000 embezzled from her former employer, Towson, MD-based employer.  All Chicagoans know...

A lack of tenants wins in court.

The Tax Court has ruled in favor of a landlords who due to a lack of tenants wanted a write-off of rental losses. The details: After buying a home, the owner moved away and rented the property out for years.  After her last tenant moved out, she was unable to rent it...

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