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Here’s Why Maryland Paid the IRS $5.4 Million in Taxes

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Samuel Handwerger, a Certified Public Accountant who teaches at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, told The Baltimore Sun he wasn’t surprised to see the IRS conduct a payroll audit, even if he wasn’t sure how often the agency examines state governments. Backup withholding is particularly arduous, he said.

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The new breed of audit

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Even though many audits have shifted to remote audit, the fundamentals of the sales tax audit haven’t changed. The consultancy Agile has cited several stats on sales tax audits, including that one in five small-to-midsize businesses have been audited within the past five years. Fear and loathing.

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Wirecard Forces ‘Radical’ Reboot Of German Accounting Regs

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As the fallout from Wirecard ’s troubles unfold, Germany’s deputy finance minister has called for radical solutions to fix how accounting firms are regulated, the Financial Times reported. Its founder and CEO Markus Braun, 51, resigned and was later arrested on charges of misrepresenting Wirecard’s accounts and market manipulation.

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Friday Footnotes: Florida Man’s Tax Problem; Accountants Are Walking Out; BDO Assures on Tether | 2.10.23

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Talent As tax season approaches, accounting firms are short on staff [ Marketplace ] Oh hey! How can employers optimise working environments to support the needs of their accountancy teams and ultimately retain them, all while adding value to their organisation? The stablecoin firm released BDO’s assurance opinion on Feb. 31, 2022.

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EY Accused Of Missing Alleged Wirecard Fraud

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The revenue from those businesses was deposited in trust accounts rather than paid straight to the company. WSJ reported on one instance in which an EY senior manager left a note for a Wirecard executive saying EY was preparing to ask questions about a trustee account.

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Opinion: The IRS Shows What Government Efficiency Really Looks Like

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The study is an accounting of the cost of in-person audits carried out by the Internal Revenue Service relative to the taxes paid as the result of the audits. These in-person audits, in contrast to “correspondence audits” in which the IRS asks for information via letter, can be labor-intensive and expensive to administer.

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Why Microsoft’s $29 Billion Tax Bill Could Be the Big Knockout Punch in Fight with the IRS

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By Clint Rainey, Fast Company (TNS) Way back in 2012, the IRS launched the largest-ever audit in history, accusing Microsoft of stashing billions in offshore tax havens to dodge U.S. Microsoft’s accounting firm KPMG had spelled out explicit steps to convince the government that the Puerto Rico venture was “real.”

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