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Defending IRS Cash Based Audits – Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The Case for Using a Forensic Accountant

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Why a Forensic Accountant? Using a forensic account is essential in developing a strategy to handle and defend the findings of a cash-based audit. However, before delving into how they can assist counsel and the client, it’s essential to define what a forensic accountant is.

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A Forensic Accountant As a Consultant

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Forensic accountants are often retained in litigation as expert witnesses, with the intention that they will provide expert opinions and testimony on behalf of the client. The forensic accounting consultant and counsel are free to explore potential strategies and evaluate which might provide the best outcome for the client.

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Do-It-Yourself Divorce Financial Analysis

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Hiring a forensic accountant for your divorce is expensive. If you can’t afford a forensic accountant, what can you do when you receive all the financial discovery in your divorce case? First, the documents you’ll need: Tax returns and W-2s. Pay statements or stubs. Make a list of questions.

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Finding Hidden Income in Divorce

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When attempting to determine if there are hidden assets or undisclosed sources of income, the basic investigative process involves tracing funds. The income tax returns of an individual (and a business, if it is owned by one or both of the parties to the family law case) are the most basic documents needed to analyze the finances.

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Defending IRS Cash-Based Audits – Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Computing Income

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As discussed in our previous article, The Case for Using a Forensic Accountant , confronting the prospects of a cash-based audit is fraught with potential traps and exposure to civil and criminal penalties, including incarceration. This makes the forensic accountant part of the defense team. Cash has a destination.

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Lifestyle Analysis in White Collar Criminal Defense

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How would a person in this position prove their income, particularly if some of it was indeed from undocumented sources or if the allegations of undocumented or unreported income are completely false? In these cases, the help of a forensic accountant or fraud investigator can be invaluable.

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Lifestyle Analysis in Divorce Cases

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A forensic accountant is the logical choice to help reconstruct financial records, estimate earnings, and analyze fine details of financial documents to prove or disprove income claims. A forensic accountant may also be needed when there are few financial records available with which to analyze income.