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Accountants Behaving Badly: Police Department Accountant Couldn’t Be Bothered, PPP Loan Fraud, and a Creepy Tax Preparer

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TPB slaps 5-year ban on accountant involved in $26m fraud [ Accountants Daily ] The Tax Practitioners Board has slapped a five-year ban on a Sydney accountant charged with stealing $26 million through his firm to fund a lavish lifestyle and gambling addiction.

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IRS Audit Red Flags & Triggers: How the IRS Catches You

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Claiming Large Losses From Gambling. The IRS pays heavy attention to losses claimed from gambling. This is because you can only deduct gambling losses to the extent that you report your winnings. If you gamble recreationally and claim losses, the IRS will be looking to see if you also reported your winnings in your income.

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In the blogs: Party time

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Crypto moves forward; what to know about gambling; new blog in town; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

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Start Now to Make Your 2024 Tax Return Easier to Do

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Also, if you are not sharp, you might miss the note buried on page 14 or thereabouts that the amounts on page one of the K-1 are likely not correct, and you need to check with your tax preparer (who will probably have no knowledge about that particular hedge fund). Once the ball comes down for the New Year, it will be too late.

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Friday Footnotes: Anyone Wanna Work in Hollywood?; Profit-Hungry CEOs Love Gen AI; KPMG’s SF Future | 1.19.24

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Coss, 54, was arrested Tuesday and is held in the Broward Main Jail on 18 charges stemming from an ongoing Internal Revenue Service tax fraud investigation. He owns Coss Bookkeeping & Accounting and is the registered agent of numerous other businesses, state business records show.

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Friday Footnotes: How Much Big 4 Spent on Lobbying Last Year; Super Bowl Bets; CFOs Feeling Good | 2.9.24

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Tax Betting on the Super Bowl? You gotta pay the piper’ on your winnings, says tax expert [ NBC10 Philadelphia ] All gambling winnings are considered taxable income by the Internal Revenue Service, even if you aren’t a professional gambler. “Win big?

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A Checklist For Skagit County Business Owners’ For 2020 Personal Income Taxes

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Working with business owners gives the chance to do a lot of damage to tax bills … but personal taxes are still “a thing” Below is a list of what you will need during the tax preparation process on the personal side. Nonetheless, it’s a useful tax checklist.