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Don’t Panic! 3 Ways to Fix “MYOB Error 9004”

MYOB is a business tool that lets its users create and manage payroll, accounting, POS, and tax operations. Users often confront technical bugs when operating the application. “MYOB Error 9004” occurs while a user tries to run the accounting data in MYOB. The text that usually appears with the error

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Tax Court Backs IRS Offer In Compromise Rejection

The Tax Court recently upheld the IRS’s rejection of an attorney’s “offer in compromise” (OIC) as it was seen as an unreasonably low offer. For a quick review, an OIC is an agreement between a taxpayer and the IRS settling the taxpayer’s tax liability for less than the full amount owed. If

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Sales Tax Rules on Digital Sales Need to Be Sorted

Whether digital goods are subject to sales tax sometimes depends on who you ask. Regardless, states need to sort out sales tax policies on digital products sooner than later. The following case, which focuses around decisions being made in Mississippi and their Department of Revenue in particular, illustrates why states need

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QuickBooks Online 2021: Everything New & Nice Explained!

QuickBooks rolls out a software upgrade every year, and it is always exciting to see the new feet of advancements it brings along. QuickBooks is pushing its online version to the existing users for quite some time as it offers a safer storage option to the users for their company

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Tackling the Tiffs Over TIF Districts

Tax increment financing (TIF) is a seemingly simple economic development tool that has become anything but—and it’s somewhat controversial in its use to promote improvements in certain city areas. Proponents contend that TIF provides necessary funding for cities to redevelop blighted properties and infrastructure, which can increase property value and even increase

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Geometry of Fraud and Improving Risk Management

Financial and occupational fraud has become a serious problem in the United States, clarifying the need for enhanced fraud risk management. Donald R. Cressey’s Other People’s Money: A Study in the Social Psychology of Embezzlement set the foundation for studying fraud. From his research, the fraud triangle was born. Each

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Better Bookkeeping for the Self-Employed

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Notes on AICPA Peer Review & Audit Quality Impact

In our continuing effort to improve the AICPA Peer Review Program, we rarely take a step back to look at how far we have come and the positive impact the peer review process has on our profession, those it serves and its overall impact on audit quality. The AICPA, its

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What to Know About the IRS’s Safe Harbor Clause

Just joining in? Go back to parts one and two, where I answered unusual questions submitted by Waldo Lydecker, a freelancer who said he’ll pocket a seven-figure advance noticeably north of one million dollars for his next book and who was adamant that he’s entitled to my advice on how

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How Green Book Changes Could Affect Capital Gains

If President Joe Biden’s revenue proposals (the “green book”) for fiscal year 2022 are passed by Congress, fund managers could be facing increased tax liability. One section in the green book identifies carried interest (or profits interest) as a primary source of income to the investment industry. If passed, carried

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