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Ernesto victims in Virgin Islands get tax relief

Individuals and businesses throughout the U.S. Virgin Islands who were affected by Tropical Storm Ernesto that began on Aug. 13 now have until next February to file various federal individual and business tax returns and make tax payments.  The Internal Revenue Service is offering relief to any area designated by

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BF Borgers prosecuted in Canada for unlicensed, unregistered audit work

Lakewood, Colorado-based BF Borgers CPA PC and its owner Ben Borgers have been prosecuted by CPA Ontario, the regulatory body that licenses and oversees chartered professional accountants and firms in the province, with offenses including performing the audit of a reporting issuer without registering with CPA Ontario or holding a

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Trump says growth will pay for tax cuts said to cost trillions

Republican nominee Donald Trump said his plan to renew expiring tax cuts would pay for itself by spurring economic growth as he highlighted his agenda on taxes in a visit to a key swing state in November’s election. “Growth, we’re gonna have tremendous growth,” Trump said when asked how he

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Weather victims in Puerto Rico, South Dakota get tax relief

Individuals and businesses in Puerto Rico and South Dakota who were hit with severe weather earlier this year now have until Feb. 3 to file various federal individual and business tax returns and make tax payments. The same relief, which applies to all of Puerto Rico and parts of South

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HBK splits accounting, wealth management leadership

Top 50 firm HBK announced today its executive committee has voted to split leadership of its two entities, HBK CPAs & Consultants and HBKS Wealth Advisors, giving each its own top executive.  Christopher Allegretti, HBK’s CEO and managing partner since 2004, will remain in both roles at HBKS Wealth Advisors,

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Pitfalls under the centralized partnership audit regime

Six years of the Centralized Partnership Audit Regime have elucidated a central understanding: the Bipartisan Budget Act provisions present plenty of potential pitfalls for partnerships, partnership representatives and the partners. The BBA creates a fictitious partnership level tax, imbues the partnership representative with authoritarian control, threatens to create conflict between

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Generational Viewpoints: Parsing Gen Z

This edition of Generational Viewpoints features two professionals from BSB CPAs + Business Advisors, a 55-employee firm located in Fairfax, Virginia. We asked baby boomer managing partner Debbie Harris, born in 1963, and millennial audit partner Kevin Hamaker, born in 1987, to share their perspectives on the following question: “What

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The IRS teams up to fight scams

The Internal Revenue Service, state tax agencies and groups in the tax industry hope there’s strength in numbers, and in coordination, when fighting scams. The new task force, called the Coalition Against Scam and Scheme Threats, will be a joint effort to combat the growth of scams and schemes threatening taxpayers

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Staats: Using AI starts with curiosity

Artificial intelligence has been everywhere in the accounting profession lately, to much joy or consternation, depending on who you ask, but regardless of how one feels about it, there are always a lot of questions.  During small business platform Xero’s annual Xerocon event in Nashville this week, Jason Staats—a CPA,

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On the move: Aprio names national cyber leader

TEXAS Lane Gorman Trubitt, Dallas, announced promotions; in the assurance services department: Ben Killian, Blondel Katongola, Dimpi Patel, and Michael Song to staff II; Gustavo Dominguez, Kiara Rolen, and Molly Vezinot to senior I; Sanica Huang and Amanda Nation to senior II; Eric Motte to supervising senior; Jeff Fisher to

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