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IRS enhances online accounts, adds more e-file business forms

The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department reported further progress Thursday on offering more online tools and expanded taxpayer service, including six new features for the Individual Online Account, a new Spanish version of the Business Tax Account, and additional business forms that can be filed electronically.  Forms 940,

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Retention risks may lie in the middle ranks

Wondering which category of staff is most likely to leave your firm? Look to the middle, suggest the results of an ongoing survey. “Who’s most likely to leave? Directors, senior managers and managers,” Seth Fineberg, the founder of consultancy Accountants Forward, told the attendees of the second annual Bridging the

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Last-minute sales tax changes create difficulties for businesses

You need to be on your toes if you work in sales tax, as states are known to make substantial sales tax policy changes with little to no notice. Vermont, North Carolina, New Jersey and Ohio provide standout examples this summer.  Vermont taxes remotely accessed prewritten software, short-term rentals On

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On the move: Forvis Mazars hosts week of giving

Plante Moran, Southfield, promoted to partner: Matthew Bohdan, risk and accounting advisory services, Southfield; Eric Bowers, Plante Moran Financial Advisors, East Lansing; Amanda Carrigan, risk and accounting advisory services, Denver Tech Center; Alicia Cole, wealth management, Detroit; Ben Cote, tax, Denver Tax Center; Adam Counts, assurance, Southfield; Ryan Defer, tax,

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Tax Fraud Blotter: Treated like royalty

Go Pats; on the hook; two down; and other highlights of recent tax cases. Buxton, Maine: Christine Bangs has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for wire fraud and for making and subscribing a false return. From

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Grant Thornton UK weighs selling stake to private equity

Grant Thornton’s UK arm is considering a potential stake sale, people with knowledge of the matter said, at a time when an influx of investors is accelerating growth in the professional services sector.  Grant Thornton UK — which provides accounting, tax and advisory services — is working with advisers at

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KPMG takes lead in Q1 SEC audit clients

KPMG topped the charts for the net new Securities & Exchange Commission clients in the first quarter of 2023, bringing on 17 new engagements and netting 12. Fellow Big Four firm Deloitte actually brought on more new engagements, with 21, but netted fewer, with nine. (See “Net engagement leaders.”) Among

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IRS debunks nonexistent Self Employment Tax Credit social media claims

The Internal Revenue Service warned Monday about bad advice that’s being peddled on social media promoting a bogus “Self Employment Tax Credit” and prompting unsuspecting taxpayers to file false claims for the credit. The promoters claim the credit is available to self-employed people and gig workers and suggest they may

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