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In the blogs: Judge for yourself

Refunds without taxes; bouncing BOI; never too late for an Employee Retention Credit; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers. Judge for yourself TaxProf Blog (http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/): How income taxation can, and should, be used to regulate judicial misconduct when conduct rules fail. Tax Foundation (https://taxfoundation.org/blog): The German economy has

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Practice Profile: Don’t call it a ‘tax season’

Account Sense founder & CEO Jennifer Mitchell (center) and her teamrichard Breshears Jennifer Mitchell tries not to say the words “tax season.” She is retraining herself and her staff of 11 at Washington State-based firm Account Sense to think of busy season differently, but she’s also designed it to be

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Commerce Secretary’s tax comments give cruise operators deja vu

Cruise operators may yet avoid paying more U.S. corporate taxes despite threats from U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to close favorable loopholes.  Lutnick’s comments on Fox News Wednesday that U.S.-based cruise companies should be paying taxes even on ships registered abroad sent shares lower, though analysts indicated the worry may

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Lutnick’s tax comments give cruise operators case of deja vu

Cruise operators may yet avoid paying more U.S. corporate taxes despite threats from U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to close favorable loopholes.  Lutnick’s comments on Fox News Wednesday that U.S.-based cruise companies should be paying taxes even on ships registered abroad sent shares lower, though analysts indicated the worry may

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AI in accounting and its growing role

Artificial intelligence took the business world by storm in 2024. Countless AI-driven tools that emerged during the past year are boosting efficiency in virtually every industry by automating the tasks that most often bog down business processes. Essentially, AI takes on the business world’s day-to-day dirty work, delivering with more

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Tax Fraud Blotter: Reached their limit

Fell a little short; oh brother; only one hitch; and other highlights of recent tax cases. Tacoma, Washington: The second of two Nigerian men residing in Canada who defrauded U.S. pandemic aid programs has been sentenced to 54 months in prison for wire fraud and aggravated ID theft. Fatiu Ismaila

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In the blogs: Painful choices

Hegseth’s IRS notice; CPA exam questions; spotting cyberattacks; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers. Painful choices Eide Bailly (https://www.eidebailly.com/taxblog): The new Secretary of Defense claims his recent dunning letter from the IRS was a parting shot from the Biden administration. Tax controversy specialist Elyse Katz proposes a less exciting

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IRS layoffs expected despite tax season assurances

The Internal Revenue Service is reportedly planning layoffs of thousands of first-year probationary employees in the midst of tax season, perhaps as soon as this week. The layoffs are set to occur despite assurances that the IRS would wait until May 15, a month after the end of tax season,

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Art of Accounting: SmartProof template available

Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. Two weeks ago, I made my updated Word file with 190 checklists available. I now have a SmartProof Excel worksheet template available. I will provide it for free if you email me at GoodiesFromEd@withum.com and just put

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PCAOB quizzes auditors on new quality control standard

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has posted a series of online “knowledge checks” to help auditors gauge their understanding of various aspects of the PCAOB’s new quality control standard. Some of the topics in the knowledge checks include risk assessment, roles and responsibilities under QC 1000, considerations related to

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