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Tax Fraud Blotter: Document mismanagement

Under Development; lack of security; CI at work; and other highlights of recent tax cases. Trenton, New Jersey: Business owner Khuram Raja, of Locust Valley, New York, has admitted to evading personal income taxes. During tax years 2016 to 2018, he owned and operated a company that provided construction and

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How the AI boom is transforming accounting

Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. The use of artificial intelligence is becoming so common in everyday life that even the accounting profession is embracing the change. AI innovation is the hot topic at accounting events, the IRS is continuing to roll out

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Miners miss out on tax credit granted to processors

The U.S. has spelled out new rules for tax credits manufacturers can receive for domestically producing parts necessary for the energy transition — and there’s a clear divide for miners and processors. Companies that mine lithium, nickel, cobalt, gallium or the other 46 minerals deemed critical by the U.S. cannot

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What isn’t AI, anyway?

Linda Bucklin/AlienCat – Fotolia Today there is a veritable universe worth of products that claim to use artificial intelligence or be powered by AI or are, themselves, an AI solution. But how true is that? Because while “What is AI?” is an important question (see previous story), another one just

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What is AI, anyway?

Andrew Ostrovsky/agsandrew – Fotolia The sheer number of times people have written, spoken or even thought the phrase “artificial intelligence” has spiked dramatically in just one year since ChatGPT — possibly its most prominent specimen — exploded onto the scene.  But just what is it we’re talking about when we

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RF&F acquires Mister, Burton & Associates

Rosen, Sapperstein and Friedlander LLC, a Regional Leader based in Towson, Maryland, is buying Mister, Burton & Associates LLC, a firm based in Cockeysville, Maryland, effective Jan. 1, 2024. The acquisition will add six partners and directors to RS&F. MBA offers audit, tax, accounting and management advisory services for businesses,

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IRS Appeals sets priorities for next year

The Internal Revenue Service’s Independent Office of Appeals hopes to improve both taxpayer service and the experience of its workforce next year. The Appeals office posted a focus guide Friday laying its main priorities for fiscal year 2024. The Taxpayer First Act of 2019 renamed the IRS Office of Appeals

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Tax Fraud Blotter: Playing chicken

A world view; muscle head; in the hunt; and other highlights of recent tax cases. Victorville, California: Former area tax preparer Stephen Jake McGonigle, 66, has been convicted for leading a multiyear tax fraud that spanned three continents and claimed more than $10 million from the IRS and dozens of

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M&A roundup: BDO, Sikich and other firms expand

BMSS Advisors & CPAs, a Regional Leader based in Birmingham, Alabama, added Haddox Reid Eubank Betts PLLC, a firm based in Ridgeland, Mississippi, effective Dec. 1, 2023. The combined firm will have 32 partners, 125 CPAs and approximately 322 employees, and the two firms will consolidate under the name BMSS,

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IRS falls short when employees get arrested

The Internal Revenue Service needs to do a better job of keeping track of employees who are arrested by law enforcement and notifying their colleagues, according to a new report. The report, released Monday by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, noted that the agency has a Post-Appointment Arrest

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