Jan 17, 2023
You’re on the verge of closing on the purchase of a new house when an email comes in from the agent. It includes instructions on how to wire your closing costs just as you anticipated. The timing is correct, and the email seems legitimate, so you don’t question it....
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Dec 6, 2022
It’s hard to hide one billion dollars from the IRS, as a Dallas attorney allegedly found out recently. The man is accused of creating tax shelters to help high-net-worth clients conceal giant sums of money in income from the IRS. What did he allegedly do? According to...
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Aug 16, 2022
As COVID-19 relief for small businesses fades away, about 1 million PPP loans remain unforgiven. Roughly 9% of businesses that received PPP loans haven’t filed for forgiveness. A handful who did were denied or are still awaiting an answer. If you have a PPP...
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Jul 12, 2022
Tax Court recently upheld a $300,000 tax bill for a retired professor who followed the advice of embassy officials and his CPA when it came to reporting foreign income. It’s an essential lesson for anyone who has ever lived, worked, or held assets in another country...
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Jun 21, 2022
Ever been so far behind on paperwork or sorting mail that you were tempted to throw it all away and start fresh? That’s what the IRS did with 30 million business taxpayer documents received in 2020. The agency admits an “inability to process backlogs of paper-filed...
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Jun 14, 2022
How did a giant tech company lose $5+ million due to one employee’s act of vendor fraud, and how can small businesses learn from their mistake? A former HP, Inc. (HP) employee recently pleaded guilty to defrauding the company out of more than $5 million related to...
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