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IRS Security Summit Offers Tips on How to Prevent Identity Theft and Tax Fraud

Two-factor Identification is one of the cheapest and easiest ways to prevent tax fraud. As Certified Fraud Examiners (CFEs) we suggest many other safeguards to our clients. As Certified Fraud Examiners (CFE) my firm has long helped clients untangle webs

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FinCEN to host second ‘exchange’ on preventing ransomware

July 2021

The United States Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) will hold a second FinCEN Exchange in August to discuss ways to combat increasingly sophisticated cyber and ransomware attacks. The FinCEN Exchange is a voluntary public and private partnership that

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What is Backup Withholding Tax and Who Has to Pay It?

July 2021

When it comes to taxes, mistakes can cost you more than money. That’s especially true with Federal backup withholding taxes. In simplest terms, 24 percent backup withholding is demanded of both payers and payees who either mistakenly or intentionally supply

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The IRS Is Cracking Down On Cryptocurrency Tax Reporting

July 2021

If you’ve engaged in cryptocurrency or other virtual currency transactions worth $20,000 in any one year between 2016 and 2020, the IRS wants to hear from you. The IRS believes thousands of taxpayers are not telling the government about their

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2021 “Green Book” Introduces Comprehensive Financial Account Reporting

July 2021

The “Green Book” is a US Treasury Department document that presents detailed explanations of an Administration’s revenue proposals in support of a President’s annual budget request.  On May 28, 2021, the Biden administration released its “Green Book” titled “General Explanations

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Upcoming Virtual Currency FBAR and FATCA Reporting Enforcement

July 2021

Under current FinCEN regulations, a foreign account holding virtual currency is not reportable on the FBAR.  However, FinCEN in its FinCEN Notice 2020-2, proposes amending reports of foreign financial accounts (FBAR) regulations to include virtual currency accounts as a type

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THE TAX GAP TO RISE TO APPROXIMATELY $7 TRILLION

July 2021

The US Treasury reports that it is expecting the tax gap to rise to approximately $7 trillion over the course of the next decade if left unaddressed.   In May 2021, the US Department of the Treasury issued the “THE AMERICAN

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Forensic Audits are Trending

July 2021

The demand for forensic auditing services is soaring during our ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. In the space of Certified Public Accountants (CPA) service offerings, forensic auditing is a recognized   tool for detecting and preventing fraud or financial crimes.  Keep in mind

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Additional IRS Funding Will Increase IRS Enforcement

July 2021

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Las Funciones de Examinación del IRS han Cambiado

May 2021

En el comentario “A Closer Look: Impacting the Tax Gap”, el Comisionado del IRS, Chuck Rettig, revela que el IRS ha cambiado su enfoque de fiscalización a declaraciones de impuestos que incluyen contribuyentes de altos ingresos, entidades de transferencia (“pass-through”),

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How IRS Finds “Mismatches” via its Automated Compliance Programs

May 2021

The IRS uses the information it collects to detect, prevent, and reduce noncompliance and fraud.  The US Government accountability Office (GAO) produced a Tax Administration Report on December 2020 (Better Coordination Could Improve IRS’s Use of Third-Party Information Reporting to

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How is your Organization’s Performance with Respect to Fraud?

May 2021

US Regulations including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Anti-Bribery legislation require that Management in a business have a zero tolerance for fraud and have an Audit Committee in place that will establish the procedures for receipt

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