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IRS spent $2.3B and left the door open

IRS spent $2.3B and left the door open

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IRS & RegulationIRS & Regulation
The IRS Paperless Push Has A Security Problem

The IRS Paperless Push Has A Security Problem

The agency's plan to scan away paper tax records now has a contractor security problem attached to it.

Hannah Olsen
Practice ManagementPractice Management
A Former CPA Laundered $5.3M From A Children's Hospital

A Former CPA Laundered $5.3M From A Children's Hospital

A hospital thought it was paying a vendor. The money landed in an accountant's bank account instead.

Hannah Olsen
NewsletterNewsletter
AI is flooding the IRS

AI is flooding the IRS

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IRS & RegulationIRS & Regulation
Treasury Found $99M In Dead Person Payments

Treasury Found $99M In Dead Person Payments

A new federal payment screen turned death records into a real-time control test.

Larry Olson
IRS & RegulationIRS & Regulation
AI Comments Are Clogging The IRS Rule Machine

AI Comments Are Clogging The IRS Rule Machine

The agency has to write tax rules while AI makes public comments harder to sort.

Larry Olson
The IRS leak that backfired

The IRS leak that backfired

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Recruiting & RetentionRecruiting & Retention
D.C. May Let CPA Candidates Skip The Fifth Year

D.C. May Let CPA Candidates Skip The Fifth Year

D.C. is close to giving CPA candidates a cheaper route around the fifth year of school.

Emily Asher
IRS & RegulationIRS & Regulation
Trump's Tax Leaker Is Still Going To Prison

Trump's Tax Leaker Is Still Going To Prison

A former IRS contractor tried to cut down his five-year sentence. The appeals court said no.

Larry Olson
TaxTax
Depreciation Is Where Small Business Books Go To Lie

Depreciation Is Where Small Business Books Go To Lie

Fixed assets look boring until the schedule stops matching reality. Then the tax position starts wobbling.

Emily Asher
IRS & RegulationIRS & Regulation
CPA Firms' Data Problem Isn't Paused

CPA Firms' Data Problem Isn't Paused

A federal compliance delay can feel like found time, but client financial data does not wait for regulators to get organized.

Larry Olson
This is how tax hacks end

This is how tax hacks end

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