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FEI Releases Congressional Scorecard for 112th Congress

Financial Executives International (FEI) has announced the release of its first-ever "Congressional Scorecard," which rates lawmakers' records on their votes for or against FEI's priority legislative issues.
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Angel Albert Pujols Living in Tax Hell

Chances are, even greatly higher taxes won't tarnish the halo that comes with a ten-year, $254 million contract to play for the Angels. No matter where he plays, with a salary like that, Albert Pujols will pay the highest rate.
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IRS: Proposed Regulations and Policy Change

The IRS has proposed regulations which would change the way costs are allocated on properties a taxpayer buys for resale purposes. In addition, the IRS announced a policy change in Rev. Proc. 2012-39.
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NYSSCPA Briefing on the Affordable Care Act

Two months after the Supreme Court decision that found the Affordable Care Act constitutional, compliance deadlines for the complex tax provisions that support the individual mandate are approaching rapidly.
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Two Tax Deadbeat Rappers

Two popular Rap artists, Flavor Flav and Bubba Sparxxx, are in big trouble with the IRS. They both owe big bucks for neglecting to pay their taxes.
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AICPA Recommends Changes to IRS Form 990

The AICPA has recommended changes be made to IRS Form 990, Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax. Some observers say the once-straightforward form has become too complex.
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NAEA Takes on Outdated Tax Provisions

The NAEA has announced its intent to focus its advocacy efforts on tax code provisions in desperate need of reform and to work with other interested stakeholders in requesting that Congress address this important issue.
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Take Cover: IRS Agents Go on the Attack

Lately, the IRS has been bringing out one of its big guns: an "administrative summons" that compels taxpayers to hand over the books and other sensitive documents where they may have been hiding their dirty secrets.
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Six Indicted in $1.2 Million Conspiracy

A federal grand jury in Montgomery, Alabama, returned a superseding indictment charging six Alabama women with conspiring to file false tax returns using stolen identities.
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IRS Fears Tax Refund Delays

Do you think this year's tax return season was a nightmare? Wait until next year! The upcoming election and its potential fallout have IRS officials tossing and turning at night as they contemplate another year when expiring tax provisions will go down to the wire.
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Fifteen-Year Prison Sentence for Tax Fraud

Gino Carlucci was sentenced to 188 months in prison for his role in conspiracies to commit money laundering and to defraud the IRS as well as for filing a false income tax return.
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Tax Return Preparer in Kansas Shut Down

A federal court in Kansas City, Kansas, has permanently barred Ahferom Goitom from preparing federal tax returns for others.
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Tax Refund Fraud to the Tune of $2.8 Million

Larreka Jackson, an Alabama tax preparer, was indicted on twenty-five counts for conspiring to file false tax returns using stolen identities, filing false claims, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft.
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Husband and Wife Face YEARS in Prison

A married couple has been charged with running a fraudulent advance fee scheme and tax evasion. The twenty-six count indictment seeks forfeiture of at least $3.7 million.
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Nine-Year Prison Sentence for Tax Defier

An Arizona man was sentenced on August 10, 2012, to nine years in prison and ordered to pay fines of $1,021,500.
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Identity Theft Fraudster Jailed for 81 Months

Yumeitrius Manuel was sentenced to eighty-one months in federal prison for filing false tax returns using stolen identities. The court also ordered Manuel to pay $52,242 in restitution to the IRS.
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IRS Fraud Detection Failures. Shulman's Job on the Line?

A new report released by the TIGTA accuses IRS agents of "looking the other way" while illegal immigrants were assigned false ITINs. A key member of the House's tax-writing committee is calling for Commissioner Shulman to resign.
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Man Allegedly Falsified Returns to Maximize EITC

The Justice Department has asked a federal court in Chicago to bar Bruce E. Grant from preparing tax returns. The suit alleges that Grant frequently fabricates business income and expenses to maximize EITC.
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Tax Preparer Goes to Jail for Close to Five Years

Texas tax return preparer, Eddye Lovely, was sentenced to fifty-seven months in federal prison for aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns.
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Couple Sentenced for Hiding Millions Offshore

Sean and Nadia Roberts were sentenced July 30 before US District Court Chief Judge Anthony W. Ishii to twelve months and one day in prison for hiding millions of dollars in secret offshore bank accounts.
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Voice of the Editor

Even though any accounting auditor would tell you it seems like there are an awful lot of tax accountants out there, surely one-third of the country isn't made up of tax preparers, so it's rather startling news to learn that one-third of Americans like to do their taxes. Who knew?
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Gail Perry, CPA
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