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Sanders May Bring His Populist Brand to Powerful Senate Finance Committee
Accountant Gets Jail Time For Charging $3 Million on New Jersey Employer’s Credit Card
New Jersey Joins IRS Direct File For 2025 Filing Season
Wisconsin bank auditor to admit to embezzling $100,000
A former bank auditor has agreed to plead guilty in federal court to embezzling $100,000 and faces time in prison, according to court records. West Allis, Wisconsin, accountant Denise A. Lewandowski signed a plea agreement late last month admitting she stole from her employer, Securant Bank & Trust in Milwaukee. She is set to appear […]
Little league president charged with embezzlement
Mr. Justice was a former sheriff's deputy.
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IRS expands eligibility for worker reclassification program
The IRS has announced a revision to its voluntary classification settlement program (VCSP) that provides partial relief from federal employment taxes for eligible taxpayers who agree to prospectively treat workers as employees.
Maine simplifies legal definition of ‘independent contractor’
As of Monday, Maine has adopted a new standard for who can be considered an independent contractor for Workers’ Compensation, unemployment insurance and other purposes. Until this week, the Maine Department of Labor, the Maine Workers’ Compensation Board and Maine Revenue Services each had different standards for who can be considered an independent contractor. This […]
NY man receives 18 month sentence for filing false tax return
Potsdam, NY, resident Timothy M. Schmidt plead guilty to signing and filing a false federal income tax return.
Blackbaud Index shows charitable giving up 1.7% in November and online giving up 13.3%
Online giving is leading the way for charitable donations, according to the latest findings by the Blackbaud Index.
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Road Runner: U.S. goes over fiscal cliff, spins feet, goes back to solid ground
After failing to reach a fiscal agreement and "stepping over the cliff," lawmakers figuratively spun their feet in the air, then turned back and found solid ground by reaching agreement that will prevent the otherwise automatic tax increases that would have hit all Americans. Those taxes would have resulted from the automatic expiration of the "Bush Tax Cuts."
Las Vegas man barred from preparing tax returns for others
Man is accused of various violations at his tax practice, including preparing false tax-return forms with fabricated businesses and income, selling deceptive loan products, preparing false W-2 forms and filing tax returns without customer consent or authorization.