Former Pennsylvania Businessman Convicted of Filing False Returns</h1> <article> <h1>Former Pennsylvania Businessman Convicted of Filing False Returns</h1> <p>accountingweb — Thu, 24 May 2012 12:53:21 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div>Jonathon Felix, formerly of Villanova, Pennsylvania, was found guilty by a federal jury of willfully signing and filing false income tax returns, the Justice Department and the IRS announced May 22. </div><div> </div><div>According to testimony and evidence presented to the jury at trial, Felix operated a corporation called United Professional Plans Inc.</div></div></div> </article> <article> <h1>Ohio Insurance Salesman Found Guilty of Tax Charges</h1> <p>accountingweb — Wed, 23 May 2012 20:43:27 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div>On May 21, a jury convicted William A. Herder of Richland County, Ohio, on federal tax charges, the Justice Department and the IRS announced May 22. Herder was charged with corruptly endeavoring to impair and impede the due administration of the IRS laws, tax evasion, and five counts of failure to file tax returns. He was convicted of all counts.</div><div> </div><div>According to the evidence at trial, Herder sold insurance for Aflac Inc, a nationwide supplemental insurance provider, from an office in Mansfield, Ohio.</div></div></div> </article> <article> <h1>Nurses Rally for a New Wall Street Tax</h1> <p>accountingweb — Tue, 22 May 2012 16:43:59 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div><em>By Ken Berry</em></div><div> </div><div>The liquor and tobacco industries are frequent targets of "sin taxes" aimed at drumming up revenue from sources that cater to certain vices.</div></div></div> </article> <article> <h1>Facebook's Saverin: Senators Propose Crackdown on 'Friends with Tax Benefits'</h1> <p>accountingweb — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:20:12 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div><em>By Ken Berry</em></div><div> </div><div>Two US Senators are feeling anything but friendly toward Eduardo Saverin, one of the cofounders of the social networking site Facebook. </div><div> </div><div>Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Bob Casey (D-PA) have proposed new legislation, called the Ex-PATRIOT Act (Expatriation Prevention by Abolishing Tax-Related Incentives for Offshore Tenancy), which would impose a mandatory 30-percent capital gains tax rate for expatriates on all future investment gains.</div></div></div> </article> <article> <h1>Summer Rental Season Kicks Off - Extra Tax Points for Owners</h1> <p>accountingweb — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:09:47 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div><em>By Ken Berry</em></div><div> </div><div>According to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_US/us/index.htm">Deloitte</a>'s new <a target="_blank" href="http://www.deloitte.com/assets/Dcom-UnitedStates/Local%20Assets/Documents/Consumer%20Business/us_thl_summertravelsurvey2012_051512.pdf">Summer Travel survey</a>, more Americans will be traveling this upcoming Memorial Day holiday than they did last year. This could be welcome news to clients who own rental properties as the traditional vacation season kicks into high gear.</div></div></div> </article> <article> <h1>IRS Issues an Apology to Dionne Warwick after a Tax Blunder in 2009</h1> <p>accountingweb — Mon, 21 May 2012 14:12:45 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div><em>By AccountingWEB Staff</em></div><div> </div><div>The IRS issued a written apology to Dionne Warwick and has cut more than $1.2 million of its original sum of back taxes that Warwick owes stemming from money she earned back in the 1990s.</div><div> </div><div>In 2009, the IRS filed a lien against Warwick in federal court suggesting that she owed more than $2 million in taxes.</div></div></div> </article> <article> <h1>Nine Alabama Family Members Indicted for Identity Theft and Tax Fraud</h1> <p>accountingweb — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:09:45 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div>Barbara Murry, Douglas Murry, Douglas Murry III, Yolanda Moses, Lee Moses, Veronica Temple, Jeffrey Temple, Almetta Johnson, and Courtney Johnson were charged in an indictment by a federal grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama on a variety of counts stemming from an identity theft and tax fraud scheme, the Justice Department and the IRS announced May 3. </div><div> </div><div>The thirty-three-count indictment charges all nine with conspiring to defraud the United States and to commit theft of public funds and with theft of public funds.</div></div></div> </article> <article> <h1>BSA Study Finds Over Half of Computer Users Admit to Pirating Software</h1> <p>accountingweb — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:20:18 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div> </div><div><em>By Terri Eyden</em></div><div> </div><div>According to the <a href="http://www.bsa.org/country.aspx?sc_lang=en" target="_blank">Business Software Alliance's (BSA)</a> ninth annual study - <em>2011 BSA Global Software Piracy Study</em> – the value of software theft is at an astounding all-time high ‒ $63.4 billion in 2011, up from $58.8 billion in 2010.</div></div></div> </article> <article> <h1>New GASB User Guide Helps Taxpayers Understand School District Finances</h1> <p>accountingweb — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:50:24 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div><em>By AccountingWEB Staff</em></div><div> </div><div>How can taxpayers follow how their money is being spent on public education? What is the difference between a school district's budget and its financial statements? How can you determine if your school district's financial health is improving or declining?</div></div></div> </article> <article> <h1>Tax Return Preparer Headed to Jail for Close to Eight Years</h1> <p>accountingweb — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:51:33 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div>Margaret Kirksey, a resident of Montgomery, Alabama, was sentenced May 8 in the Middle District of Alabama to eighty-one months in federal prison for filing false tax returns using stolen identities, the Justice Department and the IRS announced.</div><div> </div><div>On January 24, 2012, Kirksey pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to defraud the government and aggravated identity theft.</div></div></div> </article> </main></body></html>