The Importance of Maintaining Proper Records for the IRS

The Importance of Maintaining Proper Records for the IRS

The Internal Revenue Code requires businesses to maintain records of their activities including invoices for services rendered, bank records and invoices for expenditures made for business purposes. It is also wise to have a system of accounting, a spreadsheet with...
To Follow Money, Books and Records Are Needed

To Follow Money, Books and Records Are Needed

Any financial investigation, specifically income tax (civil or criminal), partnership embezzlement, and divorce, require books and records to be successful in tracing expenses and following the money.  Without them the chances of success are diminished. In income tax...
Taxpayer Decision… Auditor or Special Agent

Taxpayer Decision… Auditor or Special Agent

We read in the newspaper that the number of audits is down to less than 1%.  In the Kiplinger article dated April 30, 2014, the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) advised the agency will perform 100,000 or fewer audits this year.  The odds are...
How to Select a Forensic Accountant

How to Select a Forensic Accountant

What is Forensic Accounting? Forensic accounting, sometimes called investigative accounting, is the application of accounting concepts and techniques to legal problems. Forensic accountants investigate and document financial fraud and white-collar crimes such as...