The Maryland State House. Photo by Bryan P. Sears. There’s new leadership at the Office of Legislative Audits. Gregory Hook, a 43-year veteran of the office who served as legislative auditor since 2018, retired Monday. Replacing him is Brian Tanen. Tanen was named legislative officer Monday by Department of Legislative Services Executive Director Victoria Gruber. […]
A meeting run by the Kentucky state auditor’s office was disrupted by some unwelcome guests Thursday morning. Hackers began showing pornographic images that were visible on the screens of everyone online viewing a meeting of the State Committee for School District Audits, Louisville’s WAVE television station reported. “Despite internal precautions to ensure a smooth meeting, […]
Financial regulators permanently banned the accounting firm that the parent company of Donald Trump’s media platform hired in an enforcement action after an investigation revealed that the firm wasn’t really conducting audits and instead just pasted old work into new papers and forged the date. The investigation results did not include work performed for the […]
The audit firm for Trump’s Truth Social media company has been charged with falsifying documentation to make it look like their accounting work abided by SEC standards. – Scott Olson/Getty Images The auditing firm used by Donald Trump’s Truth Social media company has been charged with “massive fraud” by the Securities and Exchange Commission for […]
“This report should lay to rest any lingering myth about a super-sized IRS,” IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel said. – AFP via Getty Images The Internal Revenue Service is getting specific about how many more audits it wants to spring on rich taxpayers and businesses, as the tax collector absorbs billions of dollars in funding in […]
The IRS says it is about to ramp up audits as it cracks down on tax cheats and seeks to deliver more revenue into the U.S. Treasury’s coffers. But not every group of taxpayers will face more scrutiny, according to IRS commissioner Danny Werfel. The IRS has been bolstered by $80 billion in new funding […]
Biden Promised IRS Funding Wouldn’t Increase Audits For Regular Americans As IRS Audits Poorest Americans 5X More Often Than Others Once it was announced that the IRS would receive $80 billion in additional funding as part of the Inflation Reduction Act, the Biden Administration sought to assure regular Americans that these funds would not make […]
The Federal Aviation Administration will be increasing its oversight over Boeing’s manufacturing following a midair blowout of a door plug aboard 737 MAX 9 out of Portland. As part of the intensified oversight, the FAA plans to conduct an audit into the entire 737 MAX 9 production line and its suppliers to determine whether Boeing […]
The Federal Aviation Administration says it will increase oversight of Boeing and audit production of the 737 Max 9 jetliner after a panel blew off an Alaska Airlines plane in midflight last week, the latest in a string of mishaps at the troubled aircraft maker. The FAA said Friday that it would judge whether Boeing […]