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    A Senate hearing was called to look into allegations about a local pharmaceutical company employing multi-level marketing schemes to push its sales. The practice has been justly criticized as unethical – the company doing this being owned by doctors.

  • The IRS is overhauling how it audits. Here’s who is a target

    The tax agency said Thursday it will be “taking swift and aggressive action” to crack down on people and companies not paying taxes properly.

  • FirstEnergy proposes customer refund following audit

    CHARLESTON, W.Va. — FirstEnergy subsidiaries Mon Power and Potomac Edison are proposing a customer refund, including interest, due to miscalculated costs from a previous base rate case and misapplied overhead costs. The proposed $2.5 million refund is for a misallocation of costs from the 2013 test year in the last base rate case filed by

  • Rumors Of Google Auditing 25% Of Google Ads Are False

    The Google Ads Liaison, Ginny Marvin, said the rumors of Google auditing 25% of Google Ads accounts are false. She wrote on X, "The rumor about Google auditing 25% of Google Ads accounts on 1 May is inaccurate."Ginny Marvin added, "Our EU UCP has been in place since 2015. In January, we announced that we are strengthening enforcement of our EU UCP, and that consent mechanism upgrades are required to preserve campaign performance in EEA. In accordance with the EU UCP audit program, Advertisers...

  • Trump potential running mates audition at donor retreat

    (NewsNation) — Donald Trump seems to be building anticipation ahead of announcing who his potential running mate could be. His pick may be at Mar-a-Lago sometime within the next 48

  • Award-winning director holds auditions at the Youngstown Playhouse

    Director Michael Moritz grew up in Youngstown, worked at the Playhouse, and has since won a Tony, an Emmy and been nominated for a Grammy.

  • IRS plans to more than double its audit rate of wealthy taxpayers

    The IRS is planning to ramp up audit rates of wealthy Americans and large corporations as part of its sweeping effort to crack down on tax cheats. The tax-collecting agency aims to increase the audit rates of taxpayers earning over $10 million by more than 50%. That will bring the audit rate for these individuals to 16.5% in 2026, compared with 10% in 2019.  It also plans to nearly triple audit rates on large corporations with assets over $250 million, as well as increase the audit rates of...

  • IRS to boost audit rates for big firms, millionaires

    WASHINGTON >> The Internal Revenue Service said on Thursday that it plans to sharply increase audit rates for big corporations, partnerships and multimillionaires over the next three years as it ramps up enforcement spending and hiring to boost collections.

  • IRS says its number of audits is about to surge. Here's who the agency is targeting.

    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 directed by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which was signed into law in 2022 by President Joe Biden. The idea behind the new funding was to help revive an agency whose ranks have been depleted...

  • IRS to Increase Audit Rates of Wealthy Taxpayers by 50 Percent

    The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has said it will increase its audit rates of wealthy taxpayers and large corporations by 50 percent.

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    IRS plans to increase audit rates of wealthy taxpayers by 50%

    The Internal Revenue Service detailed its plans Thursday to significantly ramp up audit rates of wealthy taxpayers and large corporations, using funds provided by the Democrat-backed Inflation Reduction Act that passed in 2022. The audit rate of taxpayers earning more than $10 million is expected to increase by 50%, going up from 11% in 2019 to 16.5% in 2026. The IRS also plans to triple the audit rates of large corporations with assets over $250 million, as well as increase the audit rates of...

  • Auditions held for play about dangers of fentanyl and the life of Amanda McAuley

    Auditions were held for a play Tuesday about the life of Amanda McAuley who died from a fentanyl overdose a year ago.