by Noah Green CPA CFE | Apr 9, 2026 | White-Collar Tax Crime & Headlines
A small-business owner running a regional logistics firm filed an Employee Retention Credit claim in 2022 based on a promoter’s pitch that “every business with W-2 employees during COVID qualifies.” The promoter prepared Form 941-X amendments for tax...
by Noah Green CPA CFE | Apr 9, 2026 | DD Tech Lab
A reconciliation account that should oscillate around its expected balance, intercompany clearing, suspense, accrued-payroll roll-forward, but instead wanders without bound has failed its control objective. The variance grows linearly with time; the account cannot...
by Noah Green CPA CFE | Apr 8, 2026 | DD Tech Lab
What you’ll be able to do after reading this. Score your institution against a 10-dimension platform-comparison scorecard. Apply one of three elicited weight profiles (or run your own elicitation per the companion bundle). Estimate a parameterized 5-year TCO...
by Noah Green CPA CFE | Apr 7, 2026 | Small Business & 1099 Reality
Two S-Corp owners run comparable consulting businesses with comparable \$280,000 net income years. The first pays himself a \$30,000 W-2 salary and takes \$250,000 in distributions; the second pays himself \$120,000 in W-2 salary and takes \$160,000 in distributions....
by Noah Green CPA CFE | Apr 6, 2026 | DD Tech Lab
Vendor validation at engagement scale breaks when each lookup requires manual browser navigation. The auditor opens OpenCorporates, searches the vendor name, copies registration status, switches to EDGAR, runs full-text search, copies filing presence, opens PACER,...
