Publicly held companies, or private companies that apply for credit, must have routine audits of financial transactions conducted. Outside agencies, not affiliated with the company, perform these ...

Non-parametric tests are used when standard assumptions are not available. These tests don’t rely on distributions, often ...

here is very good news for CPAs whose clients face the often burdensome administrative costs of claiming allowable expense deductions for meals and entertainment (M&E)—the IRS now will permit the use ...

In a September 28, 2018 Change Request to Medicare’s Program Integrity Manual (“PIM”), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) updated its instructions to Medicare contractors regarding ...

The efficiency of Monte Carlo simulations is significantly improved when implemented with variance reduction methods. Among these methods, we focus on the popular importance sampling technique based ...

To claim federal income tax credits for a research project, a taxpayer must prove that the project satisfies each prong of a four-part test. In IRS Field Attorney Advisory 20212501F (June 25, 2021), ...

What's the best way to get a statistically reliable sample of people who are hard to identify, such as illegal-drug users in large cities, itinerant jazz musicians, aging Manhattan artists and ...