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How (Not) To Get Audited

It’s time to talk taxes: 1099 forms have gone out and you should be organizing your paperwork and getting ready to pay the taxman.

2013/03/25

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What Triggers an IRS Tax Audit?

The odds of an audit can increase substantially depending on your income, types of income, deduction amount and changes you have made since filing your last tax return.

2013/03/25

A Miami-Dade County Elections Department voting machine during pre-election testing. (Source: CBS4)

CBS4 Investigates: Does Your Vote Count? The Recount Test

In the sleepy West Coast Florida town of Inverness, as horses graze and Spanish moss hangs still on a breezeless summer day, an elections experiment was about to get underway.

CBS4–2012/10/23

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CBS4 Investigates: Palm Beach County’s 2012 Ballot Debacle

Twelve years ago, Palm Beach County was at the epicenter of the 2000 Presidential election meltdown over hanging and pregnant chads. Now as CBS4 Chief Investigator Michele Gillen tells us, Palm Beach County was again at the center of another election embarrassment in March.

CBS4–2012/10/09

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CBS4 Investigates: Does Your Vote Count?

While the nation has been mashing its teeth over voter suppression laws… CBS4 investigates has been examining the actual voting systems that will be used to cast and count your ballots on November 6th.
Florida is sure to be a pivotal state, but have we shaken the ghosts of the 2000 presidential election?

CBS4–2012/10/02

Germany Debates Effects Of Value Added Tax

Florida Food Stamp Program Tops, Wins $9 Million Fed Bonus

The Department of Children and Families gets a bad rap for the way it manages everything from foster care to adoptions, so its only fair they get credit for a good thing, and the feds say Florida is tops in managing Food Stamps.

CBS4–2012/07/02

(Photo Credit: CBS4) Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez

Gimenez: Miami Heat Expense Oversight Was Under Previous Administration

On Thursday the Miami Dade Inspector General issued a highly critical report of county government officials – arguing that it failed to show even the slightest interest in how the American Airline Arena has been operated by the Miami Heat for the past twelve years.

CBS4–2012/06/01

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I-Team: NACA Investigation

The success rate of many groups that received federal funding to help distressed homeowners modify their mortgages, is in question, following a CBS4 I-Team investigation of one such group called NACA.

CBS4–2011/05/04

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I-Team: Audit Reveals Transit Tax Dollars Misspent

An audit of Miami-Dade’s half-penny sales tax for public transportation shines a light on how certain cities are, or aren’t spending those tax dollars. Misspending and hoarding are among the audit findings, reports I-Team Investigative Reporter Jim Defede.

CBS4–2011/02/22

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I-Team: Audit Shows Extent Of Inmate IRS Scam

A U.S. government’s audit report due to be released on Thursday, December, 2, 2010, shows the Federal Internal Revenue Service ignores hundreds of thousands of potentially fraudulent tax returns filed by prison inmates serving time for other crimes.

CBS4–2010/12/01

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