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Prudent Accountants

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We got audit notice and our old CPA helped us sharing QuickBooks data with the auditor. The auditor had tons of questions about exemption certificates, evidence, receipts etc. The CPA asked us to provide all that to the auditor but our data retention policy was not in place. At that point auditor started disallowing exemptions and deductions. The CPA referred us to an attorney and he started billing his time for email and phone calls. He was more entrenched in negotiating the deal with auditor. For us, we had everything right so we did not believe in negotiating our position. Another business owner referred us to Prudent Accountants. They worked with the auditor and help us understand that if the evidence is not there the onus is on us to convince the auditor that there was a business purpose. That helped us understand auditor's perspective and constraints. Prudent Accountants did not recreate work but used auditor's templates and spreadsheets to create business case for us. They did challenge some of the audit methodology and we saw auditor cooperating. Long story short, we were able to resolve the audit without any fines and penalties. It also saved us attorney fees and we did not compromise using some arbitrary negotiated deals ...read more

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Rabondo Community Project USA, Inc.

Our mission is to help empower the people of Rabondo village thru education and cooperative effort as a catalyst for crucial development to achieve self reliance. We raise money to help the children of Rabondo village to gain access education. Rabondo Community Project USA, Inc. Golden Valley, MN 55427 Phone: 7635452828 Contact Email: info@rcpusa.org Website: http://rcpusa.org/ Main Keywords: raise funds to help Rabondo, help rabondo, assist rabondo ...read more

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Read The Latest Newsletter from Consumer Credit Counseling Service 1-888-551-1270

We've just published a new edition of our newsletter! You can check it out on our website and get the latest information from Consumer Credit Counseling Service 1-888-551-1270. Let us know what you think! Read It Now Here ...read more

By Consumer Credit Counseling Service 1-888-551-1270 May 10, 2011

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)

Below is a summary of the FCRA. The full Act can be obtained directly from the Federal Trade Commission's web site here. Fair Credit Reporting Act (Summary) Public Law 91-508 The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) allows a consumer to challenge the information on his credit report on the basis of "completeness and accuracy." If, after a reinvestigation by the credit bureau, the disputed information "is found to be inaccurate or can no longer be verified, the [credit bureau] shall promptly delete such information." The credit bureaus are required to complete the investigation within a "reasonable period of time." This period has been set at thirty days. The credit bureaus can ignore the consumer dispute if they have reason to believe that the dispute is "frivolous or irrelevant." The FTC commentary on the FCRA cites, as an example of a frivolous dispute, a dispute wherein the consumer challenges all negative items on his credit report without providing any allegations regarding specific items in the credit file. However, "A [credit bureau] must assume a consumer's dispute is bona fide, unless there is clear and convincing evidence to the contrary." When a consumer challenges a negative credit listing on the basis of extenuating circumstances, such as health problems, divorce, job loss, etc., the credit bureaus are entitled to ignore that dispute. When a consumer submits a dispute which is neither frivolous nor irrelevant by credit bureau standards, the credit bureau must "at a minimum... check with the original sources or other reliable sources of the disputed information and inform them of the nature of the consumer's dispute." In some cases of consumer dispute, "Reinvestigation and verification may require more than asking the original source of the disputed information the same question and receiving the same answer." In other words, when a consumer files or re-files a valid dispute, the credit bureaus must contact the source of the credit information (the creditor) and confirm that the information is accurate, verifiable, and not obsolete. In some circumstances, the credit bureau is required to go beyond a simple verification of the creditor's own computer record. If, within 30 days, the credit bureau has not received verification from the creditor, then the credit bureau must promptly delete the credit listing. In theory and law, the process is deceptively simple, thus leading many people to think that they can easily handle this themselves "for the price of a few postage stamps." Most quickly discover that the credit bureaus have made it much more difficult than one would imagine. For help in this, we recommend using Lexington Law a professional credit report repair company. ...read more

By Consumer Credit Counseling Service 1-888-551-1270 April 20, 2011

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