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 ...

The False Claims Act contains numerous requirements that are designed to prevent meritless cases from proceeding to discovery and trial. Among these provisions is the rule that, to establish liability ...

When auditing a company, auditors use a combination of professional judgment and statistical sampling methods to estimate account balances. Statistical sampling is an efficient way to design samples, ...

The issue of using statistical sampling in federal False Claims Act (FCA) cases has come to the fore in the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, following a U.S. District Court decision denying its use in a ...

The American Health Care Association (AHCA) has strong feelings about the use of statistical sampling in False Claims Act (FCA) cases, as evidenced by an amicus brief filed this week in the government ...

A federal court may not weigh in on a case involving the controversial use of statistical sampling in Medicare false claims cases, according to recent legal arguments. A panel of judges with the U.S.

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