Looking to rack up some mileage points on your credit card? Consider paying your taxes by credit card...                                               In today’s paycheck to paycheck environment, too many people live for today and don’t always focus on their future. In fact, many Americans look at winning the lottery as their only hope for a comfortable retirement...                                               According to the Internal Revenue Service, there has been a 21% percent increase in audits this year. Out of 130.6 million individual returns, there were 1.2 million audits conducted...                                               The IRS has issued new regulations that will allow most businesses and individuals, by filing a single form, to request a six-month automatic filing extension for tax years ending after December 31, 2005.		Fraud in the workplace is a significant issue, one that affects nearly every business and organization. The Association of Fraud Examiners estimates that US companies/organizations lose approximately 6% of their annual revenues to fraud, which translates to some $660 billion dollars of loss per year. Unfortunately, this is not a problem relegated to fortune 500 companies. Studies show that smaller companies and not-for-profit organizations actually experience larger average losses than their large company counterparts due to more lax controls and overall lack of segregation of duties. We understand the risks that companies face, and have a strong grasp on controls and systems which enables us to pinpoint weaknesses in your control environment where potential concerns may exist. Furthermore, our litigation support expertise has provided attorneys and clients with valuable financial reporting, insight, and consulting services that have been a great asset in a wide variety of legal cases. The broad spectrum of litigation support services that we offer, using the most advanced accounting and auditing techniques, ensures that we efficiently gather, compile, and analyze the information that is needed, and provide a comprehensive source of financial and analytical data to our clients for current or pending litigation. The litigation support professionals at Cerini & Associates work closely with attorneys to ensure that we meet any and all needs of the entire legal team. Understanding the time sensitivities often involved in these cases, we work quickly and responsively and provide the complete financial and tax background that is such an important part of many legal cases today. Some of the services that we have performed in the past include bankruptcy and reorganization consultation; fraud investigations; divorce consultation; business valuations; estate planning and compliance; pension calculations and verifications; computation of economic damages; financial statement analysis; trial and deposition assistance; and fact-finding.