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What IRS Auditors Know About Your Business Industry

RogerRossmeisl

In other words, your business can use the same guides to gain insight into what IRS auditors know, and what the IRS is looking for in terms of compliance with tax laws and regulations. The post What IRS Auditors Know About Your Business Industry appeared first on Roger Rossmeisl, CPA. Unique issues IRS.

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All I Want for the Holidays Is…. A Tax Provision Specialist

Withum

Finance teams planning for their year-end financial statement audit have an even longer list of things to think about at the end of the year, including income statements, balance sheets, and, finally, the income tax provisions and disclosures that must be presented in the financial statements.

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How IRS Auditors Learn About Your Business Industry

RogerRossmeisl

Issues unique to certain taxpayers IRS auditors need to examine. The post How IRS Auditors Learn About Your Business Industry appeared first on Roger Rossmeisl, CPA. Other guides address issues that frequently arise in audits, such as executive compensation, passive activity losses and capitalization of tangible property.

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What's the Difference Between Business Fraud and Negligence?

Summit CPA

Padding business deductions with non-deductible personal expenses may be considered tax fraud. It’s stressful enough just going through a tax audit. Do not withhold information from an auditor intentionally. Hiding information from an auditor may create a fraudulent situation. Information concealed during an audit.

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Business Meal and Vehicle Expense Recordkeeping DOs and DON’Ts

RogerRossmeisl

In doing so, they fail to meet the strict substantiation requirements set forth under tax law. Tax auditors are adept at rooting out inconsistencies, omissions and errors in taxpayers’ records, as illustrated by one recent U.S. Tax Court case.

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IRS Releases Updated Cost Segregation Audit Techniques Guide

RogerRossmeisl

Originally issued in 2004, the purpose of the Audit Techniques Guide (ATG) was to offer guidance to IRS auditors auditing cost segregation studies. On 6/1/22, the IRS made available an update to the “Cost Segregation Audit Techniques Guide” (Publication 5653).

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Keep These DOs and DON’Ts in Mind When Deducting Business Meal and Vehicle Expenses

RogerRossmeisl

In doing so, they fail to meet the strict substantiation requirements set forth under tax law. Tax auditors are adept at rooting out inconsistencies, omissions and errors in taxpayers’ records, as illustrated by one recent U.S. Tax Court case.

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