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How to Maintain Compliance Documentation for Sales Tax Audits | TaxConnex

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Maintaining compliance documentation is crucial for businesses to ensure smooth and successful audits. Proper documentation allows auditors to interpret and verify your financial transactions accurately. Unfortunately, many businesses find themselves unprepared when faced with an audit, lacking the necessary documentation.

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PCAOB Provides Three Resources For Auditors On the New Quality Control Rules

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Webinar : This webinar, led by expert staff in the PCAOB’s Office of the Chief Auditor, provides an overview of QC 1000 requirements and is designed to help auditors prepare for the standard’s implementation. 1, A Firm’s System of Quality Management , adopted by the AICPA.

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The Best Audit Defense? Good Documentation

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By proactively gathering supporting documentation for each element on your tax return, you will already have the backup you need to make it through an audit unscathed if one comes your way. Tip #1: Establish Evidence Every tax deduction and credit that you claim on your return should be backed up by supporting documentation.

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Tips to Ensure You Don't Mishandle a Sales Tax Audit

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Good news and press for your business could also put you on the radar for auditors. Many companies’ documentation is poorly organized and hard for an auditor to interpret. Documentation typically required by an auditor can include invoices, exemption certificates , summary reports, tax returns, and more.

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

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The dreaded request from your financial statement auditors for the year-end tax provision file and financial statement footnotes? Are your dreams of a relaxing holiday interrupted by what you know is waiting for you on January 2?The Start Planning Our Income Tax Accounting Expertise Preparing U.S.

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The new breed of audit

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In years past, auditors could show up at your door asking to look at your records. Many audits are conducted remotely, and an auditor never visits your office. Auditors can tap different data sources to select audits more accurately based on the level of risk, and to use new tools to automate the repetitive tasks of an audit.

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Best Practices for Managing a Sales Tax Audit

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One of your customers undergoing their own audit might produce one of your invoices, resulting in the auditor possibly contacting you for an exemption certificate or other documents. Auditors know that competitors tend to have similar business models and that some industries are more susceptible than others to tax deficiencies.

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