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Best Practices for Managing a Sales Tax Audit

TaxConnex

The Sales Tax Institute reports that Maine, Illinois, California, Massachusetts, Wisconsin and Washington have been the most aggressive states in sending notices and audit requests. 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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Evolution of the Sales Tax Audit: Have Audits Changed with Economic Nexus?

TaxConnex

Bad luck for one, or a customer of yours undergoing their own audit might produce one of your invoices, resulting in the auditor possibly contacting you for an exemption certificate or other documents. An audit of one of your suppliers could turn up one of your exemption certificates for a transaction that the auditor may think is taxable.

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Friday Footnotes: Disengaged Team? Do This; Deloitte’s Huge India Expansion; Auditors Yelled At…Again | 3.24.23

Going Concern

The workers have viable ERISA claims based on BDO’s alleged failure to obtain the cheapest available share classes for certain plan investments, the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled Tuesday. Auditors have done so too. Do This; Deloitte’s Huge India Expansion; Auditors Yelled At…Again | 3.24.23

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Sales tax and nonprofits

TaxConnex

Illinois greenlights exemptions for churches, licensed not-for-profit day care centers, arts and cultural not-for-profits, schools and seniors’ organizations, to name a few, but not for American Legions; chambers of commerce; Elks, Lions and Rotary clubs; VFWs; or unions/trade associations. How important are these certificates?

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David Hartley Appointed to the SIU Foundation Board of Directors

Anders CPA

David Hartley, CPA, CISA, advisory partner-in-charge at Anders CPAs + Advisors (Anders), has been appointed to the Southern Illinois University (SIU) Foundation Board of Directors effective July 1, 2024. David is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Missouri and is also a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).

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Friday Footnotes: The PCAOB-to-Practice Pipeline and Audit Quality; Ball Extension; Tim Ryan’s Replacement | 1.12.24

Going Concern

Long Reads How Auditor Deloitte Missed A Nigerian Company’s Massive Fraud [ Forbes ] Hindenburg Research, known for sniffing out corporate scams, took aim in June at an obscure Nigeria-based outfit named Tingo Group. These issues were apparently not glaring enough for the company’s auditor, however.” Tingo paid $1.6 in 2021/22.

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Professionals on the Move – Aug. 2024

CPA Practice

Sikich Visionary Scholarship in partnership with the Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS) to honor the firm’s founder, Jim Sikich. Jonas Capek will complete his bachelor’s degree in accounting with a minor in data analytics from Illinois Wesleyan University. Sikich Visionary Scholarship recipients: Odalys Ochoa and Jonas Capek.