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The Hidden World of Sales Tax Crimes

TaxConnex

Income tax often seems to grab most of the headlines, but sales tax can make for a hefty crime – and punishment – too. A famous case recently examined in the TaxConnex podcast It Depends episode, “Sales Tax Crimes - Pt. Auditors might not knock on your door today but could be knocking on the door of one of your vendors.

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How to Maintain Compliance Documentation for Sales Tax Audits | TaxConnex

TaxConnex

Proper documentation allows auditors to interpret and verify your financial transactions accurately. This can lead to auditors assuming transactions are taxable, or making historical projections or arbitrary assessments of taxable sales. This separation helps in clearly identifying and tracking sales tax amounts.

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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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Common Accounting Mistakes: Government Edition - Issue #8 Unallowable Expenses

SMBAccountant

Taxes – federal income and excess profit taxes are disallowed, but state and local taxes including property, franchise, and income taxes are allowed. DCAA provides an excellent online reference tool, the Selected Area of Cost Guidebook, for contractors and auditors alike to review costs for allowability.

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Preparing Your Client for a Tax Audit: Walking the Taxpayer Through IRS Audits 101

CTP

Our clients should know the reasons they might be selected for an audit, how they will find out they are being audited, and what an IRS auditor might ask for. We will especially want to have this conversation if our clients tax return features one of the IRS red flags of the season. Auditors will often request books and records.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Auditor Demand; EYer Not Coming in on Monday; Reentering the Workforce | 2.6.23

Going Concern

Searches for ‘auditor’ ranked number one on the list with 222,500 monthly Google searches. People are searching 5,000 times on average a month for ‘auditor jobs’ and 500 times for ‘auditor careers’. The post Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Auditor Demand; EYer Not Coming in on Monday; Reentering the Workforce | 2.6.23

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Sales tax and nonprofits

TaxConnex

Definitions For Federal income tax purposes, according to the IRS , tax-exempt organizations include: Charitable: Organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, educational or other specified purposes. How important are these certificates?

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