TaxConnex

JULY 9, 2024

Sales tax compliance has many moving parts, not just in the filing but in everything that goes into making sure you stay on the legal side of the jurisdictions where you have sales tax nexus. Billing systems You charge the customers sales tax for online purchases, they pay and you remit the money to the tax jurisdictions.

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TaxConnex

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Sales tax has evolved a lot in recent years. So has the sales tax audit. Examiners can still show up and go over your books in person, and tax agencies will still send audit notices via snail mail. Many events can ignite a sales tax audit. And why not? What if you get flagged? Are they happening more often?

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TaxConnex

APRIL 25, 2024

There’s nothing like just walking down the hall of your office or clicking into a virtual team meeting to get an answer on something as complex and important as your company’s sales tax obligations. Almost as many (43%) relied on internal resources for the all-important task of calculating the correct sales tax.

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TaxConnex

MARCH 21, 2024

There’s always something changing in the world of tax, especially sales tax. The Court of Appeals of South Carolina has affirmed a state Administrative Law Court (ALC) finding that the online retail giant remains liable for eight figures in unpaid sales tax on third-party sales from 2016, interest and penalties. The ol’ one-two.

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TaxConnex

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Your sales tax obligations depend on knowledge and that knowledge often resides in a professional tax specialist (usually an accountant) who helps your company meet its sales tax obligations. This is a complicated time for sales tax obligations – and a terrible time to try to hire an accountant. There were about 1.65

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CTP

JANUARY 17, 2025

One of the many roles we play as tax planners is as the taxpayers audit support system. 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. The taxpayer claimed a tax credit that has resulted in a lot of fraud.

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TaxConnex

JULY 23, 2024

The nature of sales tax audits has changed over the last several years, post-Wayfair. Prior to Wayfair, a significant component of sales tax audits was focused on use tax. Specifically, tax due on purchases that were not charged since the vendor did not have nexus in the state of the sale.

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TaxConnex

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

more than one in four (26.7%) top finance professionals reported seeing an increase in state sales tax audits in the past two years. Almost half (48.5%) of respondents expect sales tax audits to become more frequent in 2022-23, and nearly one in five (18.5%) cited an audit as one of their chief worries for this year. It happened.

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CPA Practice

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The public deserves to know its tax dollars are being spent as intended — and that requires strong government finance teams and experienced auditors.” Evaluation of external auditors should consider CPA firm qualifications, not just proposed fees.

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TaxConnex

JANUARY 21, 2025

An exemption certificate is one of the most useful tools that your online company has for sales tax. This little piece of paper is used to exempt an otherwise taxable transaction from sales tax. The purchaser has the responsibility for determining whether a sale is exempt from tax. Step by step Learn who might be exempt.

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CTP

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Despite your best efforts as a tax planner, your client may still end up facing an audit. Since some audits are randomly chosen, this is an unavoidable reality for those of us in the tax field. That depends—on what type of audit protection you may choose to offer along with your tax plans.

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TaxConnex

DECEMBER 10, 2020

States may be getting tougher on sales tax delinquents as the pandemic drags on and tax revenues, in many places, take hits. area company must pay back more than $95,000 after pocketing sales tax money owed to the state, according to authorities. TaxConnex provides services to become your outsourced sales tax department.

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TaxConnex

OCTOBER 27, 2020

We can’t say it enough – sales tax is complex. We’ve compiled some of the top questions we get from clients on sales & use tax. Part 1 of these questions was on sales tax and business services. What is the difference between sales and use tax? Most states have both a "sales" and a "use" tax.

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TaxConnex

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Sales tax is not something top of mind for most executives, but it is something that the majority of businesses will have to manage at some level. No matter the size of your business, if you are selling a taxable product or service and establish nexus in specific states or jurisdictions, then you have a sales tax obligation.

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TaxConnex

APRIL 28, 2022

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. Audits remain an important tool for tax jurisdictions to evaluate the level, or lack thereof, of sales tax compliance within a business. Fear and loathing.

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TaxConnex

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Taxes are an integral part of the telecom world. Taxes, fees and government surcharges on telecommunications services increased from 19.1% In talking with countless telecommunications service providers about their various tax and regulatory requirements, there are some recurring themes I hear that can be troubling.

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TaxConnex

OCTOBER 26, 2021

When we talk with businesses about sales tax compliance, we eventually get to a discussion about preparing and filing returns. However, I encourage businesses to consider the myriad aspects that need to be managed including updating your tax filing calendar, managing sales tax notices, monitoring their nexus thresholds, etc.

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TaxConnex

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Staying on top of the ever-evolving sales tax landscape takes constant time and attention. But how does that impact your sales tax compliance and is there a way to lighten the load on your finance teams who may already be feeling the pain of doing more with fewer and fewer resources? What’s ‘Great’ about it?

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TaxConnex

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

If you are a business that must collect and remit sales tax, an audit is probably one of your biggest fears. Rightly so: Sales tax audits can find fault with a variety of your operations and can cost you big– if the determination goes against you. Determining where you have nexus is key to determining your sales tax liability.

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TaxConnex

JUNE 15, 2021

Why are you paying more penalties for missed notices and late payments than you were before you started working with your sales tax vendor? The good news is there are other providers that put the client first and ensure sales tax is managed correctly. Will you help me monitor my sales tax obligations? in every state?

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RogerRossmeisl

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

They generally do research about specific industries and issues on tax returns by using IRS Audit Techniques Guides (ATGs). In other words, your business can use the same guides to gain insight into what the IRS is looking for in terms of compliance with tax laws and regulations.

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TaxConnex

MAY 18, 2021

sales tax audits ?were sales tax audits to become more common over the next two years. evidence of tax jurisdictions’?ramping Like most things in sales tax, there’s not an easy answer. If they believe something should be taxable that you were not taxed for, it could result in a red flag for your business as well.

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TaxConnex

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Know what word in sales tax also has five letters? Few issues in the area of tax are more terrifying than this kind of exam from a tax authority. Sales tax audits can certainly become nightmares – but they can be handled, too, with the right steps, allowing you and your business to move forward. “Scary” has five letters.

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Summit CPA

OCTOBER 10, 2024

IRS criminal investigations during the 2023 tax filing year identified potentially $37.1 billion in tax fraud and the conviction rate was 88.4%. Tax fraud is the intentional act of misconduct on the part of a taxpayer that is an intentional and deceitful avoidance of a tax they knowingly owe. What is Fraud?

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TaxConnex

JANUARY 18, 2022

There’s a lot of talk in sales tax about nexus, thresholds, forms, filing and many other details of compliance. One often overlooked aspect of compliance, but extremely important, is the sales tax exemption certificate. An exemption certificate is used to exempt an otherwise taxable transaction from sales tax.

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TaxConnex

JULY 27, 2021

An exemption certificate is used to exempt an otherwise taxable transaction from sales tax. In the absence of a valid resale certificate, an auditor is likely to assume the transaction was taxable. The overall concept is that sales tax is imposed on the end-user of an item. Walmart charges you sales tax at the point of sale.

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Going Concern

MARCH 15, 2023

While the general investing public is asking “where were the auditors?” To any members of the general investing public reading this: “due professional care” means the independent auditor planned and performed the work required of them according to audit standards. Back to the auditors.

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RogerRossmeisl

JULY 27, 2021

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. The deductions were denied by the IRS and the court.

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Going Concern

JUNE 1, 2023

Bringing things back to this decade, he then talks about what’s going on at PwC Australia even though auditors weren’t the ones using confidential government data to bill clients for tax avoidance plans. For starters, auditors are paid by the companies they’re auditing.

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AdviceForTaxpreparers

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

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TaxConnex

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Automated sales tax software promises to manage your filing and payments, but there’s more to sales tax compliance. Wayfair opened the way for all states with a statewide sales tax to now have economic nexus thresholds set by dollar amount or volume of sales. Notifications Tax jurisdictions love to send notices.

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TaxConnex

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

M any industry experts believe that as state tax revenues continue to dry up from the economic shutdown and continuing pandemic , state sales tax audits are likely to increase sharply in the coming months. In Alaska, municipalities are steadily banding together to impose their own sales tax in a state that doesn’t have one.

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Why ‘Trust’ in Data is Even More Important in an Era of Global Taxes [ PwC ] We are in a time of unprecedented change in the global tax and compliance landscape — exemplified by the OECD’s Pillar Two. They’ve already sifted out the riff-raff, these are the good ones. million.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 3, 2025

The San Francisco-based HR tech company Employer.com focuses on payroll and onboarding, in contrast to Bench, which specializes in accounting and tax. The new platform of roughly 12,000 professionals will include a united Trans-Atlantic advisory and tax practice, as well as independent audit practices.

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RogerRossmeisl

JUNE 26, 2022

Originally issued in 2004, the purpose of the Audit Techniques Guide (ATG) was to offer guidance to IRS auditors auditing cost segregation studies. While ATGs are designed to provide guidance for IRS employees, they’re also useful to small business owners and tax professionals who.

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CPA Practice

DECEMBER 3, 2024

UHY has established itself as a highly respected, market-leading accounting, tax, consulting, and advisory services firm built on a reputation for exceptional client service and innovation,” said Paul Furer, a partner at Summit who has joined UHY’s board of directors. Summit maintains offices in North America and Europe.

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TaxConnex

APRIL 4, 2023

You just got notice of a sales tax audit. Ideally, you’ve done your homework and put in place processes to comply in those jurisdictions where you have nexus for sales tax purposes. Wherever you are in your sales tax compliance, these steps will help your audit process run smoother. And not ideally?

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