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

SMBAccountant

These costs must be recorded in separate general ledger accounts to be easily identified and excluded from any billing. Bad Debt – both actual and estimated losses from uncollectible accounts receivable including collection costs and legal costs are not allowed.

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How to Maintain Compliance Documentation for Sales Tax Audits | TaxConnex

TaxConnex

Sales Tax Accruals Ensure that sales tax is stated in your general ledger as a separate GL account number. They can provide guidance and ensure that your records meet all legal requirements. To avoid such scenarios, here are the types of documentation typically required by auditors to conduct a thorough review: 1.

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Half a dozen ways to mismanage sales tax | TaxConnex

TaxConnex

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. Just remember, a lot can go wrong along the way. Commercial activity taxes in Ohio and Nevada are also often missed.

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

SMBAccountant

These costs must be recorded in separate general ledger accounts to be easily identified and excluded from any billing. Bad Debt – both actual and estimated losses from uncollectible accounts receivable including collection costs and legal costs are not allowed.

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DFARS Accounting Systems: Ensuring Compliance and Accuracy

Withum

General Ledger Control: Accumulate costs under general ledger control. Reconciliation: Reconcile subsidiary cost ledgers and cost objectives to the general ledger. Legal and financial penalties: Non-compliance may lead to legal actions, claims, fines, and penalties.

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The major benefits of AP Automation.

Airbase

ERP/General ledger vs transaction solutions. ERP/General ledger vs transaction solutions. Airbase’s Guided Procurement module addresses compliance issues at the onset of request by ensuring the appropriate people review for legal, regulatory, or security protocol compliance. Using AP automation software.

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What are APIs and how can they streamline tax provision calculations?

ThomsonReuters

Some of the key challenges that tax provision APIs can address include: Manual time-consuming processes: Tax teams need to combine different calculations from different jurisdictions or different legal entities. Using APIs, provision calculations are automated, saving tax professionals time and effort, while also reducing the risk of error.

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