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How to Maintain Compliance Documentation for Sales Tax Audits | TaxConnex

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Sales Tax Accruals Ensure that sales tax is stated in your general ledger as a separate GL account number. This separation helps in clearly identifying and tracking sales tax amounts. Bad Debt Most states allow a deduction for bad debts written off for Federal income tax purposes.

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3 Components of Sales Tax to Not Forget

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Bear in mind, though, that as your business grows, you may need different sales tax processes. Be sure you have a process to gather the applicable data each month and reconcile all new data to your general ledger before you start the filing process. Once a sales tax return is prepared, it must get filed and paid.

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Half a dozen ways to mismanage sales tax | TaxConnex

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Yet often we see differences between a client’s billing system and their tax reporting. You could be billing taxes within your billing system and yet haven’t filed a single sales tax return and haven’t tracked the tax data to be aware of a future filing obligation. Tax types and nexus pose other wrinkles.

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Top Tips to Prepare for an eCommerce Audit

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Other products/services tend to have disparate tax rules across states and tend to change over time; software and technology solutions for example, are a fluid field for sales tax. If you have exempt sales identified on your tax return, one of the first items an auditor will want to see are your exemption certificates.

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Latest product news — April 2023

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Reports: A new version of the General Ledger Summary report is now available. You can drill down into the General Ledger Detail report , choose which accounts to show, customise columns and more. With the categorised transactions, they will have the information needed to help file their tax return.

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Steps to Clean Up Accounting Records: A Checklist

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No one enjoys tax season (not even accountants), but paying taxes is a required part of keeping your business tax compliant. If you don’t have accurate records, you may miss out on deductions or income on your tax returns. This oversight could lead to a higher tax expense than required or an incorrect tax return.

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How to Be Prepared for an ERC Audit

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Also, they often don’t inform taxpayers that wage deductions claimed on the federal income tax return for the business must be reduced by the amount of the credit. With an experienced and trusted tax professional providing assistance, you can resolve the matter expeditiously.

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