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How to Maintain Compliance Documentation for Sales Tax Audits | TaxConnex

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This can lead to auditors assuming transactions are taxable, or making historical projections or arbitrary assessments of taxable sales. Sales Tax Accruals Ensure that sales tax is stated in your general ledger as a separate GL account number. Invoices Keep both sales and purchase invoices well-organized.

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Sales Tax Compliance: Automated Returns or Service Provider?

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This time of year, everybody’s mind is on income tax preparation. The fact is, when it comes to many companies’ federal and state income tax returns, they don’t rely on an automated income tax return. Why should sales tax be any different? They turn to experts.

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4 Reasons to Outsource Sales and Use Tax

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A ccording to TaxConnex’s recent market survey of 100 top finance professionals, this could be the year to outsource sales tax. Three of these execs’ biggest in-house deficiencies to managing sales tax in 2022: bandwidth, internal knowledge and the right partner or solution. Seems like something needs to change.

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Deadlines galore: One of the biggest challenges of sales tax

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Federal Income Tax Day, April 18 th , looms large in everybody’s mind right now. Too bad sales tax doesn’t come with a deadline that simple. State sales tax filing obligations come in a dizzying number of deadlines for you to follow (potentially with bad consequences if you don’t). Contact TaxConnex ?to

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Update to sales tax requirements of selling into Canada

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northern states, having customers or clients in Canada can happen easily, but what sales tax rules apply? The same but different Canadas sales tax situation resembles that of the U.S. Canada now even has sales tax holidays.) northern neighbor also has less scattershot sales tax obligations than U.S.

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The Sales Tax Requirements of Selling Into Canada

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sales tax post- Wayfair is confusing enough. You’ve heard it before that US sales & use tax laws are some of the most confusing, but how are things done with our neighbor to the north? The tax rates. Collectively, jurisdictions in Canada do impose less diverse sales tax obligations than U.S.

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Accounting firms and sales and use tax advising: Perfect together?

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In our blog last week, we looked at how sales and use tax advisory services might be a good new field for CPAs and accounting firms. Another cost-effective approach to adding sales and use tax advisory services: partnering with sales and use tax experts. Review the sales tax payable account.