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How to Maintain Compliance Documentation for Sales Tax Audits | TaxConnex

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Bad Debt Most states allow a deduction for bad debts written off for Federal income tax purposes. Miscellaneous Adjustments Any adjustments taken on your tax return should have supporting documentation. Most companies keep this documentation along with a copy of the filed return.

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Navigating IRS Bank Levies, Back Taxes, and Unfiled Tax Returns

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Firstly, accumulating interest and penalties on unpaid taxes can significantly inflate the original debt, exacerbating financial strain. Furthermore, failure to file tax returns can result in hefty fines and legal repercussions. Concerned about the potential repercussions, she enlisted the help of a tax relief firm.

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Half a dozen ways to mismanage sales tax | TaxConnex

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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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What Happens if You Mess Up a Sales Tax Filing

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Missing a filing deadline or making a serious (repeated or obviously intentional) error on your return typically exposes your company to penalties and interest from a tax jurisdiction – similar to what happens with a bad filing of tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service. The same holds true, more or less, for Texas.

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All About Limited Liability Companies(LLC)

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But LLCs can offer similar legal protection to their members (owners). LLCs Offer Legal Protection. Using an LLC to conduct a business or investment activity generally protects your personal assets from LLC-related liabilities—similar to the legal protection offered by a corporation. Key point: LLCs are not corporations.

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Sales tax and M&A: Don't wait until it's too late

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But many business owners have been gut-punched during due diligence when an unanticipated sales and use tax?deficiency Once a business has determined a requirement to collect and remit sales tax, they must establish a way to charge sales tax, register with each required state and set up a process for filing the sales tax returns.?This

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TikTok Shop and sales tax | TaxConnex

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As a marketplace facilitator, TikTok spells out on its Shop Academy FAQ page that it’s legally required (under jurisdictions’ marketplace facilitator sales tax rules) to calculate, charge and collect applicable taxes on all sales made through TikTok Shop, which uses an unidentified third-party for sales tax compliance.

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