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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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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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How to register for states’ sales tax

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Do you need a state sales tax permit? How about a sales tax license? How about a sales tax certificate of authority? Sales tax registration is usually free or remarkably cheap ( Arizona seems to like the amount $12) though Connecticut charges $100. Did you know they’re all the same thing?

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Sales tax ‘responsible party’ laws still going strong

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But not for sales tax liability, where most states still maintain strong responsible party laws. And they can come as a real shock: CEOs, CFOs, directors and other execs can be held personally responsible for sales tax shortfalls. That’s true for many of the fiscal messes that can befall a company.

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Be an Odd Duck: Work on, Not in Your Public Accounting Practice

Speaker: Tom Bowman, CPA of Bowman & Company

It is possible to run an Accounting Firm and never do tax returns or financial statements! A 4-part Sales Presentation and Client Servicing model. Tom Bowman, Owner of Bowman & Company, CPA, PC shares his journey and 10 step process for going from Technician to Business Owner.

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Sales tax isn't simple: Is outsourcing the answer?

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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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Sales Tax Automation Mistakes

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If your business has an obligation to collect and remit sales tax, then you know how complex the process can be. Automating part or all of the sales tax process is sometimes necessary to maintain compliance. However, in my experience, sales tax automation can be counterproductive in certain situations.