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CORO Global Brings Gold Payment App To Alabama

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The company – and its gold trading app – just expanded its reach in the United States with the addition of a license to operate in Alabama. The Alabama Securities Commission on Tuesday (Nov. The future is looking a bit more golden for CORO Global. App users can trade in U.S.

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Risks of Non-Compliance

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Montgomery, Alabama: Two convenience store operators have pleaded guilty to failing to pay sales taxes. Simon Njuku, 45, of Irondale, Alabama, and Mehryar Nasseri, 44, of New Market, Alabama, each admitted to routinely underreporting their stores’ gross sales to reduce their tax bill. An inconvenient truth.

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Latest Developments in State and Local Sales Tax

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In Alabama , rising pandemic-related online shopping has been a “life saver” for the state’s municipal governments and a “financial vaccine for Alabama’s counties,” the state said. The state’s SSUT has taken in more than $309 million overall during the current fiscal year – almost double the tax generated during all of fiscal 2018-19.

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2024: What’s coming up in sales tax

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Weaker state revenue The kind of year it’s going to be for state coffers could greatly influence such future sales tax trends as new levies, tougher nexus thresholds and intensifying audits. If so, watch out for 2024. Colorado also now has a task force charged with simplifying its sales tax system – a special challenge in a home rule state.

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Sales and Use Tax in 2020: A Look Back

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By September, Alabama called rising pandemic-related online shopping a “life saver” for the state’s municipal governments. Illinois announced expansion of its Audit Fast Track Resolution Program to most sales and miscellaneous tax audits. Audits: They could be on the rise from among the thousands of tax jurisdictions in the U.S.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: EY Embarrasses Itself (Again); Archaic IRS Tech; Partners Battle It Out | 2.27.23

Going Concern

In an article titled “Interactive Auditor-Client Negotiations: The Effects of the Accumulating Nature and Direction of Audit Differences” a team of researchers further examined what happens during these discussions and how the negotiations can affect the magnitude of audit adjustments made to financial statements.

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The 10 Trickiest States for Sales Tax Filing

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Two others have the dubious distinction of getting honorable mention: Alabama and Kansas. For others, we only handle filing in troublesome states that use up the most time and create the most audit risk. To illustrate the knottiness, here are some examples. Avalara Returns files more than 1 million returns annually.

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