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Evolution of the Sales Tax Audit: Have Audits Changed with Economic Nexus?

TaxConnex

Sales tax has evolved a lot in recent years. So has the sales tax audit. Examiners can still show up and go over your books in person, and tax agencies will still send audit notices via snail mail. Many events can ignite a sales tax audit. And why not? What if you get flagged? Are they happening more often?

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Sales Tax Issues for Online Retailers

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It is no surprise that states are seeing significant growth in sales tax revenue, a trend fueled by changes in consumer spending during the pandemic. The third reason for higher sales tax revenue was the Wayfair decision in which the Supreme Court expanded the physical nexus requirement to include economic nexus (e.g.,

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Unintended Audit Consequences; The IRS Needs Experienced Accountants; PwC AI | 9.18.23

Going Concern

This next wave of hiring will help the IRS add key talent like tax accountants to help reverse a decade-long decline of audits for the wealthy as well as complex partnerships and corporations. These new employees will be focused on higher-income and complex tax areas like partnerships, not average taxpayers making less than $400,000.”

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Friday Footnotes: Anyone Wanna Work in Hollywood?; Profit-Hungry CEOs Love Gen AI; KPMG’s SF Future | 1.19.24

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Leadership PwC Vets Finalists for Top Job as Industry Meets AI, Gen Z Era [ Bloomberg Tax ] PwC’s next leader will confront the challenges of rapidly advancing technology, recruiting and training an evolving workforce, and keeping up with the needs of its core accounting clients. I get my tax documents in early. Fair enough.

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Friday Footnotes: PwC Does Some Things; Bad Client Dumps EY; ‘Going From Balloon Animals to Accountancy’ | 11.4.22

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PwC Retirees Get Early Approval for $267 Million Pension Deal [ Bloomberg Tax ]. Tax and accountancy firm Grant Thornton Malaysia PLT has come out to defend its managing director Datuk Narendrakumar Chunilai (NK Jasani), who was slapped with money laundering charges involving RM115 million belonging to Sabah Forest Industries Sdn Bhd (SFI).

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Sales tax and nonprofits

TaxConnex

Nonprofits are often thought to be exempt from sales taxes, but is that correct? Other stats say more than 2 million charities exist that are tax-exempt according to Internal Revenue Service rules. Are non-profits exempt from sales tax obligations? These same organizations are not necessarily exempt from sales tax.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Eff You, Pay Us; Let’s Complain About Auditing Again; RIP to a Real One | 8.14.23

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In this environment of increased scrutiny of auditors, audit firms must double down on a culture of integrity and ensure that they have quality control systems in place to enforce compliance. There’s not any sort of regulation around who can be an auditor ,” Rood said. “My Widmer Roel made some promotions.

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