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The new breed of audit

TaxConnex

In years past, auditors could show up at your door asking to look at your records. Usually, you learn about an audit through a notice or letter from the state or jurisdiction in question with instructions on how the audit will proceed. Many audits are conducted remotely, and an auditor never visits your office.

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Six tips to respond to a sales tax audit

TaxConnex

You just got notice of a sales tax audit. Wherever you are in your sales tax compliance, these steps will help your audit process run smoother. Many happenings can ignite an audit. An audit of one of your suppliers could turn up one of your exemption certificates for something the auditor may think is taxable.

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How Auditors Are Seizing the Day with Artificial Intelligence

CPA Practice

Auditors, like so many others today, are seizing the opportunity to transform how they work by adopting artificial intelligence. These findings make it critical for those of us in the audit profession to help the next generation understand the vision and opportunities that await those who choose this career path as auditors embrace AI.

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Preparing for Your First Audit – Steps to Follow for Consumer Products Companies

Withum

Although an independent financial statement audit may not gain the day-to-day attention of management the same way as growing revenue or projecting cash flows; for many, there will come a time when an audit becomes a vital part of the company’s lifecycle. Auditors can only work as quickly as the requested information is provided.

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What triggers a sales tax audit and how do you reduce the risks?

ThomsonReuters

What triggers a sales tax audit and how do you reduce the risk of an audit? Almost all companies undergo a sales tax audit at some point. This sales tax audit guide can help indirect tax teams avoid common audit triggers and manage the sales tax audit as smoothly as possible. What is a sales tax audit?

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Payroll Auditing 101 for Trustees of Multiemployer Plans

Withum

Payroll Audit Basics for Trustees. Payroll compliance audits perform a central role in this regard. This reduces DOL audit risk and liability to the plan and its trustees. This reduces DOL audit risk and liability to the plan and its trustees. They are more likely to have controls in place and “self-audit.”

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Best Practices for Nonprofits

Withum

The accounting system is the basis for reports that must be provided to grant agencies, prospective donors, lenders, its independent auditors, tax preparers, the Board of directors and management. . Further, many essential schedules are not provided to the auditors timely.?Accurate