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Six tips to respond to a sales tax audit

TaxConnex

You just got notice of a sales tax audit. Ideally, you’ve done your homework and put in place processes to comply in those jurisdictions where you have nexus for sales tax purposes. Wherever you are in your sales tax compliance, these steps will help your audit process run smoother. And not ideally?

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Top Tips to Prepare for an eCommerce Audit

TaxConnex

that the likelihood of your business being audited is low, but that likelihood has been increasing in recent years. more than one in four (26.7%) top finance professionals reported seeing an increase in state sales tax audits in the past two years. Without sales tax nexus, you have no obligation to collect or remit sales tax.).

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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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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.

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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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Why Your Accounting/ERP System Is the Key To Successful Business Tax Preparation 

Withum

Sales and Use Tax ; noting jurisdictions to which there are filing obligations and keeping up-to-date with tax rate changes to ensure correct calculations and timely, accurate filings. The taxing authority auditor’s request to pull invoices substantially decreased. Lessen the external auditor’s (e.g.,

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Accounting Technologies: The 2023 Annual Guide

Ryan Lazanis

Take all of your accounting functions into the cloud, not just your general ledger. What AI has brought to the field is a way to use technology to run through as large of a data set as you want, in great detail, to point out risks that you might not have previously seen through the samples an auditor had selected.