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Tips to Ensure You Don't Mishandle a Sales Tax Audit

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Managing a sales and use tax audit can be challenging. First, you should always anticipate an audit – even if you’ve never been audited before. There are several reasons your business may be audited. But once you’re hit by an audit notice, it’s important to not mishandle the process.

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Blog: The 'XYZ Letter' and your sales tax compliance

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Complying with your sales tax obligations involves a lot of variables – your nexus, taxability of your products, type of customer you are selling to, etc. Another key factor that effects your sales tax obligations is related to exempt transactions and exemption certificates. This is where the XYZ letter comes into play.

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The new breed of audit

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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. Fear and perception of audits are as tangible as the real examinations. Fear and loathing.

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7 Ways a Business is Selected for Audit

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sales tax audits ?were sales tax audits to become more common over the next two years. of respondents said they believe audit levels? of respondents said they believe audit levels?will already seen an increase in the number of audits in the past two years. evidence of tax jurisdictions’?ramping

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

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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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More Businesses Are Turning to Automation to Manage Tax on Purchases

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a provider of cloud-based tax compliance automation for businesses of all sizes, today released findings from a new survey of The survey findings reveal that A majority of businesses believe that use tax is challenging, with many indicating the cost of managing use tax obligations is high for their business. Avalara, Inc. ,

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When You Need to Hire a Pro: Online Accounting Service for Small Business

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They can help you prevent getting audited by the IRS by setting up your bookkeeping system right the first time and preparing and guiding you through an audit, if necessary. . based financial team—bookkeeping, tax consulting, and tax filing all under one roof, available 24/7. When you have been audited.