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Best Practices for Managing a Sales Tax Audit

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If you and your company haven’t been hit with a sales tax audit yet, congrats. In TaxConnex’s recent market survey more than one in four (26.7%) top finance professionals in a variety of industries report seeing an increase in state sales tax audits in the past two years. Sales Tax Audit Triggers. The notice arrived – now what?

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

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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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What was new in September for state sales and use taxes

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There’s always something changing in the world of tax, especially sales tax. The Urban Institute told news outlets that 25 states recently reported year-over-year declines in sales tax receipts, a jump of more than a third in just a month. Nationwide, sales tax receipts were up 1.5% Inflation bites. in real terms.

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Recent Cases Show You Shouldn't Mess with Sales Tax Obligations

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States may be getting tougher on sales tax delinquents as the pandemic drags on and tax revenues, in many places, take hits. area company must pay back more than $95,000 after pocketing sales tax money owed to the state, according to authorities. Just ask Fiorella’s Landscaping in western New York. The Buffalo, N.Y.-area

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Friday Footnotes: The Biggest PE Deal to Date; AI Is Moving Fast, Says Deloitte; EY’s Secret (and Nasty) Drinking Club | 5.31.24

Going Concern

Municipal Dumpster Fires Woonsocket city council respond to auditors abruptly quitting [ WLNE Providence ] Shout-out Mary Sahady who finally had enough of this b t and told this messy client to get bent. Woonsocket officials are hoping city auditors will change their mind, after they abruptly quit this past week.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Big 4 Firms Hate Going Concern (Warnings, That Is); Being a Whistleblower Blows | 5.20.24

Going Concern

Auditors are required to include a going-concern warning if they believe there is a risk that the company may go bankrupt, rather than making a prediction that it will. Michael Shaub of Texas A&M University talks about the PCAOB’s new standards in Bloomberg Tax. TL;DR It’s about time!

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Friday Footnotes: A Billion Dollar AI Audit Startup; Oops, All Independence Violations!; Bipartisan Tax Vote | 2.2.23

Going Concern

Paul McNab, formerly tax partner for 22 years, is challenging a key clause in the firm’s retirement plan that denies pension payments to partners – which are worth around $140,000 a year – if they leave to work for a “major competitor”. In the middle of a busy tax season, it would only take a few seconds—and just one click.

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