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Best Practices for Managing a Sales Tax Audit

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12% of respondents say they’re likely to have to outsource management of sales tax audits next year. The Sales Tax Institute reports that Maine, Illinois, California, Massachusetts, Wisconsin and Washington have been the most aggressive states in sending notices and audit requests. Treat the auditor respectfully.

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Friday Footnotes: No Foolin’ Here; 18,000 New Accounting Jobs; Skills Auditors Need NOW to Be Future-Ready | 4.1.22

Going Concern

ARB’s auditor Messrs BDO voluntarily resigns after failure to reach agreement on proposed increase of audit fees [ The Edge ] Expect to see a lot of this going forward: ARB Bhd on Friday (April 1) announced its auditor Messrs BDO PLT (BDO) has voluntarily resigned. That’s one way to go. vice chair for PwC and U.S.

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How to manage sales tax obligations

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Your compliance process should start with identifying sales tax nexus and determining taxability of your products and services in those states where you have sales tax nexus. You then need to create a billing process to apply tax to your invoice, manage your sales tax-exemption certificates and prepare and file sales tax returns.

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ERC Moratorium – What Does That Mean?

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It is not clear how often, if at all, the IRS will use this second rule to pursue taxpayers because it is required to coordinate with DOJ and actually file a lawsuit, which is more burdensome that just assessing tax within the regular statute of limitations. What Does This Mean For IRS Audits of ERC Claims? Nothing, really.

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Friday Footnotes: EY’s Six CEO Candidates; Deloitte UK Partner Payouts Increase Again; IIA Gets Their Way | 9.29.23

Going Concern

” The updated version, issued on September 28th, removes problematic language which could be construed as indicating that internal auditors are not inherently trustworthy and unable to exercise due care in the performance of their duties.

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IRS Getting Serious About Prosecuting ERC Fraud

CPA Practice

Haynes could face up to three years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each count of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns. The agency is devoting additional resources to the problem, including hiring specially trained auditors to process ERC claims and ensure the claims are legitimate.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Watch That Utilization; PwC CEO Doesn’t Know His Own Salary | 2.19.24

Going Concern

Fun President’s Day fact: although the third Monday in February is meant to recognize the birthdays of both first president George Washington and original hipster Abraham Lincoln, only Washington’s birthday — February 22 — is officially recognized in federal law ( 5 U.S. Everyone’s out buying mattresses.

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