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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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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. While they are definitely becoming more frequent as states try to crack down on economic nexus laws, rarely are you given advanced notice as to when an audit will occur.

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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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The new breed of audit

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Audits remain an important tool for tax jurisdictions to evaluate the level, or lack thereof, of sales tax compliance within a business. Even though many audits have shifted to remote audit, the fundamentals of the sales tax audit haven’t changed. Top 10 Tips for Managing Sales Tax Audits.

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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. Like most things in sales tax, there’s not an easy answer. But there are many triggers that can result in an audit. Even being off just a little bit could lead to you being audited. Likewise, in a recent?

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More Businesses Are Turning to Automation to Manage Tax on Purchases

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All 45 states that have sales tax also have use tax, and certain industries, like manufacturing, construction, and hospitality, often face greater risks of noncompliance because the use tax rules for these businesses are more complex and can vary from state to state.

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

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Small business owners are notoriously time-starved—struggling with marketing and sales with employee management, bookkeeping, and so much more. When you have been audited. Many businesses are required to have a financial statement audit or a review with the IRS at some point. An audit sounds daunting because it truly is!