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Exemption certificate management and audits

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Maintaining current, valid exemption certificates is critical in managing your overall sales tax risk. Under audit, an otherwise exempt sale will be deemed taxable without such documentation from a customer – and just a few missing certificates can result in large penalties and interest.

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Managing Exemption Certificates – the importance of validation

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Valid exemption certificates from your customers are critical in managing your overall sales tax risk. Yet a surprising number of companies have inadequate processes to receive, validate, maintain, and update exemption certificates. Review your files Determine whether you have any missing exemption certificates.

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5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Distributing Sales Tax Obligations to Other Team Members After Losing a Key Employee

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Losing an important member of your finance team can leave a big hole in many business processes, especially if most of your accounting functions are managed in-house. But what happens when you lose the person managing your sales tax obligations? What resources or tools will they need to handle this new responsibility?

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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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Accounting firms and sales and use tax advising: Perfect together?

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In our blog last week, we looked at how sales and use tax advisory services might be a good new field for CPAs and accounting firms. How can they go about making the move? Mark Friedlich, CPA, vice president of U.S. Mark Friedlich, CPA, vice president of U.S. How can you easily access this demand? Review the sales tax payable account.

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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?will already seen an increase in the number of audits in the past two years. ramping up audits remains?anecdotal,?but How does a business get selected for an audit? anecdotal,?but

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2024 Tax and Technology Predictions: Automation and Artificial Intelligence Will Augment the Tax Compliance Landscape

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What will 2024 bring when it comes to managing tax and reporting processes? 2024 will be the year of audits. 2024 will be the year of audits. Businesses and consumers should all prepare for an uptick in audits in 2024.” Businesses and consumers should all prepare for an uptick in audits in 2024.”