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We know that sales and use tax laws are not the easiest to understand.
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Articles & Videos
Sales Tax Audits- The Real Reason Why Businesses Are Audited!
Today’s tip is about sales and use tax audits and why a business was chosen for a sales and use tax audit by the taxing authority. Here are just a few reasons why businesses are scheduled to be audited by the taxing authority.
Shipping, Handling, Freight and Sales Tax Compliance
When it comes to sales tax compliance, shipping, handling, and freight charges are often treated differently. Understanding the distinctions between these terms is crucial for businesses to accurately apply sales tax regulations.
Avoid These 5 Sales Tax Software Mistakes
Here’s a fun and simple list of five common mistakes to avoid when choosing sales tax software:
Safeguard Your Business: 3 Must Know Pre-Sales Tax Audit Steps
This tax tip is about 3 things you should do before you or your client receives a Notification of Routine Sales and Use Tax audit letter. If you follow these guidelines, your life or at least the audit will be a lot simpler. These measures should be in place before the sales tax audit starts.
Taxable Purchases and Employees
There are differing sales and use tax ramifications when dealing with taxable items given to employees versus items that are sold to employees. The difference is who pays the sales or use tax.
Sales Tax Exemptions- Tax Exempt Customers
Every jurisdiction has sales and use tax exemptions available to certain taxpayers. Exempt organizations include governmental agencies and other exempt entities can include educational, religious, and charitable organizations.
When making sales to exempt organizations, it is important that to obtain the appropriate documentation required to substantiate the tax-free nature of the sale.
Sales & Use Tax Audits- Accounts of Interest
When you are going through at sales and use tax audit, the audit will not only review source documents, but they will also review your accounting records, i.e., the GL. Auditors focus on certain accounts of interest. These are accounts where they know there may be sales and use tax compliance issues.
Addressing Sales and Use Tax Credits
This tip is about what you can do when you discover that you have overpaid sales or use tax on the purchase that you make for your business. As we discussed in an earlier video, there are various sales and use tax exemptions available to purchasers for miscellaneous reasons.
Sales and Use Tax Compliance- Scanning Documents
This sales tax tip is about document retention. Specifically, making sure you have a plan in place when it comes to scanning your documents. We talk about it a lot because it is so important to have a good document retention policy in place, especially in a sales and use tax audit context.
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