For many people, income tax withholding is something that happens automatically: you indicate your tax withholding rate to your employer on a W-4 form for federal taxes and a DE 4 form for California, and the taxes are taken out before you even see your paycheck. If your employer withholds at the correct rate, chance are you’ll end up with a nice refund at tax time.
A sales tax audit is a sobering ordeal, but it is one that many (if not most) California businesses will face eventually.
If you are selected for an audit by the California Board of Equalization (BOE), you will have to prepare a wide range of documents and records for your auditor to review, but how far back will the BOE want to look, and what are your rights?
Today, we will take a look at the California tax audit statute of limitations within the California sales tax audit process and what this means for your business.
In small business owner cases, the debtor may not be required to file a separate disclosure statement, provided that the “court determines that adequate information is contained in the [reorganization] plan” (“Bankruptcy Basics, p. 30). With this in mind, small business bankruptcy cases are treated differently than regular bankruptcy cases.