Unlike other forms of audits, serious errors on sales tax audits are usually pretty easily discoverable. One of the biggest mistakes that people make is they underreport their sales tax returns but their federal income tax returns show the true amount of sales. The auditors take what I call here big five data points: sales tax returns, your federal income tax returns, your internal accounting, your bank statements and your 1099Ks. They line up all that data together, that’s a pretty good indicator out the gate of whether or not there’s a discrepancy or whether or not your reported taxable sales are accurate. So anyway, this is a big problem because it’s very easy to see serious errors out of the gate. So the first thing you need to do is understand how serious
What Are Some of the Tactics That the Government Uses in an IRS Criminal Investigation?
What Are Some of the Tactics That the Government Uses in an IRS Criminal Investigation?