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Has your company has been issued a Notice of Intent to Audit Books and Records from the State of Florida?
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We can have the auditor come to our professional offices thus avoiding a State of Florida Auditor from taking up your space, your employee’s time, snooping around your business and asking questions to your employees.
Have Former State Tax auditors who know the systems, know the protocol and know settlement protocols resolve your sales and use tax matter.
We have practiced in South Florida since 1982 and we are A+ rated by the Better Business Bureau.
Conduct the Florida Sales Tax Audit at our location and not yours
You should never have any tax auditor show up and audit at your location.
As Tax Attorneys, Tax Lawyers , CPA’s, Former Florida Sales Agents and Use Tax Agents we have been defending companies throughout the State of Florida.
Factors that can trigger a Florida business to become a target of a Florida sales tax audit
The state of Florida Department of revenue audits taxpayers for various reasons.
The list below could have triggered your Florida sales tax audit.
1. Do you purchase supplies for your business from out-of-state vendors or through the Internet?
2. Did you sell goods at retail, or wholesale products which you manufacture,
3. Did you sell services in Florida, can you be sure you are collecting the appropriate amount of sales tax on the sale of your goods or services?
4. If the answer is “yes” to any of these questions you might be targeted by the State of Florida for a sales and use tax audit.
State of Florida targets all business you may have been randomly selected
The state of Florida Sales Tax Audits targets different businesses, different industries and different geographical boundaries to make sure they have a very balanced approach to the sales tax audits in the state of Florida.
State of Florida Sales Tax must ensure total coverage for the entire state therefore all industries and businesses are included in sales tax audits.
No industries are excluded. The state of Florida keeps a sharp eye on all industry, new industries in potential targets of abuse.
When the state of Florida sales tax division finds widespread industry abuse they will put a lot of their time and resources into correction.
As a general rule that could mean convictions, heavy penalties, fines and certainly media and newspaper publicity.
They do this to get the attention of the public and mainly to help control industry abuses.
As a general rule when the state or federal agency puts out a number of press releases it is attempting to let the public know there plan a future attack.
It also should be noted that the state of Florida sales and use tax division conducts random audits as well as targeted audits.
Other factors that have to be considered for Florida Sales Tax Audits:
1. industries presently selected as targets
2. prior audit history
3. amount of exempt sales being claimed
4. Amount of total sales being reported
5. ratio of exempt sales to total sales
6. location of the business
7. adverse information from customers or employees
Most of these factors are obvious but the state of Florida sales tax audit division is always coming up with more programming targeting the industries where revenue success is obvious.
Companies with a history of prior audits where there was significant recovery will definitely get audited again.
Larger companies with high amounts of sales and those reporting high amounts of exempt sales are also targeted.
You should also be aware that Florida sales tax audits occur many times when ex- spouses and former employees turn and companies, individuals, and corporations that have been tax cheats over the years purely for retribution.
Florida’s voluntary disclosure program ( VDP )
Florida’s voluntary disclosure program allows a taxpayer to report previously unpaid or underpaid tax liabilities for any tax administered by the Department of Revenue. It is the taxpayer’s opportunity to voluntarily pay these taxes without being penalized.
Who is eligible for VDP?
Anyone who has any tax liability for a tax administered by the Florida Department of Revenue and who has not been previously contacted by the Department concerning the liability. Disclosures relating to delinquencies or deficiencies that are obvious and would routinely generate a billing if not otherwise self-disclosed are not eligible for the program.
What are the benefits to the taxpayer?
When the tax and interest liabilities have been paid, all penalties will be waived unless tax has been collected and not remitted. In those instances, a five percent penalty will be imposed, unless reasonable cause is presented.
How far back will the Department look?
Three years immediately preceding the postmark date of the voluntary disclosure request. Failure to take advantage of this program could result in the Department holding the taxpayer liable for the applicable (longer) limitation periods of the relevant taxes.
Have you been contacted by the criminal division?
If you have been contacted by a State of Florida criminal investigator it is in your best interest to contact one of our attorneys or lawyers.
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