by Fresh Start Tax | Aug 8, 2013 | Florida Sales Tax
Florida Sales Tax Audit Defense – Affordable Expert Defense
Fresh Start Tax LLC is a professional tax firm that specializes in defending taxpayers against the State of Florida, Department of Revenue.
We begin the process of your tax audit defense from your first letter until your case with Florida Sales Tax is fully resolved and your case settled.
If you will wind up owing money we will arrange a tax settlement with Florida sales tax.
We are a full service tax firm that has well over 300 years professional tax experience and are rated A+ by the Better Business Bureau. We have been in private practice right here in the state of Florida since 1982.
Our firm is comprised of tax attorneys, certified public accountants, a former sales tax agent of 16 years and former IRS agents, managers and tax instructors who have over 60 years of direct government experience in the local, district, and regional tax offices.
Since we have worked for the government we completely understand what it takes to fully resolve your case using different tax strategies to ensure your very best result.
We are the affordable experts for Florida Sales Tax Audit Defense.
Beware – If you owe back Florida Sales Tax?
You want to be represented by experienced tax professionals
You should know the State of Florida tax law allows the following actions to be done when you owe back taxes:
- Garnish or levy your wages
- Revoke your business registration or business licenses
- Bank accounts can be frozen and seized to pay your tax debt
- Property and assets can be lien, seized and sold to pay your back taxes
- Despite paying the debt, the State of Florida tax lien will remain on your credit report for 7 to 10 years
- You will be subject to penalties between 10% per month and 100% of the total tax due.
- Interest on the debt accrues daily on the unpaid balance
- And yes, the State of Florida can issue an arrest Arrest Warrant with the local law enforcement for your incarceration.
Feel free to contact us for initial tax consultation for Florida Sales Tax Audit Defense. We will completely review your case and give you a full assessment on the pros and cons so you can make an informed incompetent decision of how to fully resolve your sales tax audit case.
There are many excellent firms that represent taxpayers for Florida sales tax audit defense and we believe we are in that category.
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- Former IRS Agents, Managers and Instructors with over 60 years experience in the local, district and regional IRS offices.
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- IRS Hardships Cases or Unable to Pay
- Payment Plans, Installment Agreements, Structured agreements
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by Fresh Start Tax | Aug 8, 2013 | Florida Sales Tax
We are a full service tax firm that specializes in federal and state tax representation.
We are State of Florida affordable tax experts.
Our firm has over 300 years of professional tax experience in the area of tax representation.
If you are in Jacksonville, Tampa, or Orlando contact us at our toll free number 1-866-700-1040.
We are comprised of tax attorneys, certified public accountants, and former IRS agents, managers and tax instructors including former sales tax agent who has over 16 years of direct work experience with the Department of revenue, state of Florida.
You can contact us today for a free initial tax consultation and we can review your case and you will be able hear the different options and solutions that are available to you to make a prudent and competent decision.
Do you owe back Florida Sales Tax?
You should know the State of Florida tax law allows the following actions to be done when you owe back taxes:
- Garnish or levy your wages
- Revoke your business registration or business licenses
- Bank accounts can be frozen and seized to pay your tax debt
- Property and assets can be lien, seized and sold to pay your back taxes
- Despite paying the debt, the State of Florida tax lien will remain on your credit report for 7 to 10 years
- You will be subject to penalties between 10% per month and 100% of the total tax due.
- Interest on the debt accrues daily on the unpaid balance
- And yes, the State of Florida can issue an arrest Arrest Warrant with the local law enforcement for your incarceration.
Are you undergoing a Florida Sales Tax Audit in which you need Tax Representation?
There are number of ways that the Florida sales tax audit can take place and it varies from audit to audit, region or region and auditor auditor.
There are also several Florida Sales Tax Audit methods that can be used to audit Florida sales tax so it is important to understand the different auditing methods that may take place.
Listed below are a few audit options that can be used Florida sales tax.
How a Florida Sales and Use may audit and conduct your tax audit: The use of Selecting the Sample:
The first step in selecting the sample is to identify the sampling frame.
The sampling frame is a group of items from which the sample is drawn or a listing of sampling units.
In a homogeneous sampling frame, any item in the frame is representative of any other item; therefore, a random selection of all items in the frame will be representative.
The auditor determines how the accounting records are physically stored and available in order to identify the sampling frame.
Typically, accounting records have numbered sampling frames or non-numbered sampling frames, or they may have a combination of both.
Both numbered and non-numbered sampling frames can be randomly sampled using WinSample.
WinSample is a software program developed by the General Tax Administration’s Statistics Team and Applied Technology.
WinSample randomly selects sample points from many possible sampling frames using a seed number.
WinSample may be used when taxpayer records are not available in an electronic format suitable for stratified statistical sampling or e-Auditing.
Numbered sampling frames include source documents that are consecutively numbered.
Some examples are:
• Invoice numbers
• Voucher numbers
• Check numbers Non-numbered sampling frames include source documents that have no natural numbering system.
Although not consecutively numbered, a random sample of the transactions may still be identified.
Some examples of non-numbered sampling frames supported in WinSample are:
• Time periods (days, weeks, months, quarters)
• Journals (with page numbers and multiple lines on each page)
• Imaged documents
• Microfiche
After the sampling frame is identified, data integrity tests for each sampling frame should be performed.
Data integrity tests should be performed on both numbered and non-numbered populations.
Audit-Related Information – Different types of tax audits by Florida Sales Tax
Electronic auditing, or e-Auditing,
Electronic auditing, or e-Auditing, is computer-assisted auditing using electronic records to complete all or part of the audit. If you use a computer to record your business activity and keep this data electronically, you are a candidate for an electronic audit.
We prefer to examine electronic records because it is the most accurate and efficient method of conducting an audit.
The Certified Audit Program
The Certified Audit Program is a cooperative effort between the Florida Department of Revenue and the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA). Taxpayers who have not received a Notice of Intent to Audit from the Department are eligible. The program gives taxpayers the opportunity to hire qualified CPA firms to review their sales and use and local option tax compliance. As an incentive, Revenue waives penalties and reduces interest if tax is owed as a result of the audit.
The Voluntary Disclosure Program
The Voluntary Disclosure Program allows you to report previously unpaid or underpaid tax liabilities for any tax administered by the Florida Department of Revenue.
Once you have paid the tax and interest, Revenue will waive the penalties. If you think you might owe back taxes and Revenue has not contacted you about the liability, you may be eligible for the Voluntary Disclosure Program.
Standard Industry Guides provide tax information for specific types of businesses. Taxpayers may use them to help understand sales tax issues likely to surface relating to the industry; and relevant laws, court cases, and other technical documents.
Tax clearance letters and transferee liability certificates: When buying a Florida business, the purchaser should ask the seller for documentation of any tax, penalty, or interest due to the Department of Revenue.
A business owner can use a clearance letter as proof of good standing with the Department.
Contact us today and find out just who we are and how we can help you if you are in need of Florida sales tax representation.
We are a Florida tax from that specializes in IRS, federal and state tax relief.
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by Fresh Start Tax | Aug 8, 2013 | Tax Help
Fresh Start Ta x Tax Tips when You Move
If you make a work-related you may be able to deduct the costs of the move.
This may apply if you move to:
- start a new job or
- to work at the same job in a new job location.
- The IRS offers the following tips on moving expenses you may be able to deduct on your tax return.
Fresh Start Tax LLC offers the following tips on moving expenses you may be able to deduct on your tax return.
In order to deduct moving expenses, you must meet these 3 requirements:
1. Your move closely relates to the start of work.
Generally, you can consider moving expenses within one year of the date you first report to work at a new job location. Additional rules apply to this requirement.
2. You meet the distance test.
Your new main job location must be at least 50 miles farther from your former home than your previous main job location was.
For example, if your old main job location was three miles from your former home, your new main job location must be at least 53 miles from that former home.
3. You meet the time test.
After you move, you must work full time at your new job location for at least 39 weeks during the first year. Self-employed individuals must meet this test and also work full time for a total of at least 78 weeks during the first 24 months upon arriving in the general area of their new job location.
If your income tax return is due before you have satisfied this requirement, you can still deduct your allowable moving expenses if you expect to meet the time test.
See Publication 521, Moving Expenses, for more information about these rules.
If you can claim this deduction, here are a few more tips from the IRS:
Travel.
You can deduct transportation and lodging expenses for yourself and household members while moving from your former home to your new home. You cannot deduct the cost of meals during the travel.
Household goods.
You can deduct the cost of packing, crating and transporting your household goods and personal property. You may be able to include the cost of storing and insuring these items while in transit.
Utilities. You can deduct the costs of connecting or disconnecting utilities.
Nondeductible expenses.
You cannot deduct as moving expenses any part of the purchase price of your new home, the costs of buying or selling a home, or the cost of entering into or breaking a lease. See Publication 521 for a complete list.
Reimbursed expenses.
If your employer reimburses you for the costs of a move for which you took a deduction, you may have to include the reimbursement as income on your tax return.
Update your address. When you move, be sure to update your address with the IRS and the U.S. Postal Service to ensure you receive mail from the IRS. File Form 8822, Change of Address, to notify the IRS.
Tax form to file.
To figure the amount of your deduction for moving expenses, use Form 3903, Moving Expenses.
Always keep your receipts in case of a tax audit
Make sure you can always show proof of expenses by keeping all your receipts in case you are pulled for IRS tax audit.
Fresh Start Tax LLC would love to prepare your tax return.
We can assure that you will pay the lowest amount allowed by law.
You can have former IRS agents and managers prepare your tax returns and build up a lifetime relationship with truly qualified tax professionals.
Moving, Work Related – Tax Deduction Tips – Fresh Start Tax
by Fresh Start Tax | Aug 7, 2013 | Tax Help
If you are in the Armed Forces or the military and need affordable professionals tax help contact us today for free initial tax consultation period for all persons in the military and armed forces we recommend Skype so we can meet with you face-to-face.
We can take care of all tax-preparation, the filing of back tax returns and the settlement of back debts and all tax audits.
We are staffed the tax attorneys, certified public accountants, and former IRS agents, managers and tax instructors.
We have over 60 years of professional tax experience and worked in the local, district, and regional tax offices of the Internal Revenue Service.
We are A+ rated by the Better Business Bureau.
Armed Forces Tax Information
The tax law provides some special benefits for active members of the U.S. Armed Forces and certain benefits for individuals serving in combat zones.
For more information on the various tax benefits available to members of the U.S. Armed Forces, please refer to Publication 3, Armed Forces’ Tax Guide.
For federal tax purposes, the U.S. Armed Forces includes commissioned officers, warrant officers, and enlisted personnel in all regular and reserve units controlled by the Secretaries of Defense, the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
The Coast Guard is also included, but not the U.S. Merchant Marine or the American Red Cross. However, these and other support personnel serving in a combat zone may qualify for certain tax deadline extensions normally available to individuals in the U.S. Armed Forces serving in a combat zone.
For more information on benefits available to individuals serving in a combat zone (including non-military individuals), please refer to Publication 3, Armed Forces’ Tax Guide, or go to Tax Information for Members of the Military on the IRS.gov website.
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by Fresh Start Tax | Aug 7, 2013 | Florida Sales Tax, State of Florida
You can hire a Affordable Former State of Florida Agent to represent you in these matters.
Has a Florida Tax Warrant Been Issued to you by the State of Florida?
Under Florida tax law, the Department of Revenue, Department of Revenue can issue a Tax Warrant, which is effectively the same as a lien, when you or your company, your business, your corporation fail to pay allegedly past due Florida Sales or Use taxes.
This will puts into place all the various enforced State of Florida collection actions and penalties against you or your business.You do not want to fall into enforcement hands.
Yes, even your wages can be levied or garnished, including your bank accounts and both will be used to pay the back taxes. Yes, the State of Florida means business!
Your assets and property that you own can be seized, put up for sale and the proceeds used to pay off your tax debt. The sheriff may lock your doors!
You should also know that the state of Florida often pursues criminal prosecution for those who have repeatedly violated Florida State Law and that have deliberately not turned over there back sales tax to the Department of revenue.
In each and every one of these cases you’ll need to be represented by a criminal tax attorney. You should avoid this at all cost.
The State of Florida may revoke your business licenses
The DOR can revoke your business licenses and, even when your debt is paid, the Florida tax warrant will stay on your credit history for 7-10 years.
If these consequences were not enough, daily interest accrues on the unpaid balance of your debt PLUS a 10% tax warrant penalty is assessed on the taxes you owe.
This is on top of a 10% per month penalty for the first five months the amounts are unpaid. The penalties will keep piling up.
Bankruptcy Options
Many types of tax obligations not only survive bankruptcy, but the State of Florida can pierce the corporate veil to make owner individually, personally liable for the taxes due and the same goes for the Internal Revenue Service with back withholding taxes.
Side note
In most cases, a tax warrant is valid for a period of 20 years.
Fresh Start Tax is comprised of tax attorneys, CPAs and a Former state of Florida sales tax auditor as well as former IRS Agents.
Our firm has well over 300 years of professional tax experience and over 60 years of working directly for the government agencies.
You can contact us today for a free initial tax consultation.
Tax Warrant Help – State of Florida – Owe Back Sales Tax
