Sales Tax Audit Help, Affordable Representation, Since 1982, A plus Rated BBB

If you are going through or experiencing a Florida, Department of Revenue sales tax audit contact us today for a free initial tax consultation. We are one of the most affordable professional tax firms in the State of Florida.

You will be represented by either a Sales Tax Attorney or former State Tax Auditor  agent, or Frank Lamantia.

Do not go into a Florida sales Tax Audit unrepresented whatever you do.Get representation.

We have an office in Sarasota.

You can be represented by Sales Tax Attorneys or Former Sales Tax Audit Agents.

Frank, our former agent, has an extensive Florida Sales Tax background and can help you through any issues you have.If you will owe tx we can work out a payment settlement.

Sales Tax Pre-Audit Risk Assessment for Florida Sales Tax

Sales tax audits are intrusive, stressful, and can be very expensive if mishandled.

Unpaid tax, interest and penalties will be imposed on your business if it fails to comply with sales tax rules.

Being prepared for an eventual audit can make the difference between success and failure.

Let us help your business prepare for an upcoming sales tax audit.

We examine the high risk transactions areas such as invoice preparation, exempt sales, sales tax exemption certificates capital asset additions.

Voluntary Disclosure Negotiations with the State of Florida DOR

Despite your best efforts to avoid sales tax mistakes, your business may still have underpaid the taxes due.

If these mistakes are detected in an audit, the auditor may go back many years and issue your business a tax assessment for the unpaid taxes, interest and penalties.

Businesses can often resolve these problems proactively when properly handled through the process called Voluntary Disclosure Agreements.

This process can shorten the tax look back period, reduce interest cost, and avoid penalties. Our voluntary disclosure negotiations have saved clients untold amounts of tax, interest, and penalties. Let us negotiate these tax savings for you.

Business being audited for Florida sales and Use Tax.

Has the Florida Department of Revenue contacted your company about a Florida sales and use tax audit or have you already received the Florida form DR 840 – Notice of Intent to

Audit Books and Records for the State of Florida, DOR

Audit Management

The shortage of Florida State revenue is causing Florida auditors to become very aggressive on Florida sales tax audits as a way to increase revenue.

Auditors are pushing the envelope with their interpretations of the sales tax law and in their sampling methods.

Our audit management services can help you from the opening audit interview to the closing interview and beyond.We are a full service tax firm.

If you are not experienced in handling sales tax audits, now is not the time to learn.

Beware:

The Florida Department of revenue will use every effort to intimidate you in order to collect tax, penalty and interest from your business.

Do not be bullied by a Florida Sales tax agent.

We are comprised of tax attorneys, tax lawyers, certified public accountants, enrolled agents, former IRS agents, and former state of Florida auditor, managers and tax instructor’s.

Businesses and individuals that the DOR suspects have avoided for tax payment are targeted, but any business with significant business activity can expect to be audited eventually.

Lately we’ve seen the DOR target entire industries such as convenience stores, restaurants and bars, hotels, and manufacturers.

But let it be known that audits are also randomly selected or could have been turned in by a former employee or customer for the tax issue.

The auditor will ask for all kinds of records that they are not necessarily entitled to have such as electronic copy of your whole accounting records.

The auditor will also ask you to sign certain documents that could wave your rights as a taxpayer, such as agreeing to the states sample method.

Most of the time the auditor is chasing a lead that may not prove to generate any revenue for the state but in the chase they usually find other tax issues.

Companies that have done everything they can to comply with the Florida tax laws can still end up with serious complications on a Florida sales and use tax audit just because the auditor’s job is to find deficiencies.

Fresh Start Tax LLC Firm Overview

We are a full-service tax firm that specializes in federal tax representation and are one of Florida’s most experienced for sales tax audit defense.

Our staff consists of tax attorneys, certified public accountants, former IRS agents and a former sales tax auditor with over 16 years of direct work experience with the Florida Department of revenue.

Feel free to contact us for initial tax consulting for Florida sales tax audit defense.

We will completely review your case and give you a full assessment of your audit status so you can make an informed and confident decision of how to fully resolve your sales tax audit case.

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