Florida Sales Tax Audit Guidance and Defense
If you have received a Florida sales tax audit notice from the from the Florida Department of revenue you have many professional options in which to turn.
It is a best case practice to hire tax attorneys, certified public accountants and former Florida sales tax auditors who are experts in Florida sales tax audits guidance and in Florida sales tax audit defense.
If you are searching the Internet to hire a company, make sure you hire a professional tax firm with a quality reputation, one that is well experienced and one that has a quality Better Business Bureau rating.
Should you handle the Sales Tax Audit yourself ?
If you have absolutely clean tax records, you are well organized, and all your tax records are in relatively good order there is nothing wrong with you handling the Florida Sales tax audit yourself. Many times we will urge clients to do so on there own.
However, if you have skeletons in your closet and have some shaky issues that may cause you some problems, it is best to hire a professional tax firm that has extensive Florida sales tax audit experience.
As a general rule the state of Florida, Department of revenue audits high-value targets and usually has a good reason for the Florida state sales tax audit division to audit your tax records. If you fall into this category should contact us today.
Our Florida Sales Tax Audit Expert.
Fresh Start Tax LLC has recently hired has Mr. Frank Lamantia on the firm’s team as an associate for Florida Sales & Use Tax.
Frank is a former Sales and Use Tax Auditor for the Florida Department of Revenue and can be your greatest asset in your defense and guidance in a sales tax audit.
Mr. Lamantia will use his 16 years of experience, skills and abilities to work for your business to assist, defend and save money for your company that has business activities in the State of Florida.
The Florida Department of Revenue routinely audits business to find out if state taxes were collected, reported and paid correctly.
The Florida Department of Revenue taunts that an audit can be educational to the business but in reality a Florida Sales Tax Audit can become a very expensive and costly experience for your business.
An Florida Sales tax audit is a tool to enforce tax compliance for The Department of Revenue and could apply tax laws unjustly to your business. The Florida Tax Auditor is in your business affairs to come up with an assessment for tax revenue for the State of Florida. Remember the auditor’s job is to find revenue for the state of Florida
We can defend your business and ensure the Florida Sales Tax Laws and Administrative Codes (Rules) are applied correctly to the transactions in your business.
If you have received a Notice of Intent to Audit Books and Records, the auditor will set a date to begin the audit.
We can conduct the audit with a Power of Attorney to insure that all sales and use tax laws are properly applied to your business.
Once a Power of Attorney has been established we will respond to the auditor with a date to start the audit and other deadlines for providing information or documentation thus avoiding an assessment and a warrant based on the best available information.
When there are transactions or issues for which the tax consequences are questionable, we will ask for a written statement of the Departments position at any time during the audit. The Department’s office of Technical Assistance and Dispute Resolution will issue a Technical Assistance Advisement (TAA) which is binding on the Department.
Contact us today for free initial consultation for Florida sales tax audit guidance and Florida sales tax audit defense. You will speak directly to a true tax professionals who are experts in Florida sales tax representation.
Florida Sales Tax Audit Guidance & Audit Defense
