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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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