Recent Posts in FL Certified Sales Tax Audit Category
Posted on Nov 11, 2012 By James Sutton, CPA, Esq.
DO YOU NEED TO CHARGE SALES TAX DURING THE MONTHS A LANDLORD OFFERS FREE RENT IN FLORIDA? Florida is the only state in the country that has a general tax on the rental of real property. As such, ...
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Posted on Oct 5, 2012 By Jerry Donnini, Esq.
Upside Down with Your Florida Sales Tax? Why Not Voluntarily Disclose? During a down economic market, it is all too easy for a business to pay the power bill, employee salaries, rent, etc. and not ...
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Posted on Sep 6, 2012 By James Sutton, CPA, Esq.
FL TAX ALERT – GRAND JURY PROPOSAL TO INVESTIGATE CPA's AS SALES TAX CHEATS Given the multi-billion dollar shortfall of the Florida's budget in 2009, ...
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Posted on Aug 25, 2012 By Jerry Donnini
On July 19, 2012, [ name omitted ], owner of Leira's Service Station of Miami was hauled in to jail for failing to file six consecutive sales tax returns and refusing to pay taxes due. The Miami ...
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Posted on Aug 11, 2012 By James Sutton
On July 31, 2012, Munaf M. Rashid was arrested by the Lee County's Sheriff's Department on a 3rd degree felony charge related to a mere $8,000 of collected but unremitted Florida sales tax, ...
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Posted on Aug 6, 2012 By Jerry Donnini
One of the Florida Department of Revenue's ("FL DOR") weapons against business owners (and licensed professionals) in Florida is that if you do not agree to pay whatever tax the FL DOR ...
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Posted on Jul 19, 2012 By James Sutton
People often talk about how complicated government regulation is getting these days and how it makes it very hard for businesses to operate in our great country. One would think that our government ...
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Posted on Jul 7, 2012 By James Sutton & Jerry Doninni
ANSWERS TO YOUR FLORIDA NEXUS QUESTIONNAIRE CONCERNS The days of only major corporations having to deal with tax laws in multiple states has practically vanished in today's world. Even the ...
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Posted on Jun 4, 2012 By James Sutton
WHO DO YOU CALL WITH A SALES TAX QUESTION WHEN YOUR PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM IS ALSO THE STATE SALES TAX AUDITOR? I recently sat down with the CFO of a major, privately held company in Florida to ...
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