Managing Sales Tax Audits - The Auditors Speak

CD of Live 90-Minute Telephone Conference with an Interactive Q&A Session Conducted on January 10, 2006 Now available on CD

While a state sales and use tax audit can't help becoming adversarial at some point -- sometimes very adversarial -- it behooves a corporate tax department to know going in what the other side expects. Having that advance competitive intelligence helps the company plan for a smooth audit about which both sides can be happy.

Listen as our panel of sales tax audit administrators from major states evaluates corporate audits from their side of the aisle.

You'll find out how audit supervisors think companies can help ensure a well-run audit and what mistakes they absolutely don't like to see repeated.

Our panelists include:

TEXAS Office of the Comptroller
Emma Fuentes, Audit Supervisor

ILLINOIS Department of Revenue
Steve Kreiter, Assistant Manager of Sales Tax Division

WASHINGTON Department of Revenue
Tremaine Smith, Assistant Director, Audit Division

KENTUCKY Department of Revenue
Richard Dobson, Executive Director, Office of Sales and Excise Taxes Nancy Kaylor, Training Officer

You'll get their insights on:

• the auditor's expectations and standards
• measures taxpayers can take to help move audits along smoothly
• mistakes and missteps by taxpayers that irritate a revenue agency
• behavior and poor documentation the auditors simply will not tolerate

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