Course Description
For accounting and purchasing professionals who want to gain a better understanding of Sales and Use Taxes so they can avoid legal problems, reduce accounting errors, and ensure their companies are meeting all their tax obligations
Sales and Use Taxes: Is Your Company Headed for Legal Trouble
You’ve studied everything that you can get your
hands on and you’re still concerned. There just doesn’t
seem to be a whole lot of current, understandable, or
usable information about Sales and Use Taxes available. And lately you’re hearing about the government
crackdown on companies that haven’t been keeping up
with their Sales and Use Tax responsibilities. A wellknown
insurance company was recently found liable for
17 years of back Use Taxes.
That’s scary. Because, for a long time, tax authorities
didn’t seem to pay much attention to how well these
laws were being enforced. Technology has changed all
that. State and local governments are now able to share
tax information about which companies are complying
… and which ones aren’t. Some businesses are having to pay BIG bucks
because of back taxes, interest, and penalties.
Help Protect Your Company
What can you do to help protect your company
from a potentially expensive legal backlash? You could try to unravel the mysteries of this
legislation yourself. You could go to the public library or
visit some bookstores in search of some concrete
information about Sales and Use Taxes that isn’t written
in “legalese.” Or you could spend a lot of time and money on a tax
attorney.
We’ve got a better idea. Come to this seminar and, in
one day, you’ll know how to help your company avoid a
messy legal disaster. You’ll walk away more confident than you ever
thought possible when dealing with Sales and Use Tax
laws. You’ll know how to make sure your company is
audit-ready … streamline your tax record-keeping
system … and avoid making “minor” tax mistakes that
might land you in legal hot water.
Ease Your Accounting Worries
As an accounting professional, you have a lot of
questions about this critical legislation. After all, your
reputation and your company’s bottom line are at stake.
You need answers now.
You want to be sure that you aren’t underpaying — or
overpaying. Because this is definitely not the sort of
knowledge you want to learn the hard way.
Attend this seminar and you’ll learn proven strategies
that will help you determine more easily what
transactions are taxable … find exemptions you may
not be aware of … and handle the people you do
business with who don’t comply with these laws.
Back at the office, you’ll put what you’ve learned into
practice and see how quickly and easily your Sales and
Use Tax responsibilities can be taken care of. Plus,
you’ll gain the peace of mind that comes with knowing
that you aren’t putting your company at risk for tax
troubles.
Register Today for Tax Training
That’s Guaranteed
This is a unique training opportunity — one that could
very well help you save your company from making a
costly tax mistake.
We guarantee that you’ll be completely satisfied with
this valuable Sales and Use Tax training or we’ll refund
your entire registration fee.
Agenda
Increase Your Knowledge of
Sales and Use Taxes
- Expert insight into what Sales and Use Taxes
are … and how they’re changing business
today
- Definitions you must be aware of if you ever
want to gain a better understanding of this
complicated legislation
- What’s legally considered to be a transaction …
and which ones are taxable
- How to take advantage of tax breaks – you may
not realize how much you’re entitled to
- What penalties you could face if state
authorities don’t feel you’ve paid enough
- What third-party delivery charges are … and if
you need to pay taxes on them
- How to determine when a buyer becomes an
owner … the answer may surprise you
Improve Tax Accuracy
and Efficiency and Stay
Audit-Ready
- Services vs. tangible property: how your
responsibilities change according to each one
- How the mail order Use Tax could end up
affecting every single one of your customers
- How to determine just who has to pay the
taxes on returns and trades
- What circumstances could increase your tax
liability – and decrease your company’s
bottom line
- How to keep up with your changing legal
obligations according to whether you are
buying or selling
- A valuable warehouse strategy that could make
your tax liability disappear
- Tips that’ll help take the confusion out of
applying for exemption certificates
Troubleshoot Enforcement
and Collection
- How you should deal with tax credits … refund
opportunities … and overpayments
- When you must register as an out-of-state
vendor or risk being in violation of the law
- Tax procedures for handling – and filing –
bad debts
- The only situations where you will not have to
pay a local Sales Tax
- The trickiest areas of Use Tax returns … and
how to sidestep the common pitfalls
- How the multistate compact affects your
company – and your job responsibilities
- How to avoid getting bogged down with
invoices and steamroll through Use Tax
collections
- How the time you spend on the phone could be
inflating your taxes
Ensure Compliance With
Current Laws
- When a company’s advertising expenses
become taxable
- What changes you should make now to prevent
costly legal mistakes down the road
- Valuable techniques you can use to get – and
keep – your company audit-ready
- What type of unintentional blunders you can be
held personally accountable for
- Straight talk about preparing for a judicial
review so you won’t do more harm than good
- Determine exactly how Sales and Use Taxes
impact your company
- Interstate Transaction Guide: A valuable
resource detailing the
Comments
Cancelation Policy: If you cannot attend an event, you may send someone else in your place. If that isn’t an option for you, cancellations received up to five working days before the event are refundable, minus a registration service charge ($10 for one-day events; $25 for multiple-day events). After that, cancellations are subject to the entire seminar fee, which you may apply toward a future seminar. Please note that if you don’t cancel and don’t attend, you are still responsible for payment.