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CONTESTING DISAGREED AUDITS, EXAMINATIONS AND REFUND DENIALS
If you have been audited by the Texas Comptroller’s Office and been incorrectly assessed taxes or denied a credit/refund you have the right to file for a REDETERMINATION OR REFUND HEARING. I have been a Texas Comptroller auditor and then a consultant for over 30...
International Fuel Tax Agreement Audit
Texas Tax Groups Introduction to Motor Fuel Use Tax Compliance Truck drivers are needed everywhere in the United States to transport important freight and supplies. You see the recruiting ads on billboards, see them on TV, and hear them on the radio. The job can be...
COLLISION REPAIR SHOP INCORRECTLY ASSESSED OVER $100,000
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts – Administrative CPA Hearing No. 111,302 (2017) In this audit and final hearings decision the Texas Comptroller and Administrative Law Judge incorrectly assessed over $100,000 in sales tax plus a 10% penalty and interest against a...
TEXAS COMPTROLLER – ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS PROCESS
If you have been audited for sales, liquor, or franchise tax and do not think you owe the tax assessment, you might file for a REDETERMINATION/ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING. Your only other option is to pay the assessment by the deadline (60 days for non-fraud audits, 20...
ReManufacturing vs. Repair
Star Letter 9912942LStar Letter 200810222LStar Letter 9712138LStar Letter 200309186H Activities that have transaction tax exemptions are sometimes closely related to services with no tax incentives. The most common example of this is what we refer to as...
Auditor denied $800,000 in manufacturing exemptions until Texas Tax Group was hired!
ISSUE AT HAND State auditor interviewed taxpayer (TP) without proper representation by an experienced sales tax consultant. State auditor lacked Texas tax code/tax policy knowledge, almost costing a Texas taxpayer approximately $1.2 million in an incorrect sales and...
Texas Tax Group Reduced a Landscapers Audit $124,954.93
TEXAS TAX GROUP SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES TAX ASSESSMENT 1 - TAX RULE 3.356 - REAL PROPERTY SERVICES 2 - TAX RULE 3.291 - CONTRACTORS 3 - TAX RULE 3.357 - NONRESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY REPAIR, REMODEL 4 - Texas Comptroller - Auidt Procedures - Auditor Training Manual -...
A Case of Unequal Treatment
ISSUE AT HAND Auditor, supervisor, and Independent Audit Reviewer incorrectly interpreted certain tax policy letters and state statutes. The Comptroller of Public Accounts auditor denied that the taxpayer (TP) was a manufacturer. Certain purchases of assets and...
TEXAS TAX GROUP SAVES TAXPAYER $1.8 MILLION!
ISSUE AT HAND State auditor lacked Texas tax code/tax policy knowledge, almost costing a Texas taxpayer approximately $1.8 million in an incorrect sales tax assessment. Texas Tax Group was not engaged until AFTER the audit was completed by the State auditor. The...
TINT – ALARMS – STEREO – LIGHTING INSTALLATIONS (What is taxable and not taxable?)
TINT – ALARMS – STEREO – LIGHTING INSTALLATIONS (What is taxable and not taxable?) ISSUE: REPAIR/MAINTAINANCE (NOT TAXABLE) VS. REMODEL (TAXABLE) Written by Dino Marcaccio, President of Texas Tax Group Sales tax research documents: Publication 94-113 April 2021 ...