HOW TO CONTEST YOUR AUDIT RESULTS
If you have already been audited and received a 'Notice of Tax Due' then please call us at (281-788-5879). We will request an Administrative Hearing to protest the audit. This will stop all cellection action by the Comptroller while we negotiate a final settlement offer. We have reached terms on 100% of the time. Refer to our References Page to view our results.
DO NOT MISS THE DEADLINE TO FILE A PROTEST HEARING!
If you miss the deadline to protest your audit, then the State Comptroller and the TABC can take immediate action including:
1. CANCELLATION OF TABC LIQUOR LICENSE.
2. ISSUING ADDITIONAL BOND REQUIREMENTS (UP TO $50K).
3. ISSUANCE OF STATE TAX LIENS ON ALL ASSETS.
4. SEIZURE OF BANK ACCOUNT FUNDS.
5. SEIZURE OF ON-SITE FUNDS (FROM REGISTERS AND SAFE).
WE HAVE SAVED BAR OWNERS OVER $740,000
In the period (May 2007 thru May 2008) We have reduced assessments $740,000. My ability to defend and settle audits is unmatched, period. We are staffed 100% by Ex-Liquor Tax Auditors, Supervisors and Comptroller Attorneys.Note: It should be noted that Dino Marcaccio worked on some of these references as a contract employee for another State Tax consultant. He has received permission from those individuals to use them as references.
LIQUOR TAX AUDITS ARE NOT ACCURATE
This is a true statement. While other State Tax audits (i.e., Sales Tax, Franchise Tax, etc.) focus mostly on your accounting sales records (invoices, sales journals, general ledgers, financial statements, etc.) Liquor Tax audits are instead based on a random analysis of variable data to 'ESTIMATE' your sales. This is risky business. The auditor makes several judgmental decisions in regards to (sample months, mixed beverage purchases, comlimentary drinks, average selling prices, etc.) Estimated audits are not accurate by their nature. As a result audit tax assessments can be high or low.
Our job is to take the guess work out of the audit formula through careful analysis of the follow audit variables: (Primary and Secondary Liquor Classification, Regular and Weighted Average Selling Prices, Cash Register Analysis, Price Categories, Selling Price Periods, Sample Month Analysis, Liquor Pour, Weighted Liquor Pour, Complimentary Drink Issues, Spills, Error Factor Analysis, Notificaction Documents, General Audit Procedures).
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