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Florida Restaurant Sales Tax Audit: DR-840 vs DR-846 Process Comparison

The Florida Department of Revenue opens a sales tax audit with one of two notices. Form DR-840, the Notice of Intent

Settling a Florida Restaurant Sales Tax Assessment: Payment Plans and Compromise Options

Once the Florida Department of Revenue issues a sales tax assessment, a restaurant generally has a few ways to resolve it:

Florida Sales Tax Audit Defense: How a CPA Reviews FDOR’s Markup Calculation

When the Florida Department of Revenue uses the markup method, it estimates your restaurant’s sales from your purchases and treats any

Florida Voluntary Disclosure Program: A Restaurant Owner’s Pre-Audit Option

Florida’s Voluntary Disclosure Program lets a restaurant that owes back sales tax come forward before the Department makes contact, in exchange

Florida Sales Tax on Prepared Food vs Groceries: What Restaurants Must Track

In Florida, grocery food products are generally exempt from sales tax, but food prepared, served, or sold by a restaurant is

How Florida’s Sales Tax Audit Sampling Works for Restaurants?

In a Florida restaurant sales tax audit, the Department rarely reviews every transaction. Instead it examines a sample, calculates an error

Florida Use Tax on Restaurant Equipment: The Hidden Audit Trigger

Florida use tax is the companion to sales tax. When a restaurant buys equipment, supplies, or decor from an out-of-state or

Restaurant Tip and Gratuity Reporting: Florida Sales Tax Pitfalls

In Florida, a voluntary tip a customer chooses to leave is not subject to sales tax, but a mandatory or automatic

Florida Sales Tax Audit for Restaurants: The Markup Method Could Triple Your Tax Bill

In a Florida restaurant sales tax audit, the markup method estimates your sales from your purchases. The auditor takes your food

Got a Florida DR-840 Audit Notice for Your Restaurant? Here’s What Happens Next

A Florida DR-840 (Notice of Intent to Audit Books and Records) tells you the Florida Department of Revenue has selected your

Installment Agreement vs Offer in Compromise: Which Reverses Passport Revocation Faster?

For reversing a passport certification, an Installment Agreement is almost always faster than an Offer in Compromise. A streamlined Installment Agreement

How a CPA Handles a CP508C While Negotiating Your IRS Tax Debt.

A CP508C notice is a passport problem on the surface, but underneath it is a seriously delinquent tax debt that triggered

Expedited IRS Passport Decertification: When 90 Days Is Too Long

After the IRS certifies seriously delinquent tax debt, the State Department typically holds a passport application open for 90 days to

Hardship Exceptions to IRS Passport Revocation: Humanitarian and Emergency Cases.

The IRS does not certify every seriously delinquent tax debt for passport revocation. Statutory and discretionary exclusions under IRM 5.19.25 protect

CP508R Reversal: The Five IRS Resolution Paths That Restore Your Passport.

CP508R is the IRS notice that reverses a seriously delinquent tax debt certification and tells the State Department to restore your

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Unreported GILTI Income? Streamlined Filing May Help Limit IRS Penalty Exposure

GILTI (Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income), renamed NCTI under the 2026 One Big Beautiful Bill Act, taxes U.S.

Unreported CFC Earnings and Profits Problems? Why Streamlined Filing Matters.

Schedule J of Form 5471 tracks a Controlled Foreign Corporation’s accumulated earnings and profits (E&P) and previously

Filed the Wrong Form 5471 Category? Streamlined Filing May Help Correct Past IRS Exposure.

Form 5471 has five filer categories under IRC Sections 6038 and 6046. Each category triggers a different

Unreported Foreign Corporation Ownership? Streamlined Filing May Help Reduce Form 5471 Penalties.

If you own 10% or more of a controlled foreign corporation and have not filed Form 5471,

Colombian Company CFC and Form 5471 CPA Review: What Ed Parsons Looks For

Colombian Company CFC and Form 5471 CPA Review: What Ed Parsons Looks For By Ed Parsons, CPA

Colombian SAS, CFC Rules, and Form 5471 for U.S. Taxpayers – Part 2

Step Five: Understand GILTI and Why No Dividend May Still Matter One of the most expensive misunderstandings

Colombian SAS, CFC Rules, and Form 5471 for U.S. Taxpayers

Colombian SAS, CFC Rules, and Form 5471 for U.S. Taxpayers By Ed Parsons, CPA | Updated May

Own a Colombian Company? CFC Rules May Affect Your U.S. Tax Return

Own a Colombian Company? CFC Rules May Affect Your U.S. Tax Return By Ed Parsons, CPA |

Contadores en Colombia: cuando los ingresos de EE. UU. crean preguntas de reporte colombiano y filing ante el IRS

¿Su cliente residente fiscal colombiano tiene ingresos de fuente estadounidense, impuestos pagados en EE. UU., retenciones en

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