#income tax audit report

[taxblgs]

Tax audit: The deadline for submitting an income tax audit report is October 7, 2024, for fiscal year 2023-24 (AY 2024-25). If you fail to submit your tax audit report by October 7, 2024, you will face a penalty. The penalty is Rs 1.5 lakh, or 0.5% of total sales, whichever is lesser.

The income tax audit deadline is October 7, 2024, for fiscal year 2023-24 (AY 2024-25). However, this is an extended deadline, so if you were counting on it, don't. The intended deadline for submitting an income tax audit report through the e-filing ITR portal was September 30, 2024. The government is unlikely to extend the date again.

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Revised Income Tax Audit Report Deadline For AY 2024-25: Check Date and Penalties for Late Filing

Revised Income Tax Audit Report Deadline: The deadline to file a revised income tax audit report is crucial for taxpayers who need to correct any errors or discrepancies in their original submission. It is important to note that the revised report must be filed before the end of the relevant assessment year or within 60 days from receiving the notice of defect, whichever is earlier.  The deadline…

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[batboyblog]

Things Biden and the Democrats did, this week #16

April 26-May 3 2024

President Biden announced $3 billion to help replace lead pipes in the drinking water system. Millions of Americans get their drinking water through lead pipes, which are toxic, no level of lead exposure is safe. This problem disproportionately affects people of color and low income communities. This first investment of a planned $15 billion will replace 1.7 million lead pipe lines. The Biden Administration plans to replace all lead pipes in the country by the end of the decade.

President Biden canceled the student debt of 317,000 former students of a fraudulent for-profit college system. The Art Institutes was a for-profit system of dozens of schools offering degrees in video-game design and other arts. After years of legal troubles around misleading students and falsifying data the last AI schools closed abruptly without warning in September last year. This adds to the $29 billion in debt for 1.7 borrowers who wee mislead and defrauded by their schools which the Biden Administration has done, and a total debt relief for 4.6 million borrowers so far under Biden.

President Biden expanded two California national monuments protecting thousands of acres of land. The two national monuments are the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, which are being expanded by 120,000 acres. The new protections cover lands of cultural and religious importance to a number of California based native communities. This expansion was first proposed by then Senator Kamala Harris in 2018 as part of a wide ranging plan to expand and protect public land in California. This expansion is part of the Administration's goals to protect, conserve, and restore at least 30 percent of U.S. lands and waters by 2030.

The Department of Transportation announced new rules that will require car manufacturers to install automatic braking systems in new cars. Starting in 2029 all new cars will be required to have systems to detect pedestrians and automatically apply the breaks in an emergency. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration projects this new rule will save 360 lives every year and prevent at least 24,000 injuries annually.

The IRS announced plans to ramp up audits on the wealthiest Americans. The IRS plans on increasing its audit rate on taxpayers who make over $10 million a year. After decades of Republicans in Congress cutting IRS funding to protect wealthy tax cheats the Biden Administration passed $80 billion for tougher enforcement on the wealthy. The IRS has been able to collect just in one year $500 Million in undisputed but unpaid back taxes from wealthy households, and shows a rise of $31 billion from audits in the 2023 tax year. The IRS also announced its free direct file pilot program was a smashing success. The program allowed tax payers across 12 states to file directly for free with the IRS over the internet. The IRS announced that 140,000 tax payers were able to use it over their target of 100,000, they estimated it saved $5.6 million in tax prep fees, over 90% of users were happy with the webpage and reported it quicker and easier than companies like H&R Block. the IRS plans to bring direct file nationwide next year.

The Department of Interior announced plans for new off shore wind power. The two new sites, off the coast of Oregon and in the Gulf of Maine, would together generate 18 gigawatts of totally clean energy, enough to power 6 million homes.

The Biden Administration announced new rules to finally allow DACA recipients to be covered by Obamacare. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is an Obama era policy that allows people brought to the United States as children without legal status to remain and to legally work. However for years DACA recipients have not been able to get health coverage through the Obamacare Health Care Marketplace. This rule change will bring health coverage to at least 100,000 uninsured people.

The Department of Health and Human Services finalized rules that require LGBTQ+ and Intersex minors in the foster care system be placed in supportive and affirming homes.

The Senate confirmed Georgia Alexakis to a life time federal judgeship in Illinois. This brings the total number of federal judges appointed by President Biden to 194. For the first time in history the majority of a President's nominees to the federal bench have not been white men.

[scarlettohairdye]

PSA to printed zine makers

As a 37 year old who's been running a sole proprietorship for the last 10+ years, I just want everyone who is planning to run a fandom project that involves accepting money for printing & shipping costs to know that you're actually running a small business and you need to plan for taxes. It doesn't matter if you don't make any profit: that is business income and the IRS will see it as such if you get audited.

If you only take enough money in to cover the cost of printing & shipping then you can write that off as a business expense and probably not pay taxes on it, But in order for that to fly you actually have to do business accounting, especially if you're doing it at scale. Like, you can probably skate by without reporting a $500 project; I absolutely would not fucking risk it with a $5000 project.

Back when I was producing shows there were years when I was where I made $20k in ticket sales only to turn around and immediately pay $18k to my performers. I only made $2k for myself, but I had to report the entire $20k, because it was ALL INCOME. (I only paid taxes on the $2000, because that's how writing off expenses works!)

Yeah this is boring grownup shit and I'm getting my boring grownup fingers all over your fun fandom, but boring grownups doing boring grownup things are the reason fandom spaces exist at all (paying for servers is deeply boring), and I'm way more fun than an audit

[vaperarmand]

Okay, so this is literally out of nowhere and I never read the books so idk anything about Night Island but I feel like someone might enjoy this thought - if past devil's minion occurred and Armand put Daniel's name on the paperwork for Night Island and then they're no longer together and Daniel obviously has zero memory whatsoever of quasi owning an island.

Then!! Imagine, in the late 80s or so, one of Daniel's colleagues at some National Paper of Record is like, hey Danny, you know that weirdo tax fraud mall island off Miami I've been looking into? Want to hear something funny? Dug into the paperwork and the guy who owns it is also named Daniel Molloy. And Daniel is like, other Daniel sounds like a shithead! And they laugh about it while looking like News Reporters in Big Important Movies About Journalism, and then some other colleague is like, haha, Danny, you think this guy is why the IRS keeps auditing you? And Daniel is like, immediately like, if he is, I hope you hunt him down and expose him (Daniel is genuinely incensed about being audited multiple times when he lives in a fourth floor walk-up and has to deal with trying to get his kid's stroller on the subway) (Story never ends up going anywhere - maybe vampires' lawyers are really good at making everything seem as boring as possible?)

Anyway, just like, Armand accidentally being the cause of Daniel constantly having to produce volumes of personal information to the IRS to convince them he is not hiding income. Because unbeknownst to himself, Daniel is in fact the owner of a weird island off the coast of Miami that might some kind of scam.

genuinely i'm so SO obsessed with this and i think about this all the time. if interview with the vampire writers room were real ones they would make part of daniel's story arc in season 3 getting canceled on twiter and he only gets canceled harder once someone does some digging and finds out the author of interview with the vampire who claims to be a leftist and a man of the people bought an entire island off the coast of miami when he was less than 30 years old. now everybody thinks he's a nepo baby and they're not wrong they're just not right the way you'd think

[softerseasons]

Juno, out of curiosity, what does an accountant DO? What does it mean to be one? Because I know there's math involved. I've heard it's very boring. But I don't know anything else and I'm curious because you're very good at putting things to words.

Okay first of all, I cannot express just how excited I got when I first saw this message. There is nothing I love more than talking about things I know about, and usually when my career is mentioned I don't get questions so much as immediate "Oh, bless you" and "I could never"s. Which- totally fair! For some people, accounting would be boring as all hell! But for a multitude of reasons, I adore it.

There are multiple types of accounting. The type most people tend to be more familiar with is that done by CPAs- CPAs, or Certified Public Accountants, are those that have done the lengthy and expensive process to be certified to handle other peoples' tax documents and submit taxes in their name, amongst other things. Yawn, taxes, right? Well, the thing with that is that there's a lot of little loopholes that tax accountants have to remain familiar with, because saving their clients a little more here or getting a little more back there can really add up, and can do a lot for people who, say, have enough money to afford to hire someone to do their taxes but not necessarily enough to be going hog wild with. Public accountants can work for large firms or by themselves, and also do things like preparing financial statements for businesses, auditing businesses to ensure all of their financial transactions are true and accurately reported to shareholders and clients, and consulting on how finances can be managed to maximize revenue (money in - money out = revenue, in very simple terms).

The type of accounting I do is private accounting! That basically just means that I work for a company in their in-house accounting/finance department. Private accounting tends to get split up into several different areas. My company has Payroll, Accounts Receivable, and Accounts Payable.

Payroll handles everyone's paychecks, PTO, ensuring the correct amount of taxes are withheld from individuals per their desires, and so on. Accounts Receivable handles money flow into the company- so when our company sells the product/service, our Accounts Receivable people are the ones who review the work, create the invoices, send the invoices to the clients, remind clients about overdue invoices, receive incoming payments via ACH (Automatic Clearing House- direct bank-to-bank deposits), Wire (Usually used for international transactions), or Check, and prepare statements that show how much revenue we are expected to gain in a period of time, or have gained in a period of time. This requires a lot of interfacing with clients and project managers.

My department is Accounts Payable. Accounts Payable does basically the other side of the coin from what Accounts Receivable does. We work mostly with vendors and our purchasing/receiving departments. We receive invoices from people and companies that have sold us products/services we need in order to make our own products/perform our services, enter them into our ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning, a system that integrates the departments in a company together- there are many different ERPs, and most people simply refer to their ERP as "the system" when talking internally to other employees of the same company that they work at, because saying the name of the system is redundant) using a set of codes that automatically places the costs into appropriate groups to be referenced for later financial reports, and run the payment processing to ensure that the vendors are being paid.

To break that down because I know that was a lot of words, here's some things I do in my day-to-day at work:

- Reconciliations, making sure two different statements match up: the most common one is Credit Card reconciliations, ensuring that there are appropriately coded entries in the system that match the payments made on our credit line in our bank.

- Invoice entry: this is basic data entry, for the most part. This can have two different forms, though

- Purchase Order Invoice entry: Invoices that are matched both to the service/product provided from the vendor and the purchase order created by our Purchasing/Receiving department. We ensure that the item, the quantity, and the price all match between our records, the purchase order, and the invoice, before we enter this.

- Hard Coded Invoice entry: Invoices that we enter manually due to there being no Purchase Order for them. This is often recurring services, like cleaning or repairs, that may happen too often or have prices vary too much for Purchase Orders to be practical.

- Cleaning up old purchase orders: sometimes Purchase Orders are put in the system and then never fulfilled. Because this shows on financial statements as being a long-standing open commitment, it looks bad, so we have to periodically research these and find out if the vendor simply didn't send us the invoice, if the order was cancelled, or if something else is going on.

- Forensics! This is my personal favorite part of the job, where someone has massively borked something that is affecting my work, and so I go dig into it, sometimes going back as four or five years in records to find the origin point of the first mistake, and untangling the threads of what happened following that mistake to get us to where we are today. There's an entire field called Forensic Accounting that is basically just doing This but for other companies (it's a subset of auditing, and often is done via the IRS) and that's my dream position to be totally honest. I loooove the dopamine hit i get with solving the mystery and getting praised for doing so faster than anyone else has even begun to realize the problem to start with.

- Balancing Credits/Debits: This is more of a Main Accountant role thing, but the long and short of it is that every business has Assets, Liabilities, and Equity. Liabilities and Equity are what we put into the company/what we owe, and assets are what we have received/what we are owed. Anything that increases Assets or lowers Liabilities or Equity is a Debit. Anything that decreases Assets or raises Liabilities or Equity is a Credit. Every monetary change we process has to include an equal Debit and Credit. This is its own whole lecture, so if you wanna know more about double-entry accounting, let me know, but it's yawnsville for most people.

- Actually cutting checks or initiating bank payments to vendors for amounts we owe them.

- Vendor communication: I'm on the phones and email a lot with vendors who are wondering where their payment is, or why something was short-paid, or if I can change some of their info in our system, and so on and so on. Every job is customer service, unfortunately. I don't love it, but I do a lot less of it in private accounting than I would have to do in public accounting.

- Spreadsheets: I make so many spreadsheets I am a goddamn Excel wizard. I love spreadsheets. This isn't necessarily accounting-specific though, most people in Finance jobs love spreadsheets, or at least use them to make their lives easier. I make them just for fun, because I'm a giant fucking nerd who finds that kind of thing enjoyable lol. So if you ever need a spreadsheet made for anything, hit me up.

As for math, that's a pretty common misconception. While there is math, it is very rarely more complicated than "I paid $3 of the $8 I owe, now I owe $5" for me. There are some formulas you learn in school (Business Administration with a focus in Accounting is what I studied), but they're also pretty standard and rarely include more than like... basic algebra. Which. Thanks @ god because I flunked so hard out of pre-calc in college. I could not have done accounting if it really were all that math heavy.

Aaaand yeah! That's all I've got off the top of my head- if you have any more questions about it, do let me know, I'm happy to ramble on for hours, but I'm cutting it here so I don't start meandering on without direction lol.

[dutchlionlover]

GPDA post - financial transparency

okay something I wanted to talk about (because I work in finance and have first hand experience with a sports association) is the lack of transparency regarding the fines. this will probably get long so I'll put it under the cut.

so first of all let's start with how these associations work. they are a non-profit organization, therefore all the money they make should be put back into the association - meaning the owners cannot pay dividends. associations keep themselves afloat by receiving subsidies, by selling marketing and broadcast rights, and from fines and membership fees being paid. generally speaking these associations don't make profit, because they have more expenses than income.

the only financial report I could find of the FIA is the consolidated one which combines the French and the Swiss FIA results (though it does not really go in depth with the notes, and afaik, associations are required to publish their full financial statements publicly, but it might be different under Swiss law, under which the FIA is). the statements are audited, which, in theory, should make sure that everything in the books is accounted for, as for the 2022 and 2023 financial years the auditor issued an unqualified opinion, which means that they've found everything in compliance with the Swiss laws. I find it interesting that it's under Swiss law, but not surprising, considering what kinda money is being kept in Swiss banks. anyway.

fun fact: in 2021 and 2022, the financial result was a staggering 31.2 million EUR and a 15.2 million EUR loss, respectively. compared to that, in 2023 they achieved a 7.1 million EUR income. just based on a quick look, it's not because the operations turned profitable (they just got less loss-making), but because financial results and non-operating results got better. interestingly, non-operating management expenses decreased by 15 million EUR, which is pretty significant imo considering that's what they made in loss the previous year.

now onto the fines. fines should be accounted for between other income, however, other income is just one line on the income statement and I haven't found any breakdown, and I likely won't unless I somehow find the full financial statement and not whatever there's posted on the site. regardless, sadly, if these fines do get paid to members, there is absolutely no way to tell unless it's something extraordinarily obvious. one way I can see these being paid, and even these would be a red flag to me, is through subcontracting or consultancy fees, especially the latter. with these there is not really a good way to tell whether there's been actually a service behind them. auditors should be able to flag these, however I live in a country where there is definitely money being passed through sport associations and they get audited as well, so these might get overlooked, likely intentionally.

sports in general, and from what I've seen motorsports especially are a way to get money from one place to another without being too blatant. the accounting itself can get super messy, if it's paid in cash then it's even harder to trace, even if there's an invoice to go with it, if it's vague enough then the tax and financial authorities cannot find fault in it, and afaik you can make a contractual deal with the Swiss tax authorities regarding taxes (now idk if that applies to associations and companies as well or just to individual people).

in conclusion, I'm glad they called the lack of transparency out because it does damage not only the integrity, but also the reputation of the sport, and if there's any foul play that comes to light later on, it will be a very, very bad look on the FIA.

[filibusterfrog]

You’ve probably been asked this question before, but does the government tax you for your commissions? If so, how?

i do pay taxes on my income yes, the 'how' is bit of a long and boring answer though so im going to put it under the cut (fyi im in australia so my info is only applicable to australians)

-first off, in australia you have a tax-free threshold of about $18,500, govt doesnt really seem to care if you report your earnings under that or not, idk though you should check whether or not you legally Have To. better to stay on the tax mans good side.

-i have an accountant who does the maths and lodges my taxes for me, all i have to do is payg the ATO an amount of money 4 times a year based on my reported earnings

-i report my earnings once a year around july-ish, but if you have a tax agent i believe the ATO tends to give you more leeway on When exactly you do your annual taxes

-i am a registered sole trader, this means that while i run a business, i don't have employees other than myself, so i dont pay the taxes business owners with employees would.

-businesses that make over 70k aud/year have to pay GST, which is a 10% tax on all sales within australia. this does not affect my customers abroad and it does mean my australian customers get a special invoice :)

-if you hold onto your receipts, you can get certain things as a tax write off, ex. new work computer, new drawing tablet, office chair, as long as it is justifiably related to your business and you dont abuse it, on the off chance you get audited youll be safe as houses

-see if any charities you donate to can be tax write-offs too. thats just general advice but plenty of charities are tax deductible so go crazy.

[taxblgs]

Audit Deadline 2023-24: Are You Prepared to File?

For the financial year 2023-24, the due date for filing tax audit reports is September 30, 2024. This deadline is crucial for taxpayers whose business turnover exceeds ₹1 crore or whose professional income exceeds ₹50 lakhs. Failing to meet this deadline can lead to significant repercussions.

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ZATCA VAT & Tax Return System in ALZERP Cloud ERP Software

The ALZERP Cloud ERP Software offers a comprehensive tax return system designed to facilitate the calculation, moderation, and finalization of VAT and tax returns. This system ensures businesses comply with the Saudi Arabian tax regulations set by the Zakat, Tax, and Customs Authority (ZATCA). By automating and streamlining the tax return process, ALZERP helps businesses achieve accuracy and…

[bitchesgetriches]

another question about filing taxes: if i've worked multiple jobs in the previous year, is it okay for me to leave certain jobs out if i get a higher refund for doing so? or could this get me into a lot of trouble?

This is a great way to get audited. And when you get audited, they will charge you back taxes and maybe even fees. So you might get a higher tax return! Buuuuuut then you might have to pay it all back later when you get audited.

Again, the rule is that you report ALL your income to the IRS. From our article about how to file taxes:

The United States is known for many things. It’s the global center of hot dog eating contests; the birthplace of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson; and one of the only countries whose tax collectors say, “We know how much you owe in taxes this year, but we want you to take a guess at it. And if you guess wrong, we’re going to punish you.”

No seriously: that’s literally what tax filing season is all about.

Most people with jobs have taxes deducted from their paychecks throughout the year. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the entity responsible for handling tax matters in the United States, keeps pretty good records of that shit. They almost always over-tax some of us for reasons that are convoluted and boring and best left to another article. And they under-tax others for much less complex reasons.

But what that means is, at the end of a tax year, the IRS will owe some of us money, and some of us will owe the IRS money. And we have to file paperwork with the government (“filing taxes“) to get that all sorted out.

So they KNOW about those other jobs. If you signed paperwork and got 1099s or W2s from the jobs... the IRS got copies of that paperwork too. If there's a paper trail, they expect you to pay up.

How to File Your Taxes FOR FREE in 2022: Simple Instructions for the Stressed-out Taxpayer

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The amount of income, deductions and taxes paid by or refunded to former President Donald Trump while serving in the White House was detailed in a new report released Tuesday night.

The report reveals that Trump on his federal tax returns declared negative income in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2020, and that he paid a total of $1,500 in income taxes for the years 2016 and 2017.

On their 2020 income tax returns, Trump and his wife Melania paid no federal income taxes and claimed a refund of $5.47 million, according to the report by the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation.

The report was posted online shortly after the Ways and Means Committee voted to make public redacted versions of Trump’s full income tax returns, and those of eight related business entities for the tax years 2015 through 2020.

Those full returns are expected to be released in the coming days.

A separate report released by the Ways and Means Committee revealed that the IRS had started an audit of just one of Trump’s tax returns while he was serving as President despite an internal policy mandating that sitting presidents have their returns audited annually.

The 39-page report by the Joint Committee on Taxation staff gives a breakdown of the highlights of Trump’s joint tax filings with Melania during his time in office, and the two years he first ran for President.

The report identifies different areas that the staff thought warranted further examination, such as documentation of nearly $506,000 in charitable donations claimed by the Trumps in 2019.

Highlights of the report include:

• On their 2015 federal return, Trump and his wife declared negative income of $31.7 million, with taxable income of $0. The couple paid federal income taxes of $641,931.

• The 2016 return declared negative income of $31.2 million, with zero dollars of taxable income. The Trumps paid $750 in taxes.

• The 2017 return declared negative income $12.8 million, with $0 in taxable income. The couple paid $750 in taxes.

• The 2018 return declared total income of $24.4 million, with taxable income of $22.9 million. The Trumps paid $999,466 in federal income taxes.

• In 2019, the Trumps declared $4.44 million in total income, and $2.97 million in taxable income. They paid $133,445 in taxes.

• The 2020 return shows negative income of $4.69 million, with zero dollars in taxable income. The tax paid by the Trumps was $0 and they claimed a REFUND of $5.47 million.

Read the report on Trump’s annual tax returns here.

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Tax prep services send sensitive financial info with Facebook

If you were unfortunate enough to e-file your US tax using HR Block, Taxact or Taxslayer, your most sensitive financial information was nonconsenually shared with Facebook, where it was added to the involuntary dossier the company maintains billions of people, including people who don’t have Facebook accounts.

A blockbuster investigative report from The Markup and The Verge reveals that major tax-prep services illegally embedded the Facebook tracking pixel in their sites, configured so that it transmitted as much data as possible to the surveillance giant.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/22/23471842/facebook-hr-block-taxact-taxslayer-info-sharing

In their defense, the companies say that they didn’t know that they were sending all this data to Facebook, and that they were using Facebook’s surveillance pixel to “deliver a more personalized customer experience.”

The companies had set the Facebook tracking pixel to use “automatic advanced matching,” which scours any page it’s embedded in for personally identifying information to harvest and transmit to Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/business/help/611774685654668?id=1205376682832142

Facebook claims that it doesn’t want this data and won’t use it, though the company has been previously caught violating fair finance laws by using finance data to discriminate against Black families:

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/21/doj-settles-with-facebook-over-allegedly-discriminatory-housing-ads.html

But it’s possible that Facebook isn’t using this data — or that it doesn’t know whether it’s using this data. Facebook’s own internal audits show that the company doesn’t know what data it collects or how it uses it:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/akvmke/facebook-doesnt-know-what-it-does-with-your-data-or-where-it-goes

Remember, Facebook claims that it collects your data based on your consent; somehow it thinks that you can consent to collecting and using your data in ways that even Facebook can’t describe.

As infuriating as Facebook’s role in this data theft is, the real scandal is that Americans have to pay for tax preparation at all. In most of the world’s wealthy countries, the tax authorities send taxpayers a precompleted tax-return every year. You can modify this return (on your own or with the help of a tax-prep professional), or you can just mail it back. For free.

This makes sense. The tax authorities already know how much you’ve made. They know what deductions you’re entitled to. It is surreal that you have to pay a professional to fill in a form to tell the IRS a bunch of things it already know about you.

Every attempt to bring free tax prep to America has been scuttled by an unholy alliance of anti-tax extremists like Grover Nordquist (a sadist who wants to make paying your tax as cumbersome and painful as possible) and the multi-billion-dollar, highly concentrated tax-prep industry.

Companies like HR Block and Intuit have spent millions lobbying against free tax prep. It’s money well spent, because tax prep makes billions for these companies. The biggest tax prep companies formed something called “the Free File Alliance” that purported to offer free tax-prep to low- and medium-income Americans.

In practice, “free filing” turned out to be a marketing funnel that tricked people into paying for services they were entitled to get for free. Intuit alone stole billions this way:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/02/24/uber-for-arbitration/#nibbled-to-death-by-ducks

The monopolists who run America’s tax-prep services claim that “government can’t do anything well” and insist that the private sector will bring “efficiencies” to tax-prep. In reality, these companies literally have no idea what they’re doing — they don’t know what data they’re collecting, nor who they’re sharing it with.

Same goes for Facebook. Companies that are not disciplined by competition or regulation don’t have to be good at their jobs. These companies’ major competence is lobbying Congress to prevent the passage of meaningful privacy laws and laws that would save Americans billions through IRS-prepared tax-returns.

As Harvard tax-law prof Mandi Matlock told Simon Fondrie-Teitler, Angie Waller, and Colin Lecher, this data Valdez is the “almost inevitable consequence of relying on for-profit companies to handle a government requirement. It’s a process that provides users little choice but to hand over their data to Facebook if they want to comply with the law.”

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Tax Auditors in Delhi: Expert Services by SC Bhagat & Co.

Navigating the complexities of tax regulations is crucial for businesses and individuals alike, especially in a dynamic financial landscape like Delhi. Choosing a reliable tax auditor ensures your financial compliance, reduces audit risks, and enhances your financial credibility. SC Bhagat & Co., a leading tax auditing firm in Delhi, provides expert services designed to meet the unique needs of businesses and individuals, from tax compliance to advanced auditing solutions.

Why Tax Auditing Matters Tax auditing is essential for ensuring that financial records are accurate and compliant with current tax laws. Regular audits help businesses identify financial discrepancies, optimize their tax liabilities, and avoid costly penalties. For individuals, tax audits can validate their tax filings and enhance financial transparency. Whether you're a business owner or an individual taxpayer, tax audits play a vital role in:

Ensuring Compliance: By following regulatory requirements, tax audits help organizations and individuals avoid penalties. Detecting Errors and Fraud: An audit reveals inconsistencies in financial records, helping to prevent fraud or accidental errors. Improving Financial Accuracy: A professional audit provides a detailed review of financial data, ensuring accurate tax calculations. Building Credibility with Stakeholders: Regular audits reflect a commitment to transparency, boosting stakeholder confidence. SC Bhagat & Co.: Trusted Tax Auditors in Delhi SC Bhagat & Co. has earned its reputation as a trusted provider of tax auditing services in Delhi, thanks to its dedicated team of qualified professionals, extensive industry knowledge, and commitment to client success. Their expert tax auditors help clients stay compliant, reduce tax risks, and optimize their financial health through strategic auditing and consulting.

Key Services Offered by SC Bhagat & Co. SC Bhagat & Co. offers a range of tax auditing and related services designed to meet the unique needs of both individuals and businesses in Delhi:

Statutory Tax Audits SC Bhagat & Co. conducts thorough statutory tax audits to ensure clients meet legal requirements and minimize tax liabilities. Their expertise in Indian tax laws ensures every client is fully compliant with government regulations.

Internal Audits For businesses seeking to improve internal processes, SC Bhagat & Co. offers internal auditing services that identify areas of risk, improve financial accuracy, and enhance operational efficiency.

GST Audits GST compliance is critical for businesses in India, and SC Bhagat & Co. specializes in GST audits to ensure accurate filing and adherence to GST regulations. This minimizes the risk of penalties and provides peace of mind.

Income Tax Audits SC Bhagat & Co. offers comprehensive income tax audits for individuals and businesses, ensuring accurate filings and preventing potential issues with tax authorities.

Forensic Audits For clients requiring deeper analysis, SC Bhagat & Co. provides forensic audits to detect and address financial discrepancies, fraud, or irregularities within an organization.

Benefits of Working with SC Bhagat & Co. When you choose SC Bhagat & Co. as your tax auditor in Delhi, you gain access to a team that brings professionalism, in-depth knowledge, and dedication to every audit. Here are some reasons clients prefer SC Bhagat & Co.:

Industry Expertise: With years of experience in tax auditing and consulting, SC Bhagat & Co. provides services across various industries. Client-Centric Approach: The team at SC Bhagat & Co. takes time to understand each client's specific requirements, offering tailored solutions that best meet their needs. Timely and Efficient Services: Understanding the importance of meeting deadlines, SC Bhagat & Co. ensures timely audits and reporting. Confidentiality and Trust: They prioritize client confidentiality, ensuring all information is handled securely and professionally. Why Delhi Businesses and Individuals Choose SC Bhagat & Co. Delhi’s competitive business environment demands precision and reliability in tax matters. SC Bhagat & Co.’s commitment to excellence, coupled with their local expertise, makes them a preferred choice for tax audits in Delhi. Their clients range from small businesses to large corporations, as well as individuals seeking precise and trustworthy tax audit solutions.

Testimonials from Satisfied Clients Many of SC Bhagat & Co.'s clients have shared positive experiences, appreciating their professionalism and thorough approach. Here are a few testimonials:

“SC Bhagat & Co. has transformed our financial process. Their tax auditors identified several areas where we could reduce tax liabilities, helping us save significantly.”

“We’ve been working with SC Bhagat & Co. for years, and their expertise in GST audits has been invaluable. Highly recommended for any business in Delhi!”

Contact SC Bhagat & Co. for Expert Tax Auditing in Delhi If you're in need of reliable and professional tax auditing services in Delhi, SC Bhagat & Co. is here to help. Their team is ready to assist you with all your tax auditing needs, ensuring you meet compliance requirements and optimize your financial standing.