A Few Things To Know About State of Illinois Sales Tax Enforcement and Audit Techniques for Small Businesses.

Most Illinois tax professionals can tell at a glance whether a small business is at risk for an Illinois sales tax audit. Here are some of the reasons. There have been ongoing changes in the work people do and the way in which they do it, which have been brought to the forefront do to changing technology. Covid, of course accelerated all of this, pushing us off of an edge into the world of "work from home" and dramatically changing the way people did their jobs before most of us had a chance … [Read more...]

One Law Firm’s Opinion: State of Illinois Department of Revenue at War With Tavern Owners. Wake Up Call to An Industry.

We have had a substantial increase in the owners and operators of Tavern's, Bar's and similar establishments coming to our office with the same complaint:  "The Illinois Department of Revenue has just presented me with an enormous bill for Sales Tax.  I'll never pay this.  They have just put me out of business.  What can I do?" Wake up call to an industry, we do a fair amount of work against the Illinois Department of Revenue, particularly through Administrative Hearings.  The word we are … [Read more...]