Tax Records
Forensic Evidence
Property tax records provide evidence forensic in nature. Property includes assets and income, taxable or exempt, and records themselves.
A
card
issued by Social Security, for example, is record reqired for personal exemption and standard deduction.
Common tax deductions and business tax deductions must be purchased and a cash receipt is required.
Why Records?
Tax returns are subject to
audit
for three years. Bank statements that log income and disbursements, a cash receipt for purchases, a depreciation schedule detailing depreciation and depletion allowances and a paper and pencil mileage log all support facts reported on tax return.
Records will, - verify name and tax id number of exemptions,
- support adjustments to gross income,
- support deductions to taxable income, and
- help to break even in a tax audit.
Records are personal property, not transferable for tax purposes.
Without records, audit day is doomsday! Pose a tax
question
or concern about reoords.
Return From Tax Records To TAX PREPARATION
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