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Texas State Tax Audits - Scary Stories from the Comptroller's Office
Length: 1 Hour
The purpose is to educate CPAs on how to defend Texas state tax audits. Isreal has a unique perspective because before joining our firm, he served five years as a trial attorney for the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts where he personally handled over 1,700 cases and litigated over 850 of those cases. During his work at the Comptroller, he gained extensive experience working with taxpayers, taxpayer representatives, auditors, and other agency personnel to resolve disputed state tax issues and claims.
Objectives:
- What to do if you get a letter from the comptroller
- Overview of the auditing process
- Elements of an audit
- Procedures to obtain information
- Information to be released
- Cost of records
- Comptroller's decision
- Application of the law
Prerequisites: None
Special preparation: None
Isreal Miller
Isreal Miller focuses his practice on tax and estate planning. He advises clients on how to minimize estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes as well as how to implement and administer complex estate planning structures.
Isreal is Board Certified in Tax Law and Estate Planning & Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Financial Planner™ practitioner and Personal Financial Specialist.
Before going into private practice, Isreal served for five years as a trial attorney for the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, where he personally handled over 1,700 cases, including over 850 cases litigated at the State Office of Administrative Hearings. He has extensive experience collaborating with taxpayers, taxpayer representatives, auditors and other agency personnel to resolve disputed state tax issues and claims related to Texas franchise tax and sales and use tax. He also has experience handling unclaimed property claims and holder reports.
