BUSINESS COMPLIANCE REVIEW
Your Next Step: Provide Your Business Documents
Your intake is complete. Now provide the applicable business, tax and compliance documents needed for your review through the designated secure client portal.
Business and Entity Documents
Provide the documents that apply:
- Business formation documents
- Articles of Organization or Incorporation
- Operating agreement, partnership agreement or bylaws, when relevant
- IRS EIN confirmation, when available
- IRS entity-election correspondence
- S corporation election documentation, when applicable
- State registration documents relevant to the review
- Documents showing significant ownership changes
Tax Return Filing History
Provide available copies of:
- Most recently filed federal business tax return
- Prior federal business tax returns relevant to your concerns
- State business tax returns
- Amended business returns, when applicable
- Extension records
- Federal estimated-tax payment records
- State estimated-tax payment records
If you believe a required return was never filed, identify the applicable tax year in your intake rather than creating a document that does not exist.
Payroll Records
If the business has or had employees, provide applicable records such as:
- Forms 941
- Forms 940
- Forms W-2
- Form W-3
- Payroll reports
- Federal payroll-tax payment records
- State payroll-tax filings
- State unemployment filings
- Payroll-related IRS or state notices
Contractor and Information-Return Records
If applicable, provide:
- Forms 1099 issued by the business
- Related information-return filing records
- Records showing contractor payments
- Notices related to Forms 1099 or information returns
Provide Any Relevant Tax Notices
If the business has received IRS or state correspondence related to the matters being reviewed, provide complete copies through the secure client portal.
Pay particular attention to notices involving:
- Missing returns
- Late filings
- Payroll taxes
- Information returns
- Entity classification
- Estimated taxes
- State registration
- Tax balances
- Collection activity
- Response deadlines
Providing a notice for review does not automatically expand this engagement to include notice response, collection work or representation.
Financial Records Relevant to the Review
When applicable, provide organized financial information that helps establish the business's filing and compliance history, such as:
- Profit and loss statements
- Balance sheets
- Year-end financial statements
- General ledger reports when directly relevant
- Owner/shareholder contribution records
- Owner/shareholder distribution records
- Officer compensation information
Do not provide unnecessary banking information unless specifically requested through the secure client process.
Your Business Compliance Review
Your $997 engagement covers one business entity within the established review and diagnostic scope.
The review is designed to identify key compliance findings, priorities and recommended next steps.
Preparation or correction of tax returns, payroll filings, W-2s, 1099s or other filings is not included.
Protect Your Tax Information
Your tax return and supporting documents may contain Social Security numbers, financial information and other sensitive taxpayer data.
Provide these documents only through the designated secure client portal. Do not send them through ordinary email.
What Happens After You Provide Your Documents?
1 — Document Review
We'll review the information and documents provided for the business.
2 — COMPLIANCE ANALYSIS
We'll identify key filing, reporting and business-tax compliance matters that appear to require attention.
3 — FINDINGS & NEXT STEPS
You'll receive your written Business Compliance Review findings identifying priorities and recommended next steps.
What If We Need Something Else?
If additional information or documentation is needed while preparing your return, Tax Control Group™ will contact you with the specific items required.
Use the client portal whenever requested information contains sensitive taxpayer or financial information.
Ready to Provide Your Business Documents?
Use the secure client portal to provide the documents needed for your Business Compliance Review.
