Inside the Auditor’s Playbook: How FDOR Selects Businesses for Audit

People assume audit selection is random, or worse, that it’s driven by an anonymous tip or a disgruntled ex-employee. In thirty years on both sides of the table, I’ve seen those things happen exactly a handful of times. The truth is far less dramatic and far more systematic. Florida DOR doesn’t wake up one morning […]

10 Red Flags a Former FDOR Auditor Looks for Before an Audit Even Starts

Every auditor develops a mental checklist within the first few years on the job. Mine came from Deloitte & Touche, the IRS, and finally the Florida Department of Revenue, where I spent years on the other side of the table before I ever represented a taxpayer. That checklist doesn’t disappear once you stop being an […]