Delivering Value through these Sales & Use Tax and City of Los Angeles Business License Services: Audit Assistance & Appeals Representation: Minimizes the impact of state & local tax audit examinations at all stages, from pre-audit preparedness to formal appeals representation. Nexus Studies & Contractual Negotiations: Addresses your business' risk of unmet sales & use tax compliance responsibilities and related exposure for unpaid taxes. "No-name" negotiations with taxing agencies can often provide a means to mitigating these liabilities with considerable tax, interest and penalty savings. Transactional Analysis: Seeks to determine the taxability of specific transactions and to minimize their sales & use tax impact. Property & equipment acquisitions, asset sales, leases, ecommerce, drop-shipments, and many other business transactions can have significant sales & use tax costs. Clients often enjoy considerable reduction or even elimination of these costs through transactional analysis & structure planning. Refund Analysis: Designed to help your business capitalize on opportunities to reclaim sales & use taxes overpaid to states, local governments, and vendors. Merger & Acquisition Assistance: Assesses the sales & use tax implications of business sales and other reorganizations. This provides clients with the opportunity to plan for and mitigate the sales & use tax impact of these transactions. Operations Review & Exposure Analysis: In-depth analysis of your business to uncover opportunities for refunds or prospective savings, risks of sales & use tax exposure, and other state & local tax issues warranting attention.