RAR / Amended Return Compliance Service

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RAR/Amended Return Compliance Service

The Rowley Group’s Revenue Agent’s Report (“RAR”)/Amended Return Compliance Service provides you with a comprehensive solution to state tax reporting resulting from the settlement of your federal tax audit.

The end of the federal tax audit signals the start of the state RAR compliance burden. RAR filing deadlines are short and interfere with your busy day-to-day schedule.

We manage the entire RAR process for you from start to finish to guarantee that your returns are prepared and reviewed by experienced state tax professionals. We perform the necessary due diligence to understand the project scope. Our team will review and collect pertinent source documents and past state filings to ensure a comprehensive and customized service deliverable to you. The Rowley Group’s RAR Compliance Service is offered as a stand-alone service, or in conjunction with our State Income & Franchise Tax Recovery Service to identify potential refund opportunities and tax minimization strategies.

Our detailed turn-key process includes:

• Consulting and planning prior to audit settlement to limit the scope of state filings and/or impact of adjustments
• Establishing the state filing deadlines of the RARs
• Preparing a summary of RAR issues by legal entity
• Determining last liabilities of state record for reporting federal adjustments
• A comprehensive analysis of RAR issues to identify all potential tax savings
• Identifying and substantiating additional issues to reduce the tax liability
• Calculating interest on state assessments as a result of the federal changes
• Preparing complete, amended state income tax returns and notification letters
• Providing file copies, filing and payment instructions, complete with mailing envelopes for certified, return-receipt requested filings
• A review of adjustments and correspondence received from states
• Follow-up with the Departments of Revenue
• Recommendations to resolve disputed adjustment