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Washington “Zapper” Criminal Prosecution – Use of Zapper May Have Tipped off Auditors to Unreported Cash Sales

February 25, 2016 by Martin Silver

The Department of Revenue announced on its website on February 5, 2016, that the state had filed charges against the owner of Facing East, a Bellevue restaurant, alleging among other charges the use of sales suppression software to hide cash transactions, and “pocketing  nearly $395,000 in sales tax collected from her patrons.” Revenue has for… CONTINUE

Filed Under: State Audits, State Tax News, Tax News Tagged With: audit, criminal prosecution, detection, sales suppression software, zapper

About Martin Silver, P.S.

Licensed to practice before the U.S. Tax Court and Washington State and Federal Courts.

Widely recognized authority and lecturer in State, Local and IRS tax matters.

Author of Washington Taxes: Representing Taxpayers Before the Washington Department of Revenue (Butterworth Publishing, 1992), and numerous articles.

"AV" rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the nation's most recognized legal directory.

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