Uncle Sam's Tax Audit Assistant, Bail Bond Industry Edition
Who Will Bail You Out Of Trouble When The IRS Comes For You?
Bail Bond businesses are generally operated on the cash basis method of accounting and are very cash intensive. Bail agents
often prefer to collect cash rather than checks, due to the nature of their clientele. Internal Revenue Service Audit Agents
have learned that gross receipts are usually 50% to 80% cash. Learn more...
Bail Bond businesses are generally operated on the cash basis method of accounting and are very cash intensive. Bail agents
often prefer to collect cash rather than checks, due to the nature of their clientele. Internal Revenue Service Audit Agents
have learned that gross receipts are usually 50% to 80% cash. In many states bail agents who write bail, whether acting in
their own behalf or for another agent, must be licensed. Thus, the first step for an Internal Revenue Service Audit Agent
will be to identify you with a listing from the state licensing agency. The IRS may contact the surety companies most commonly
used by bail agents in your district and request information relating to you. If necessary, The IRS will obtain a summons
to obtain the following information:
- Total Bail Premiums Earned
- Bond Costs Incurred
- BUF Payments made to the surety company
- Total interest accrued on the agents BUF account
- Withdrawals from the agents BUF account
- …And any other information held by the surety company.
The first indication that there was noncompliance in filing returns was observed by checking the filing records of persons
advertising in phone books. Of the names checked during a recent process, almost one third were non-filers. The Internal Revenue
Service advises its Auditors (due to the fact that bail bond businesses often have poor business records and because of the
degree of noncompliance in this industry) that it is necessary to make use of all internal resources and third party sources
of information, whenever possible, in order to have an effective audit. Interviewing the taxpayer will help determine to what
extent third-party resources will be needed, since the degree of internal control and the degree of the taxpayer’s involvement
in daily activities can be determined in the initial interview.
General Audit Issues:
- Gross Income
- Income From BUF Accounts
- Premium Income
- Reimbursed Expenses Collateral
- BUF Payment Deductions
- Tax Treatment of Bond Costs
- Change In Accounting Method
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Areas of Noncompliance 1-1
Third Party Records 1-1
- Chapter 2: An Overview of the Bail Business
- State Control 2-1
Bail Bond Defined 2-1
Types of Licenses 2-1
Transacting Bail 2-2
Surety Contracts 2-2
Subagents 2-3
- Chapter 3: Project Initiation
- Identifying the Target Population 3-1
Screening and Selection Process 3-2
- Chapter 4: Nature of Business
- General Attributes 4-1
Books and Records 4-1
Terminology 4-3
- Chapter 5: Applicable State Laws
- Chapter 6: Preliminary Audit Steps
- Introduction 6-1
Internal Sources of Information 6-1
Third Party Sources 6-2
Initial Interview 6-2
Required
Filing Checks 6-3
- Chapter 7: Primary Audit Issues
- Gross Income 7-1
Income From BUF Accounts 7-1
Premium Income 7-2
Reimbursed Expenses 7-3
Collateral 7-3
BUF Payment Deductions 7-4
Tax Treatment of Bond Costs 7-5
Change in Accounting Method 7-6
- Chapter 8: Establishing Fraud
- Understatement of Tax 8-1
Fraudulent Intent 8-2
- Chapter 9: Future Considerations 9-1
