{"id":907,"date":"2025-07-17T21:36:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T21:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accountantsafb.com\/?p=907"},"modified":"2025-07-17T22:04:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T22:04:29","slug":"como-prepararte-para-una-auditoria-fiscal-exitosa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accountantsafb.com\/en\/2025\/07\/17\/como-prepararte-para-una-auditoria-fiscal-exitosa\/","title":{"rendered":"How to prepare for a successful tax audit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Understanding the tax audit process<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before any visit from the SAT, it is essential to know what is a tax audit<\/strong>. This is a detailed examination of your accounting and tax records to verify that your returns, receipts and financial information comply with current regulations. The auditor will review specific periods and request key documents, looking for inconsistencies or errors that could result in fines or penalties. Understanding this process reduces stress and allows you to anticipate requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Required documentation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Financial statements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Gathers the balance sheets<\/strong>The company's financial statements, income statements and cash flows for the last three fiscal years. Make sure they are signed and sealed, and that they reflect the company's actual transactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tax returns<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Includes all the monthly statements<\/strong> (VAT, withholding taxes, provisional income tax payments) and the annual statements<\/strong>. Chronologically order the acknowledgements of receipt and keep copies of the attachments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Digital Tax Receipts (CFDIs)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Group your CFDI of income and expenses in folders by year and month. Verify that each invoice has a valid digital seal and that the RFC data and amounts match your accounting records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contracts and supporting documentation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lease agreements, payroll, bank statements and import or export documents, if applicable. These supporting documents are essential to justify relevant items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pre-audit strategies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Monthly bank reconciliation<\/strong>Check your statements against your accounting records to avoid discrepancies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Policy review<\/strong>Validates that each policy contains date, folio and clear description of the operation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Inventory control<\/strong>physically adjust your inventory and record adjustments in the system.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Internal training<\/strong>Training your team on standard responses and handling of requests.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Communication and collaboration with the auditor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    • Designate a contact person: avoid confusing the auditor by sending information from different departments.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Provide space and equipment: set up an area with a table, chair and secure Internet access.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Document each delivery: note the date and time of the document packages you deliver.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Post-audit actions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      1. Analyze findings<\/strong>Review the audit report and classify observations as critical, medium and minor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. Action plan<\/strong>assigns responsible parties and correction dates for each finding.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      3. Continuous improvement<\/strong>documents lessons learned and updates procedures.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      4. Follow-up<\/strong>: schedules periodic internal reviews to ensure that corrections are maintained.<\/li>\n<\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Entender el proceso de auditor\u00eda fiscal Antes de cualquier visita del SAT, es fundamental conocer en qu\u00e9 consiste una auditor\u00eda fiscal. Se trata de un examen detallado de tus registros contables y fiscales para verificar que tus declaracio\u00adnes, comprobantes e informaci\u00f3n financiera cumplen con la normatividad vigente. El auditor revisar\u00e1 periodos espec\u00edficos y solicitar\u00e1 documentos […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/accountantsafb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/accountantsafb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/accountantsafb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accountantsafb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accountantsafb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/accountantsafb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":908,"href":"https:\/\/accountantsafb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907\/revisions\/908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accountantsafb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/accountantsafb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accountantsafb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accountantsafb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}