Service 02 · Businesses
Voluntary Disclosure Agreements
Resolve past exposure on your terms.
Discovering unregistered tax obligations is stressful, and the instinct is to wait. Waiting usually costs more. A voluntary disclosure agreement lets you approach a state anonymously, negotiate a limited lookback period, and settle historical liability with penalties waived. Those terms disappear once the state contacts you first.
What's included.
Exposure quantification
A state-by-state analysis of when nexus began, what was taxable, and the realistic liability, so you can decide with real numbers in front of you.
Anonymous negotiation
We approach each state on a no-name basis, secure the lookback and penalty terms in writing, and only then disclose your identity.
Schedule preparation
We prepare historical returns and spreadsheets to each state's VDA specifications and review them before submitting anything.
Registration & transition
Once the agreement is executed, we register you prospectively and fold the new states into your ongoing compliance calendar.
Our approach
Every VDA starts with one question: is disclosure the right move for you? We model the exposure before answering it. When disclosure makes sense, we run the negotiation, the paperwork, and the payment plan end to end.
The outcome
Historical exposure becomes a fixed, known cost, usually three or four years of tax with penalties waived, and a clean slate going forward.
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