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Originally Posted by Minte
I can tell you from experience the one audit you NEVER want to do is a HS/ICE I9 audit. What a scam. We got fined $44,300 for not dotting I's and crossing T's. After nearly 3 months of our attorneys haggling with them they dropped the fine to $37,000. When they hand delivered the *intent to fine* documents I asked the agent how they came up with a number like that. His answer was, that there is this matrix that they plug all the data in and out pops a fine. And people wonder why business people are not in love with the federal government. My daughter is the HR director for a very large international company that employees thousands of people. Many of them are scientists from around the world, here on education or work visas. They go through these I9's inspections often and the fines they pay are unreal. Some have been in the over $1m range.
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In a previous career I was involved with a major audit along those lines. The auditors completed their 'site inspection' work and were putting on their coats to leave when the company's own accountant decided to strike up a conversation with one of them about nonsense along the lines of 'so, how many audits do you guys do a week' as small talk.
It kept the auditors on site an extra 15-20 minutes while one of them chatted with the accountant and the others walked around looking things over while waiting to leave. The internal process to fire the company accountant was started the next day. No matter how clean your business is, when any auditor says 'Ok, I think we're all set, things look good' the only thing your company accountant should say is 'Thanks. Goodbye.'
