Lifecycle Of An Audit Case

The steps in an audit case may vary depending on the type of audit case.

The base product provides an audit case business object C1-AuditCase that includes a number of common steps.

The audit case is created in a Pending state to allow for any preparatory tasks prior to starting the audit.

When the audit process starts, the audit case goes to the Audit In Progress state. If suppression is applicable, the suppression is typically created and activated at this point. The audit case stays in this state until findings are identified. The most common result of an audit is a new assessment. This happens when either an existing tax form is audited or when the auditor creates an audit form for tax returns that the taxpayer failed to file.

The findings of the audit can be subjected to any required reviews and/or approvals while the audit case is in the Review In Progress state. If there are multiple review steps, a separate Review process can be created from the audit case. Refer to Creating Audit Case Reviews for more information on audit case reviews.

If the findings do not pass the review - e.g. the proposed audit assessment is incorrect - the audit case can go back to the Audit In Progress , so that the necessary changes can be made. The audit case can cycle through the Audit In Progress and Review In Progress states until the findings pass the reviews, in which case, the audit case goes to the Final Decision state.

Any related suppressions are released when the audit case is Closed .

Audit cases that are in the Pending , Audit In Progress or Review In Progress states can be Canceled . Audit case cancellation also cancels any related suppressions.

Refer to the C1-AuditCase business object metadata for an illustration of the audit case lifecycle.