It is true that money doesn't come out of thin air, but it doesn't always get passed on. I worked at a place that had some billing issues. It wasn't cheap to correct, but it was the correct thing to do. Where did the money come from? Out of the next few months of profits. Things were tight, but customers were happy.

If there were regulations forcing an expensive audit, I'm sure we would have built that into the cost of business and passed it on - but not the results of our mistakes.