Audit Strategies & Tactics You need to explore tactics before you talk to the IRS. The IRS examines returns to determine the accuracy of your income and deductions. However, an audit is more than just an examination of your accounting books. It is an investigation of YOU! The IRS will often want to examine your […]
Assessments
An assessment is a formal lodging of the tax debt against a taxpayer on the records of the government. The following is a list of the Articles concerning Assessments:
What is a Return? What proof do I need of deductions?
Technically, a return is any taxpayer verification of income and deductions and an agreement with the IRS, or at least no contest from the IRS. The form that everyone files every year is one definition of a return, but it is not the only one. Many times, if you are already involved on an IRS […]
Why won’t the IRS help me?
Dealing with the IRS is made more frustrating by the complete lack of help you will receive from the IRS employees. The publications they print are hard-to-follow and offer no guidance. Any letter you receive from them is packed with methods to pay but little advice on how to fight. The reason for this is […]
How to eliminate your IRS tax debt
There are only 4 ways of eliminating your IRS debt: 1) Paying it, 2) Waiting until the statute of limitations for collection has expired, 3) Successfully presenting an Offer in Compromise or 4) Discharge in Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 Bankruptcy. Each of these carries positive and negative consequences to you. If you pay it, […]
IRS Procedures for Business Taxes
Business taxes are often not Income Taxes because a small business doesn’t usually pay Income Taxes. That is because many are either S Corporations or LLC’s. Thus, the entity could never be responsible for income taxes since the taxes are passed through to the owners. However, the tax typically imposed on S Corporations & LLC’s […]
