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What is an IRS or State Tax Return audit?
An IRS audit is a examination of an organization’s or individual’s accounts and financial information to ensure information is being reported correctly, according to the tax laws, to verify the amount of tax reported is accurate.
Why you may have been selected to a IRS or State Tax Audit
Selecting a federal or state tax return for audit does not always suggest that an error has been made.
Tax returns are selected using a variety of methods including:
1. Random selection and computer screening, sometimes returns are selected based solely on a statistical formula.
2. Document matching ,when payor records, such as Forms W-2 or Form 1099, don’t match the information reported.
3. Related examinations, tax returns may be selected for audit when they involve issues or transactions with other taxpayers, such as business partners or investors, whose returns were selected for audit.
4. You may have been turned in by a third party such as a spouse or employee.
5. Some time is it a cross reference audit, example of this is a corporate return is being audited in the IRS or state feels the individual’s tax return should be altered as well.
6. Your tax return has fallen out of the national norms.
IRS or State Tax Return Audit Methods
An audit may be conducted by mail or through an in-person interview and review of the taxpayer’s records.
The interview may be at an IRS or State office (office audit) or at the taxpayer’s home, place of business, or accountant’s office (field audit).
The IRS/State will tell you what records are needed.
Audits can result in no changes or changes. Any proposed changes to your return will be explained.
IRS & State Tax Return Audit Notification
Should your account be selected for audit, you will be notified in two ways:
1. By mail, or
2. By telephone
In the case of a telephone contact, the IRS will still send a letter confirming the audit. E-mail notification is not used by the IRS or the State at this time.
Your Rights During an IRS or State Tax Audit
Publication 1, Your Rights as a Taxpayer, explains your rights as a taxpayer as well as the examination, appeal, collection, and refund processes.
These rights include:
- A right to professional and courteous treatment by IRS/State employees.
- A right to privacy and confidentiality about tax matters.
- A right to know why the IRS/State is asking for information, how the IRS /State will use it and what will happen if the requested information is not provided.
- A right to representation, by oneself or an authorized representative.
- A right to appeal disagreements, both within the IRS/State and before the courts.
Usual Tax Audit Lengths
The length of each audit varies depending on the type of audit, the complexity of items being reviewed, the availability of information being requested, the availability of both parties for scheduling of meetings and your agreement.
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