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Fresh Start Tax LLC is  a  tax specialty firm  the deals exclusively with IRS and state tax representation.

We have been in practice since 1982 and have an A+ rating by the Better Business Bureau.

We are the Affordable local South  Florida Professional Tax firm that gets results!

Hire Former IRS Agents, Managers and Tax Instructors who taught tax law at the local IRS.

We are a local South Florida tax firm that has been representing taxpayers in South Florida since 1982for all IRS tax matters and IRS Audit defense.

• On staff are Former IRS Auditors, Audit Managers and Audit Instructors with a combined 60 years IRS work experience in the local South Florida IRS offices.

We have worked as IRS auditors, IRS revenue agents, IRS appellate agents and IRS audit or instructors all in the South Florida IRS offices.

We taught Tax Law at the IRS.

We know the IRS systems  and procedures so we can  give you strong IRS tax representation.

If you are going through an IRS tax audit there is no better tax representation than you can get the people who actually know the systems, the protocols in the settlement formulas.

We have worked hundreds upon hundreds of IRS tax audit cases including IRS audit defense, IRS audits of individual , business and corporate tax returns

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We are a team of tax attorneys, certified public accountants, and former IRS agents and managers who worked right here out of the local South Florida IRS offices.

We have a cumulative 206 years of professional tax experience and over 60 years of working right here in the South Florida IRS offices.

Taxpayers Right for IRS Tax Audits

Most taxpayers do not know that they have tax rights during an IRS tax audit and to go in up unrepresented is foolish.

Keep in mind that an IRS agent has the right to expand the tax audit beyond the scope of the initial paperwork sent to the taxpayer and many times tax professionals can keep the IRS from going much deeper into a taxpayer or companies tax return.

The agent has the right to go three years back an additional time if they feel there are large omissions of income.

Taxpayer should have the best IRS audit defense and audit representation possible.

Whether it is an individual business or corporate tax return former IRS agents know the system.

Facts of Internal Revenue Service Tax Audits

The Internal Revenue Service audits 1.03% of all tax returns filed. That’s it, just over 1%

I would not recommend you play the IRS lottery game because of your tax return false out of the national standards you have an excellent chance of being audited by the Internal Revenue Service.

• Nationwide, the IRS audits 1.5 million tax returns per year, that includes both field audits and IRS mail correspondence audits.

• 359,000 are actually audited by local IRS agents and rest are by mail or correspondence tax audits.

• IRS collects $10.2 billion a year as a result of IRS audits by field agents and $5.2 billion a year by document matching programs.

• IRS collects over$5 billion from the matching program alone.

Most frequently asked Question – How far back can the IRS go to audit my return?

The IRS can include returns filed within the last three years in an audit.

additional tax years can be added if a substantial error is identified.

If a substantial error is identified, the IRS will not go back more than the last six years. Fraud however has no statute .

The IRS tries to audit tax returns as soon as possible after they are filed.

accordingly most audits will be of returns filed within the last two years.

Statute of Limitations on IRS Tax Audits

If an audit is for an older year, you may be requested to extend the statute of limitations for assessment of your tax return.

The statute of limitations limits the time allowed to assess additional tax.

The statute of limitations is generally three years after a return is due or was filed, whichever is later.
Refund Statutes – There is also a statute of limitations for making refunds.

If the audit is not resolved and the statute of limitations date is nearing, you may be asked to extend the statute of limitations date.

This will allow you additional time to provide further documentation to support your position, request an appeal if you do not agree with the audit results, or to claim a tax refund or credit.

It also allows the IRS time to complete the audit and provides time to process the audit results.

You do not have to agree to extend the statute of limitations date.

However, if you do not agree, the examiner will be forced to make a determination based upon the information they currently have.

therefore, the examiner may not be able to consider additional adjustments, such as expenses, that could lower the amount of tax due.

The IRS Tax Audit Selection Process, yes there is a strategy.

Selecting a return for audit does not always suggest that an error has been made.

Returns are selected using a variety of methods including:

Random selection and computer screening , sometimes returns are selected based solely on a statistical formula.

Document matching, when payor records, such as Forms W-2 or Form 1099, don’t match the information reported.

Related examinations, 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.

Sometimes tax returns are audited because spouses and ex-employees report findings to the Internal Revenue Service.

Your Rights During an IRS Tax Audit

These taxpayer rights include:

1. You have a right to professional and courteous treatment by IRS employees.
2. You have a right to privacy and confidentiality about tax matters.
3. You have a right to know why the IRS is asking for information, how the IRS will use it and what will happen if the requested information is not provided.
4. You have a right to representation, by oneself or an authorized representative.
5. You have a right to appeal disagreements, both within the IRS and before the courts.

A word of caution.

Make sure you file all paperwork with IRS on a timely basis and keep all records.

If you do not show up for a tax audit IRS will disallow all deductions and issue a tax deficiency notice.

If you fail to follow up on any IRS bills or IRS notices you receive IRS will definitively send out wage or bank levies and file the notice of Federal tax liens.

IRS TAX AUDIT DEFENSE – FORMER IRS – Miami Gardens, Aventura, Key Biscayne, North Miami