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Fresh Start Tax

 

There are different IRS tax debt relief programs, call former IRS agents and hear the truth on all the settlement options, since 1982.

 

We are a local tax firm that has then representing people in South Florida Since 1982, Former IRS Agents who Know the system. HEAR THE TRUTH. We worked out of the local Florida IRS offices.

954-492-0088, Free Consults /true tax  Experts.

 

We will review your current financial statement and go over the different IRS tax debt relief programs and options to best settle your case and give you the best possible tax defense to get IRS off your back. You will let our years of experience be your best ally in the help settle your tax problem and tax debt with the Internal Revenue Service.

You should know that before IRS works any collection case all tax returns must be filed and current  on the IRS computer system. We can prepare all back returns if necessary and prepare tax returns with or without records.

Our former former IRS agent audit managers are experts in tax reconstruction.

There is a very exacting process to eliminate your IRS problem and we know the system.

We will walk through all the programs to see what programs you qualify. We can go over all your options to qualify for relief.

We are an Affordable professional tax firm that can offer you a free initial tax consultation and walk you through the process if you have a back balance due the Internal Revenue Service.

If you have balance due on back taxes and are looking to set up a payment agreement, file firm offer in compromise to settle your back tax debt or you need to file back tax returns, call us today for a free initial tax consultation.

When you call our office you will speak to a true IRS tax expert who can talk to you about different ways to handle owing back taxes to the Internal Revenue Service. The new fresh start program offers options not previously available.

FST IRS Experience:

We have worked out of the local, district, and regional tax offices of the Internal Revenue Service. We are true IRS Experts in the area of IRS tax settlement services

We have over 206 years of professional tax experience and over 95 years of working directly for the Internal Revenue Service we are true tax Experts that understand all the methodologies to resolve your IRS problem.

Different Ways the IRS dispose of Tax Debt Cases for Back Taxes?

The 5 ways or IRS programs for IRS Tax Debt, 95% of all IRS collection cases close in one of these fashions.

1. By Payment in full,

2. By monthly Payments,

3. By the Acceptance of an offer in compromise, (this is how your completely eliminate the tax debt)

4. By statue expiration. (this is how your completely eliminate the tax debt)

5. For those who cannot pay their debt IRS has a non-collectible or hardship program.

 

Upon your initial free tax consultation we will walk through the various programs and let you know the easiest way to resolve your back tax debt.

 

The most important aspect of working tax debt cases is completely dependent on the individual or business financial statements.It is the most important factor.
Your current documented financial statement determines all.

IRS uses a very simple formula to determine their settlement process. When you call our office we will explain the process and the system to you.

It is all about your assets and your income and your current necessary living expenses. There is a very specific formula.

IRS only allows certain expenses that are considered necessary living expenses. For more, you can look to the necessary standards used by the Internal Revenue Service.

There are charts available on what IRS allows. Anything not on those charts are disallowed and this is what trips out most taxpayers.

A simple review of your current financial statement and we can let you know the different programs you may be eligible for.

You will need to complete form 433F or form 433A for us to make a current determination. IRS will only use their financial statements. You must turn in a completely accurate financial statement. You can find that form on our website. Go to our homepage and click on IRS forms.

 

It is critically important to know that you cannot pay less taxes unless you qualify for the offer in compromise program.

IRS has a very specific formula that they use to compute the offer in compromise.

The only way you can pay less tax is through the offer in compromise program. There is also an IRS pre-qualifier form.

I have over 40 years in this industry and it is critical if you want to settle your tax debt for the lowest possible amount you should go to true tax professionals.

Important information from the IRS

If you need help with your tax preparation call us and we can have a staff of Experts accountants and tax preparers complete all returns with or without records.

Also, beware that many times the Internal Revenue Service want to make sure you are current in your withholding tax or your estimated tax payments are they will not close your work your case until you become fully compliant.

Beware of IRS tax settlement services companies.

Many have checkered pasts. you really have to do your due diligence before selecting a company who will represent you if you owe money to the IRS for back taxes.

We have been in this industry for a long time there are many good companies in as many bad tax settlement service companies.

For you to evaluate in IRS tax settlement service company you must ask to speak directly to the person who will be working your case.

Generally, when you call a tax services company, you are speaking to what is called a closer. That person is a salesman and will actually bill you and charge you for the services then your case gets passed down the line.

When you call fresh start tax, you will speak directly to the person who works your case and that person can give you a true evaluation on how and if IRS will accept an IRS tax settlement .

All IRS tax settlement service firms and companies are different. Check out the BBB rating and make sure you have a true tax professional working your case.

I suggest you always hire someone who’s worked at the IRS because they are aware of the methodologies required to get your offer in compromise through the system.
Other ways to Solve Back IRS Taxes Debt or Back Tax Issues, You will qualify for different types of relief.

These are your Options on the various programs:

As a general rule, you may apply for hardships, payment agreements or settle for an offer in compromise to settle your debt for pennies on the dollar.

We will review with you your financial statement and let you know what the lowest possible settlement IRS will accept. 40% of all persons that owe back taxes are an issue into a hardship or are currently not collectible status and 6.5 million taxpayers enter into annual payment agreements.

With these programs you will not pay less tax. These programs are designed to keep IRS off your back.

The other way to pay less tax is for the ten-year statute of limitation to run out and your debt will be written off by the Internal Revenue Service.

If you want to file an offer in compromise I thought you’d like to know what the statistics are.

Last year over 78,000 offers in compromise/IRS tax debt settlement were filed by taxpayers and over 38% of those were accepted for an average of $6500 per case. Approximately 40,000 taxpayers last year paid less tax.

At the current time, there are 7500 cases in the offer queue. The average wait time is nine months. There are not enough IRS employees to work the current inventory.

Keep in mind this is a national average in your case is completely dependent on your individual financial statement.

We will not file for an offer in compromise unless you are a true candidate for the program. You must qualify.

There is a pre-qualifier tool to find out if you are a settlement candidate for income or business tax debt.

Upon your initial tax consultation, we’ll let you know if you are eligible to have an accepted offer in compromise by the Internal Revenue Service.

Due to the new fresh start tax initiative Internal Revenue Service had made it easier to file for the program. However, this program is not for everybody.

Everyone wants to settle with IRS but there is a very specific format and methodology that must be followed.

There are many myths about the pennies on the dollar program so you need to hear the truth before spending any money.

There are many firms that take your money and then let you know after the fact you are not qualified. you need to know beforehand whether you have a fighting chance. Being a former IRS agent employee gives you a huge advantage of having the review your offer in compromise to settle your tax debt.

At our firm, we will take no clients money until we are no they are a true candidate for the settlement program.

There are many myths about the offer in compromise so IRS in their great wisdom provides a pre-qualifier tool to find out if taxpayers are eligible for the offer in compromise program so taxpayers do not give their hard-earned money to unsuspecting tax firms promising tax settlement s.

The Offer in Compromise + Through the New Fresh Start Tax Program Initiative

If you have any questions or issues about the offer in compromise program to settle or negotiate your debt for pennies on the dollar, call us today and we will review your case to let you know if you are a qualified and suitable candidate.

The IRS spends a lot of due diligence before they accept an offer in compromise.

It is possible for the IRS to spend over 20-40 hours working an offer in compromise.

IRS uses the Accuriant search engine, Google in a variety of other searches to check on assets and histories of taxpayers and businesses. You want to make sure you are accurate and truthful on your financial statement. The Internal Revenue Service spends a lot of time doing due diligence before they accept an offer in compromise.

The higher the dollar case the greater the due diligence. Many people ask why is this process not that simple. The answer is this, all accepted offers in compromise are a matter of public record for one year in the regional office where the offer was accepted.

The Internal Revenue Service does all that it can to make sure there is a matter of consistency within the offer in compromise program if not still be a tremendous public outcry.

One base rule for the offer in compromise program. IRS is only concerned about your income and assets. This includes your equity in your home, pension plans are IRA’s.

One nice thing about the IRS accepting your offer in compromise is that once you meet the terms of the settlement they will release your federal tax lien.

Below you will find out what you need to know about the offer in compromise program.

Beginning immediately,

The IRS will return any newly filed Offer in Compromise application where the taxpayer has not filed all required tax returns. The internal revenue service will immediately reject your offer in compromise. Any fees included with the OIC will also be returned.

This new policy does not apply to current year tax returns if there is a valid extension on the file.

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• Ability to pay; how many who’s a knows the game this week the main game

• Income;

• Expenses; and

• Asset equity.

IRS will generally approve an offer in compromise when the amount offered represents the most we can expect to collect within a reasonable period of time.

Right now that is approx. 9 months

Make sure you are eligible for the offer in compromise to settle your back IRS tax debt.

Before IRS can consider your offer, you must be current with all filing and payment requirements.

You are not eligible if you are in an open bankruptcy proceeding.

Submit your offer in compromise to settle your IRS tax debt.

You’ll find step-by-step instructors and all the forms for submitting an offer in the Offer in Compromise Booklet, Form 656-B (PDF). Your completed offer package will include:

• Form 433-A (OIC) (individuals) or 433-B (OIC) (businesses) and all required documentation as specified on the forms;

• Form 656(s) – individual and business tax debt (Corporation/ LLC/ Partnership) must be submitted on separate Form 656;

• $186 application fee (non-refundable); and

• Initial payment (non-refundable) for each Form 656.

Select a payment option on an IRS offer settlement

Your initial payment will vary based on your offer and the payment option you choose:

 

• Lump Sum Cash:

Submit an initial payment of 20 percent of the total offer amount with your application. Wait for written acceptance, then pay the remaining balance of the offer in five or fewer payments.

• Periodic Payment:(most common)

Submit your initial payment with your application. Continue to pay the remaining balance in monthly installments while the IRS considers your offer. If accepted, continue to pay monthly until it is paid in full.

If you meet the Low-Income Certification guidelines, you do not have to send the application fee or the initial payment and you will not need to make monthly installments during the evaluation of your offer.

Understand the process to settle your tax debt on an IRS settlement offer to pay less tax

While your offer to pay less taxes is being evaluated:

• Your non-refundable payments and fees will be applied to the tax liability (you may designate payments to a specific tax year and tax debt);

• A Notice of Federal Tax Lien may be filed;

• Other collection activities are suspended;

• The legal assessment and collection period is extended;

• Make all required payments associated with your offer;

• You are not required to make payments on an existing installment agreement; and

• Your offer is automatically accepted if the IRS does not make a determination within two years of the IRS receipt date.

Call us today for free initial tax consultation and speak to a true IRS tax expert who will walk you through the process of how to negotiate with IRS over back taxes and see if you qualify to pay less taxes for an IRS tax settlement.

When you call our office you will hear the truth. The local tax experts for those owing back IRS taxes.

 

IRS Tax Debt Relief Programs + Speak To Former IRS Agents + Hear all Options = Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Aventura, Boca Raton, Palm Beaches + South Florida

Help With IRS Tax Problems + Free Consults + Levy, Garnishment, Audit, Back Tax Returns + Ft.Lauderdale, Miami, Aventura, Palm Beaches, Boca Raton

Fresh Start Tax

There are Different Ways to Solve Back IRS Tax Debt Problems when Owing Back Taxes to the IRS, there are OPTIONS!

 

Since 1982, Former IRS Agents who Know the system. HEAR THE TRUTH to get HELP with IRS Problems.

 Free Consults w/ Experts 954-492-0088

We will review with you the various examinations to help, get rid of, relieve or eliminate you of your current IRS Tax Debt obligations on IRS Back Taxes.

We can file all back taxes as well. All tax returns must be filed before IRS will close your case. IRS uses different collection methods to make sure  all tax returns are filed.

An important note of interest is if you do not file your tax returns IRS may file them under 6020 B of the Internal Revenue Code.

There is a very exacting process to eliminate your IRS problem and we know the system. IRS does not leave their system of resolution up in the year. We will review with you their definitive process so you understand exactly how IRS is going to resolve your case.

We will walk through all the programs to see what programs you qualify. We can go over all your options to qualify for relief.

We are an Affordable professional tax firm that can offer you a free initial tax consultation and walk you through the process if you have a back balance due the Internal Revenue Service.

If you have balance due on back taxes and are looking to set up a payment agreement, file firm offer in compromise to settle your back tax debt or you need to file back tax returns, call us today for a free initial tax consultation.

Help With IRS Tax Problems + Free Consults + Levy, Garnishment, Audit, Back Tax Returns + Ft.Lauderdale, Miami, Aventura, Palm Beaches, Boca Raton

FST IRS Experience:

We have worked out of the local, district, and regional tax offices of the Internal Revenue Service. We are true IRS Experts in the area of IRS tax settlement services

We have over 206 years of professional tax experience and over 95 years of working directly for the Internal Revenue Service we are true tax Experts that understand all the methodologies to resolve your IRS problem.

 

How does IRS close out  Tax Debt Cases for Back Taxes?

 

The 5 ways or programs for IRS Tax Debt

1. By Payment in full,

2. By smoothly Payments,

3. By the Acceptance of an offer in compromise, (this is how your completely eliminate the tax debt)

4. By statue expiration. (this is how your completely eliminate the tax debt)

5. For those who cannot pay their debt IRS has a non-collectible or hardship program.Sometime this program is called currently not collectible. IRS can show your case and then review it in 2 to 3 years.

Upon your initial free tax consultation we will walk through the various programs and let you know the easiest way to resolve your back tax debt.

The most important aspect of working tax debt cases is completely dependent on the individual or business financial statements.It is the most important factor.
Your current documented financial statement determines all.

IRS uses a very simple formula to determine their settlement process. When you call our office we will explain the process and the system to you.

It is all about your assets and your income and your current necessary living expenses. There is a very specific formula.

IRS only allows certain expenses that are considered necessary living expenses. For more, you can look to the necessary standards used by the Internal Revenue Service.

There are charts available on what IRS allows. Anything not on those charts are disallowed and this is what trips out most taxpayers.

A simple review of your current financial statement and we can let you know the different programs you may be eligible for.

You will need to complete form 433F or form 433A for us to make a current determination. IRS will only use their financial statements. You must turn in a completely accurate financial statement.

It is critically important to know that you cannot pay less taxes unless you qualify for the offer in compromise program.

 

IRS has a very specific formula that they use to compute the offer in compromise. IRS also has a pre-qualifier tool.

That can be found on our website.

The only way you can pay less tax is through the offer in compromise program. There is also an IRS pre-qualifier form.

I have over 40 years in this industry and it is critical if you want to settle your tax debt for the lowest possible amount you should go to true tax professionals.

Important information from the IRS

 

If you need help with your tax preparation call us and we can have a staff of Experts accountants and tax preparers complete all returns with or without records.

Also, beware that many times the Internal Revenue Service want to make sure you are current in your withholding tax or your estimated tax payments are they will not close your work your case until you become fully compliant.

Beware of IRS tax settlement services companies. Many have checkered pasts.

We have been in this industry for a long time there are many good companies in as many bad tax settlement service companies. For you to evaluate in IRS tax settlement service company you must ask to speak directly to the person who will be working your case.

Generally, when you call a tax services company, you are speaking to what is called a closer. That person is a salesman and will actually bill you and charge you for the services then your case gets passed down the line.

When you call fresh start tax, you will speak directly to the person who works your case and that person can give you a true evaluation on how and if IRS will accept an IRS tax settlement .

All IRS tax settlement service firms and companies are different. Check out the BBB rating and make sure you have a true tax professional working your case.

I suggest you always hire someone who’s worked at the IRS because they are aware of the methodologies required to get your offer in compromise through the system.

Other ways to Solve Back IRS Taxes Debt or Back Tax Issues, You will qualify for different types of relief.

These are your Options

As a general rule, you may apply for hardships, payment agreements or settle for an offer in compromise to settle your debt for pennies on the dollar.

We will review with you your financial statement and let you know what the lowest possible settlement IRS will accept. 40% of all persons that owe back taxes are an issue into a hardship or are currently not collectible status and 6.5 million taxpayers enter into annual payment agreements.

With these programs you will not pay less tax. These programs are designed to keep IRS off your back.

The other way to pay less tax is for the ten-year statute of limitation to run out and your debt will be written off by the Internal Revenue Service.

If you want to file an offer in compromise I thought you’d like to know what the statistics are.

Last year over 78,000 offers in compromise/IRS tax debt settlement were filed by taxpayers and over 38% of those were accepted for an average of $6500 per case. Approximately 40,000 taxpayers last year paid less tax.

At the current time, there are 7500 cases in the offer queue. The average wait time is nine months. There are not enough IRS employees to work the current inventory.

Keep in mind this is a national average in your case is completely dependent on your individual financial statement.

We will not file for an offer in compromise unless you are a true candidate for the program. You must qualify.

There is a pre-qualifier tool to find out if you are a settlement candidate for income or business tax debt.

Upon your initial tax consultation, we’ll let you know if you are eligible to have an accepted offer in compromise by the Internal Revenue Service.

Due to the new fresh start tax initiative Internal Revenue Service had made it easier to file for the program. However, this program is not for everybody.

Everyone wants to settle with IRS but there is a very specific format and methodology that must be followed.

There are many myths about the pennies on the dollar program so you need to hear the truth before spending any money.

There are many firms that take your money and then let you know after the fact you are not qualified. you need to know beforehand whether you have a fighting chance. Being a former IRS agent employee gives you a huge advantage of having the review your offer in compromise to settle your tax debt.

At our firm, we will take no clients money until we are no they are a true candidate for the settlement program.

There are many myths about the offer in compromise so IRS in their great wisdom provides a pre-qualifier tool to find out if taxpayers are eligible for the offer in compromise program so taxpayers do not give their hard-earned money to unsuspecting tax firms promising tax settlement s.

The Offer in Compromise + Through the New Fresh Start Tax Initiative

 

If you have any questions or issues about the offer in compromise program to settle or negotiate your debt for pennies on the dollar, call us today and we will review your case to let you know if you are a qualified and suitable candidate.

The IRS spends a lot of due diligence before they accept an offer in compromise.

It is possible for the IRS to spend over 20-40 hours working an offer in compromise.

IRS uses the Accuriant search engine, Google in a variety of other searches to check on assets and histories of taxpayers and businesses.

You want to make sure you are accurate and truthful on your financial statement.

The higher the dollar case the greater the due diligence. Many people ask why is this process not that simple. The answer is this, all accepted offers in compromise are a matter of public record for one year in the regional office where the offer was accepted.

The Internal Revenue Service does all that it can to make sure there is a matter of consistency within the offer in compromise program if not still be a tremendous public outcry.

One base rule for the offer in compromise program. IRS is only concerned about your income and assets. this includes your equity in your home, pension plans are IRA’s.

One nice thing about the IRS accepting your offer in compromise is that once you meet the terms of the settlement they will release your federal tax lien.

Below you will find out what you need to know about the offer in compromise program.

Beginning immediately,

The IRS will return any newly filed Offer in Compromise application where the taxpayer has not filed all required tax returns. The internal revenue service will immediately reject your offer in compromise. Any fees included with the OIC will also be returned.

This new policy does not apply to current year tax returns if there is a valid extension on the file.

When IRS determines that they will settle with you, IRS will consider your unique set of facts and circumstances:

• Ability to pay;

• Income;

• Expenses; and

• Asset equity.

IRS will generally approve an offer in compromise when the amount offered represents the most we can expect to collect within a reasonable period of time.

Right now that is approx. 9 months

Make sure you are eligible for the offer in compromise to settle your back IRS tax debt.

Before IRS can consider your offer, you must be current with all filing and payment requirements.

You are not eligible if you are in an open bankruptcy proceeding.

Use the Offer in Compromise Pre-Qualifier to confirm your eligibility and prepare a preliminary proposal.
Submit your offer in compromise to settle your IRS tax debt

You’ll find step-by-step instructors and all the forms for submitting an offer in the Offer in Compromise Booklet, Form 656-B (PDF). Your completed offer package will include:

• Form 433-A (OIC) (individuals) or 433-B (OIC) (businesses) and all required documentation as specified on the forms;

• Form 656(s) – individual and business tax debt (Corporation/ LLC/ Partnership) must be submitted on separate Form 656;

• $186 application fee (non-refundable); and

• Initial payment (non-refundable) for each Form 656.

Select a payment option on an IRS offer settlement

Your initial payment will vary based on your offer and the payment option you choose:

• Lump Sum Cash:

Submit an initial payment of 20 percent of the total offer amount with your application. Wait for written acceptance, then pay the remaining balance of the offer in five or fewer payments.

• Periodic Payment:(most common)

Submit your initial payment with your application. Continue to pay the remaining balance in monthly installments while the IRS considers your offer. If accepted, continue to pay monthly until it is paid in full.

If you meet the Low-Income Certification guidelines, you do not have to send the application fee or the initial payment and you will not need to make monthly installments during the evaluation of your offer.

 

Understand the process to settle your tax debt on an IRS settlement offer to pay less tax

 

While your offer to pay less taxes is being evaluated:

• Your non-refundable payments and fees will be applied to the tax liability (you may designate payments to a specific tax year and tax debt);

• A Notice of Federal Tax Lien may be filed;

• Other collection activities are suspended;

• The legal assessment and collection period is extended;

• Make all required payments associated with your offer;

• You are not required to make payments on an existing installment agreement; and

• Your offer is automatically accepted if the IRS does not make a determination within two years of the IRS receipt date.

Call us today for free initial tax consultation and speak to a true IRS tax expert who will walk you through the process of how to negotiate with IRS over back taxes and see if you qualify to pay less taxes for an IRS tax settlement.

When you call our office you will hear the truth. The local tax experts for those owing back IRS taxes.

With over 200 years of dealing in IRS tax problems, we know every system that IRS can have and we can manage your case effectively.

 

Help With IRS Tax Problems + Free Consults + Levy, Garnishment, Audit, Back Tax Returns + Ft.Lauderdale, Miami, Aventura, Palm Beaches, Boca Raton

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

Fresh Start Tax

Affordable – IRS AUDIT DEFENSE   954-492-0088, Former IRS Agents who know the system, Since 1982.

 

Do not be bullied by the IRS, fight back with former IRS Agents that know the system.

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

 

Our Professional Team of Affordable Experts

 

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