Category: Taxes & IRS Audits

The final kind of IRS audit—the field audit—is the most deadly. The name refers to the fact that it takes place outside the IRS offices.

There are some definite dos and don’ts in dealing with an auditor. This section explores how to handle an IRS auditor.

businesses are concerned with federal taxes, but very few realize many states also have state and local taxes that may affect their business.

For the most part, Uncle Sam doesn’t care whether your income is from self-employment, wages, investments, or organized crime. If it’s income, it is taxable.

The appeals mission is to resolve tax controversies, without litigation, on a basis which is fair and impartial.

The IRS knows well the truth of the words of a Supreme Court Justice that “a person can be defined by the checks he writes.”

If the revenue agent is not satisfied with what you have provided the IRS may issue something called a summons.

You are entitled to a copy of almost everything in your IRS auditor’s file under the Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA.