Continued from our prior blog post. The Most Common IRS Red Flags that could trigger a Tax Audit: 16. Claiming 100% business use of a vehicle – When you depreciate a car, you have to list on IRS Form 4562 of what percentage of its use during the year that…
TAX AUDIT – DO IT SMOOTH It is not uncommon for the IRS to conduct a tax audit on a company any uncalled day. The very news that the IRS would be paying a visit can cause undue, unnecessary stress for any individual/ organization. While a tax audit is just routine procedure conducted…
IRS Audit Overview Pre-audit Analysis An in-depth pre-audit analysis is essential to conducting a quality examination. IRS Examiners, Revenue Agents, should prepare a comparative analysis of the taxpayer’s returns for multiple years to assist in the identification of: • large, unusual and questionable items, • missing schedules, statements and/or elections…
First and foremost, you must respond to any IRS Notice. If you receive a letter or notice from the IRS, it will explain the reason for the correspondence and provide specific instructions. Many of these letters and notices can be dealt with simply, without having to call or visit an…
Do you owe back Taxes? Did you receive an audit letter from the IRS? First, do not to panic. The IRS uses various letters to communicate with taxpayers about IRS back taxes and IRS tax audits. As with most IRS communications, there are strict deadlines associated with these letters that…
Employment and Payroll Tax Audit & Examination: The IRS announced its plan to audit the first 6,000 employment tax audits and small business will be their audit target. The IRS will start examining 2,000 companies every year over the next 3 years. The IRS will utilize its audit findings to…
What are your chances for being audited? IRS’s 2008 data book provides some clues IR 2009-22 Mike Habib, EA Tax Relief & Tax Problem Resolution IRS has issued its annual data book, which provides statistical data on its fiscal year (FY) 2008 activities. As this article explains, the data book…
TIGTA assesses how well IRS Examination function scrutinizes all open tax periods during audits [Audit Report No. 2009-30-034]: IRS Examination function employees do not always appropriately inspect and examine prior and/or subsequent year tax returns when warranted, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) said in a new audit.…
IRS OKs use of one property to engineer a reverse and forward like-kind swap Chief Counsel Advice 200836024 In Chief Counsel Advice (CCA), IRS has given its blessing to the use of one property to engineer both a completed reverse like kind exchange and an attempted forward like kind exchange.…
IRS Tax Help by Mike Habib, EA UNFILED BACK TAX RETURNS Do you have back tax returns that are Unfiled? Are you missing the records and forms necessary to file your tax returns? I have the experience and procedures to help you in reconstructing the records necessary to file your…