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…
No one really wants to be audited by the IRS. It’s time consuming, and quite frankly, a headache. You’ve probably wondered at some point who gets audited and why, as well as how you can avoid it. While there is no fool-proof way to avoid an audit; however, there are…
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…
Did you receive an IRS tax audit for your vineyard? Code Sec. 179 expensing has become a potent tax saver, thanks to current law’s $500,000 deduction ceiling. So it should come as no surprise that taxpayers and their advisers are on the lookout for assets that potentially qualify as Code…
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…
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 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…
IRS explains how to claim credit for qualified fuel cell and qualified microturbine property A new Notice carries interim guidance on the terms and conditions that must be met by taxpayers that want to claim the Code Sec. 48 credit for fuel cells and microturbines. Background. A taxpayer may be…
TIGTA study finds modest audit rate increase for C corps but marked increase for passthroughs ( S Corps) Trends in Compliance Activities Through Fiscal Year 2007, TIGTA Reference Number 2008095 A recently released TIGTA (Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration) report reveals that despite a slight uptick in FY 2007,…
What are your chances for being audited? IRS’s 2007 data book provides some clues Mike Habib, EA myIRSTaxRelief.com IRS has issued its annual data book, which provides statistical data on its fiscal year (FY) 2007 activities. As this article explains, the data book provides valuable information about how many tax…