Chapter 11
Dealing with Notices and Audits
IN THIS CHAPTER
Deciphering IRS notices
Understanding the different types of assessment and non-assessment notices
Dealing with audits successfully
Fixing IRS errors that affect you
Righting mistakes that you’ve made
Every year the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issues millions of notices, the majority of which claim that the taxpayer receiving said notice owes the IRS more money. Sometimes, the IRS even notifies that you actually overpaid and that it found a change in your return that’s in your favor!
In this chapter, I explain what’s on an IRS notice and help you make sense of assessment and non-assessment notices you may have received. I also discuss the dreaded IRS audit, including how to best handle one. Finally, I discuss how to fix errors that the IRS makes and those that you’ve made and give tips on how to minimize the possibilities of being audited.
One of the biggest headaches in dealing with the IRS is that the agency can be big ...
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