Christian CPA Teaches How to Survive an IRS Audit
Christian CPA How to Survive and IRS Audit
CPA Serving Atlanta GA & Beyond
Let’s face it when the IRS notice first arrives we all have the same initial reactions. Ouch! Yuk! Why me? There is good news out there but only if you know how the process works and understand its attendant nuances. The largest majority of all audits for truthful taxpayers is pure random selection. It is not based upon whether you file your return early or late, whether you file an extension or not, or even if you electronically file or by paper copy. Most all audits in these circumstances is pure random chance. Just as when playing bingo, cards or hitting the lottery, your odds are being audited are generally the same as everyone else, fairly small. Although the notice feels personal, more often than not it is just your turn (i.e., your number comes up). If you go to http://www.wwwebtax.com/audits/audit_avoiding.htm you can see your likelihood of being selected for an audit by the IRS. To gain a feel of the IRS Fiscal Year 2007 Enforcement and Services Results see http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=177701,00.html
It is not recommended that a taxpayer should ever go it alone to represent themselves in the handling and coordination of an IRS audit or one from the state. Lacking an insight of the law, its nuances and technical challenges most taxpayers will do much worse and not better their case should they chose to go it alone. If you are aware when you file a return of a potential issue, such as a particularly large donation to your church, it is wise to “pre-answer” any potential questions, for example, by attaching to the return a copy of the charitable deduction receipt. Striving to take the emotional aspects out of an IRS audit and to replace them with time proven representation techniques needs to be the primary driving motivator to ensure that your tax situation soon improves. To learn more about what you can do to help ensure you do not fail to achieve your best audit result visit: How Audits are Selected.
Learning about how audits are selected is the first step to discovering how to overcome the emotional and financial distress that normally occurs as part of the audit process. Lifting this veil will help keep you on an even keel in learning how to deal with the IRS audit.
When the IRS Notice Arrives
Rather than beginning the process in fear, discover how you can better prepare yourself so that you are not surprised at the audit process and its ultimate results. By seeing through to the other side you can best ready yourself to close your audit with no adjustments and no additional monies due.<
Written by John Dillard CPA of His CPA at 770 814 9304 and visit www.hiscpa.com (a Atlanta Christian CPA firm). At His CPA we march to the beat of a higher drummer where we put the “Golden Rule” to work each and every day by “Serving Him by Serving You…One Tax Return at a Time.”
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