Anti-Audit Warfare: How to Avoid or Beat an IRS Audit Resource Material: ID# 1001948
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About This Course:
The odds of going through an audit without facing additional taxes are 4-to-1 against you.
That's why no taxpayer should file a return without first reading our 32-page special report, Anti-Audit Warfare . This one-of-a-kind insider's guide tells you exactly what to do when your client gets an audit notice in the mail. You'll be making all the right moves, thanks to savvy tips like these: * the latest red flag items the IRS looks for on returns * how to reconstruct records legally * when it's possible to sue the IRS and recover sizable sums * and much more!
Table of Contents:
Introduction: Flying Below the Radar Screen
Your Chances of Being Audited Table 1: Percentage of Taxpayers Audited in IRS Regional Areas Table 2: Audit Odds in More Detail Learn the 'Rules of Combat' First Line of Defense: Your Tax Return
Arm Yourself With Good Recordkeeping How Long Must Tax Records Be Kept? Table 3: Recommended Retention Periods Enlist IRS Help With Tax Return Questions Private Letter Ruling Determination Letter Technical Advice Memorandum Don't Trust Everything the IRS Tells You If You Do Get Audited . . . A Look at the IRS War Machine
IRS' First Line of Offense: Computers Second Line of Offense: The Human Touch What Raises Eyebrows? Is Your Return Waving Red Flags? Table 4: Average Deductions What Are the 'Safe' Deductions? Other Reasons for Being Audited Surviving the IRS Bullet
How to Handle the Audit Letter Three Types of Audits Correspondence Audit Contact Letter From the IRS What the IRS Wants to Check Office Audit Field Audit Know Your Taxpayer Rights
Your Advocate at the IRS Liberalized Innocent-Spouse Rules Handling a Correspondence Audit
Negligence Penalty Example of Correspondence Audit and Resolution Sample Correspondence Audit Meeting the IRS Face to Face
The IRS Is Prepared-Are You? Battle of the Bulge Should You Send a Representative? Deciding to Go It Alone Dredging Up Those Old Returns and Documents How to Reconstruct Your Records-Legally Table 5: Documents Needed to Verify Audit Items Form 2848: Power of Attorney and Declaration of Representative Enduring an Office Audit
Meeting the IRS Auditor How Your Audit May End Bracing for a Field Audit
Strategic Moves Get the Right Professional Help Don't Get Ambushed by 'Financial-Status' Audits Be Ready to Grant a Power of Attorney What If You Are Targeted? 'Good Grief! Auditors Who Really Understand My Business' Form 4549: Income Tax Examination Changes Winning After Losing a Battle
Be Careful What You Sign If You Disagree With the Adjustments . . . To Appeal or Not to Appeal . . . How to Appeal What's So Appealing? Case Closed Form 870: Waiver of Restrictions THE 90-DAY LETTER: NOTICE OF DEFICIENCY Taking the IRS to Court
Petitioning the Tax Court The Pros and Cons of Tax Court Other Legal Recourses To the Winner Belong Some Spoils If You Lose the War
If You Don't Have the Money Can You Expect a Repeat Audit?