IRS Audit Defense

Incorporated since 2004, Accelerated Tax Solutions is a tax resolution firm serving clients in all 50 states. Our knowledgeable, caring team of experienced attorneys, tax experts, tax preparers, and case managers has helped 1000s of individuals, families, and businesses. We are especially skilled at defending IRS challenges to your allowable expenses and correcting underreporting issues.

                Why am I being audited?

There are many reasons that your tax return might end up in the IRS Audit Department.

• • The IRS uses statistical formulae to screen and randomly select tax returns for review.
  • The IRS automatically identifies a difference between what you reported and what the IRS has on file, i.e., reports from employers (1099) or financial institutions (1099R).
  • Information on your tax return seems exaggerated or inconstant with comparable returns, e.g., large schedule C deductions for your sole proprietorship, especially compared to very low revenue.
  • You have other years or business partners who are under examination.

The IRS tends to focus on tax returns filed in the last three years, and they rarely go back more than six years. However, if the IRS identifies a significant error, they can expand their audit to include additional years.

IRS Audit Representation

I have talked to 100s of taxpayers who are frustrated with their ongoing audit examination, from small underreporting of stock sales when there were actually losses, to large home sales where the gain is actually tax exempt, to full-scale audits of their small sole proprietorship or much larger LLC. Unfortunately, the process can be daunting the for inexperienced. Here are just a few reasons to hire Accelerated Tax Solutions to take care of the audit or reconsideration:

• • Our experienced legal team handles audit defenses and reconsiderations daily.
  • Our team handles focused AURs for home sales and stock trading, to more complex cases involving Schedule C sole proprietorships and very complicated business cases.
  • We handle all direct communication and negotiations with the IRS.
  • We handle the examination from start to finish including subsequent resolutions and abatement petitions if needed.
    • • We know what types of documentary evidence are needed to make your best case.
      • We present all evidence forcefully, piece by piece, and contextually within the relevant circumstances.
  • We offer full book-keeping services for larger business cases that involve a range of income and expenses.
  • We seek the lowest liability allowable by law including all possible reductions of penalties and associated interest from penalties.
  • Our thorough comprehensive tax analysis catches any other years that we can address before the IRS initiates another examination.
  • Our final tax counseling services help you avoid these red flags and examinations in the future.

A Note about Audit Defense:

Much of our audit defense work stems from the failed attempts of others. In many cases, taxpayers, tax preparers, and even quite a few CPAs mishandle the initial notice. They ignore the notices thinking the problem will go away. They won’t. They think they can simply file an amendment. It’s too late for that. They send in documentation too early or to the wrong department. It wasn’t time for that. Or they freak out and divulge all sorts of information to revenue agents that make a solid legal defense more difficult. If you want your audit or underreporting case handled correctly the first time or opened up properly for reconsideration, call Accelerated Tax Solutions and let our skilled legal team handle it.