Your Best IRS Audit Representation Option

Tax audits are a particularly complicated undertaking, especially if you have a required face-to-face meeting with an IRS agent. Representing yourself is always an option, but the IRS will take full advantage of your ignorance concerning their policies and rules. It bears pointing out that statistics show the majority of the time tax payers leave audits owing substantially more to the IRS. In fact, the only successful IRS audit (in their eyes) is one that creates a higher tax assessment.

To put yourself in the best position possible, do your homework. Correspondence and Office Audits are simpler, but they often lead to further, deeper, and more serious investigations like Field Audits.

When it comes to an audit, you’re best hiring someone to speak on your behalf. There is a lot more at stake in these cases, particularly with personal assets, so knowledge and careful negotiation are very important.

Further Reading

Tax Representation and the Enrolled Agent

If you are being audited, contact Effectur and seek representation.