The tax-relief industry loves to make IRS problems sound impossible without them. They're not. I'm Darrin Mish. I've been representing taxpayers before the IRS for 32 years. Let me explain how this actually works.<\/p>\n
Reasons for Audits<\/p>\n
If you’re one of the thousands of Americans audited each year by the IRS, you may wonder what the specific reasons are for the audit and what alerted the IRS to audit you in the first place.<\/p>\n
Most of the audits are determined by the IRS computer system.<\/a> The information on your 1099 and W-2 forms are compared to that of the tax return. It should match. If not, you will probably receive an IRS notice for audit. This starts the correspondence audit.<\/p>\n Click here to read or watch more IRS Problem resources.<\/a><\/p>\n Other elements the computer system examines include gross profit margin, too high car expenses, little or non-existent business profit, high travel and entertainment deductions, and high use of cars in the business. Any of these could flag you for an audit.<\/p>\n The IRS may examine you further based on:<\/p>\n Availing of all your tax deductions may lead to an audit, but there should be no cause for alarm if you have not done anything illegal.<\/p>\n Some means of selection for audit are the following:<\/p>\n Reasons for Audits<\/p>\n If you’re one of the thousands of Americans audited each year by the IRS, you may wonder what the specific reasons are for the audit and what alerted the IRS to audit you in the first place.<\/p>\n Most of the audits are determined by the IRS computer system. The information on your 1099 and W-2 forms are compared to that of the tax return. It should match. If not, you will probably receive an IRS notice for audit. This starts the correspondence audit.<\/p>\n Other elements the computer system examines include gross profit margin, too high car expenses, little or non-existent business profit, high travel and entertainment deductions, and high use of cars in the business. Any of these could flag you for an audit.<\/p>\n The IRS may examine you further based on:<\/p>\n Availing of all your tax deductions may lead to an audit, but there should be no cause for alarm if you have not done anything illegal.<\/p>\n Some means of selection for audit are the following:<\/p>\n Audits aren’t fun. Even less fun when you go alone. Looking for help with your IRS audit<\/a>? Why not give Attorney Darrin T. Mish a call? The call is free at (888) 438-6474. He’s a Tampa Tax Attorney<\/a> that represents taxpayers all over the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The tax-relief industry loves to make IRS problems sound impossible without them. They're not. I'm Darrin Mish. I've been representing taxpayers before the IRS for 32 years. Let me explain how this actually works. Reasons for Audits If you’re one of the thousands of Americans audited each year by the IRS, you may wonder what […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[592],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-16483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irs-problem","tag-irs-audit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16483"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28198,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16483\/revisions\/28198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
\nClaims of tax shelter investment losses
\nHuge figures of itemized deductions
\nA record of tax deficiency and prior audit
\nLarge cash amounts of charitable donations
\nHigher than normal business expenses for your business
\nUnreported taxable income
\nComplex tax transactions without explanations
\nPartner or shareholder in a business<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
\nYou are part of a market segment specialization program: The IRS is clamping down on specific workers.
\nYou were audited once, so there’s a good probability that you will be audited again.
\nYou’ve been involved in crime: This is especially true if you have been involved in a crime that included large cash figures.
\nYou amended a return and claimed a refund on a tax return within three years of the due date.
\nYou were reported to the IRS by an ex-spouse, law enforcement, former employees, business associates, etc.
\nYou’re included in the 50,000 taxpayers selected to participate every 3 years in the IRS compliance measurement program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
\nClaims of tax shelter investment losses
\nHuge figures of itemized deductions
\nA record of tax deficiency and prior audit
\nLarge cash amounts of charitable donations
\nHigher than normal business expenses for your business
\nUnreported taxable income
\nComplex tax transactions without explanations
\nPartner or shareholder in a business<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
\nYou are part of a market segment specialization program: The IRS is clamping down on specific workers.
\nYou were audited once, so there’s a good probability that you will be audited again.
\nYou’ve been involved in crime: This is especially true if you have been involved in a crime that included large cash figures.
\nYou amended a return and claimed a refund on a tax return within three years of the due date.
\nYou were reported to the IRS by an ex-spouse, law enforcement, former employees, business associates, etc.
\nYou’re included in the 50,000 taxpayers selected to participate every 3 years in the IRS compliance measurement program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n