{"id":21230,"date":"2014-11-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/interest-charges-irs-back-taxes-adds-fast\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T14:51:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T14:51:54","slug":"interest-charges-irs-back-taxes-adds-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/interest-charges-irs-back-taxes-adds-fast\/","title":{"rendered":"Interest Charges on IRS Back Taxes Adds Up Fast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most of what you've read online about IRS problems is wrong, or at least misleading. I'm Darrin Mish. I practice tax law in Tampa and I've been doing this for 32 years. Here's what's actually true.<\/p>\n

Done through the mail, a correspondence audit is commenced<\/a> when the IRS computers find an error on your tax return. You will be told of the discrepancy on an IRS notice and you\u2019ll be asked to send documentation to support your tax return. You\u2019ll either be issued a refund or requested to settle the additional taxes if the error is mathematical. \u00a0Click here to watch or read more information on IRS Back Taxes.<\/a><\/p>\n

Click here to read or watch more IRS Problem resources.<\/a><\/p>\n

Be glad that you were not chosen for a face-to-face audit and cooperate with the correspondence audit.<\/a> Remember that it\u2019s very important to keep duplicates of your return and any supporting documents for audit or other IRS problem purposes.<\/p>\n

Regardless of what the IRS\u2019s request is, compare a copy of the return with what\u2019s written on the IRS notice to verify the necessity of a correction or the need for additional taxes. Investigate further before mailing the requested additional taxes to the IRS. Mistakes are common in the IRS.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s important that you do not dismiss the IRS notice. You will be in big trouble if you ignore the notice. Read it carefully and quickly follow the instructions.<\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t agree with the IRS notice, follow the instructions on it promptly. Attach documents that will support you. Mail the signed and dated IRS notice with the requested payment if you agree with it.<\/p>\n

Once your claim is received, the information is validated and the IRS will decide if it should be allowed. This ends the audit and you\u2019ll be notified. If the IRS disallows your claim, you\u2019ll be sent an Examination Report. You\u2019ll have to either accept the changes and sign it or appeal the IRS ruling within 30 days.<\/p>\n

The name and phone number of the auditor handling your case will be listed on the IRS notice, so you may call him for questions about the audit<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Most of what you've read online about IRS problems is wrong, or at least misleading. I'm Darrin Mish. I practice tax law in Tampa and I've been doing this for 32 years. Here's what's actually true. Done through the mail, a correspondence audit is commenced when the IRS computers find an error on your tax […]<\/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-21230","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\/21230","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=21230"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27198,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21230\/revisions\/27198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}