Challenging IRS Audit Results
Yes, you can make a legal challenge against the Internal Revenue Service if you believe that its tax audit assessment was not fair. There are three options available to you, including:
- Audit reconsideration
- Offer of compromise
- Tax court litigation
Audit reconsideration
If an audit concludes and you feel that you did not get a chance to play your cards as you intended, experienced Tampa tax lawyers can help you request an Audit Reconsideration from the IRS. When we have submitted these for clients in the past, the IRS has often agreed to open up the audit again, especially if we note in the request that you have located or secured the requested receipts or documents that you were not previously able to submit. In this reopened audit, you may present your proof for expenses or whatever other documentation necessary to validate your claims.
Offer of compromise
If your audit is long over and you receive an IRS Notice of Deficiency, you do not have to accept its price at face value. We often help our clients file an offer of compromise to the Internal Revenue Service. If this option appeals to you, you must act quickly, as you must either pay the amount, or challenge the notice within the allotted 90-day time limit. We submit your Offer of Compromise to the IRS with a compromised amount that you agree to pay. It may accept this offer. If not, you still have another option...
Tax court litigation
U.S. Tax Court is a unique branch of the legal system in which you can mount an IRS defense or audit before specialized judges who listen to your side and rule accordingly. Few judges preside over tax court, and those who do are very knowledgeable in all aspects of tax law. It is very important to your financial future that you entrust your case to an experienced Tampa tax law firm who is familiar with this distinctive court system, protocol, subject matter, and with taxation law in Tampa.
If you are in the Tampa, Florida area, contact us if you need:
- Tax audit help in Tampa
- A Tampa asset protection trust
- An asset protection lawyer in Tampa
- A financial planning consultant in Tampa
- Tax relief in Tampa
What to Bring Your Tampa IRS Tax Lawyer
Many people are baffled when it comes to defending themselves against an IRS inquiry, and seek a tax attorney to legal support. Often, people are unprepared for their initial meeting with the IRS defense lawyer. While the specifics of what to bring varies from case to case, it is important to have a basic idea before the meeting of what some common things are that one should do or to bring.
Depending up on how well prepared you are, an experienced Tampa IRS tax lawyer may be able to give you advice and counsel on how to proceed with respect to your situation. Getting the best results from an initial meeting is especially useful when time is of the essence, such as when you have already received notice of an audit or if you received a deficiency notice.
As tax laws differ from state to state, what tax attorneys in Tampa need you to bring may differ from what lawyers in other states may need you to bring.
- All your contact information
- In some cases, we send you a questionnaire advance, in which case, fill it out as fully as possible before the meeting
- Copies of any available documents we specifically requested by phone or in a questionnaire
- A copy of all documents uniquely relevant to your situation
- Tax returns
- Financial statements
- Supporting documentation for businesses or business entities
- Corporate, business, or personal records that relate to your tax issue
- Incorporation documents
- Corporate tax elections
- Your company's tax I.D. number
- A copy of any documentation entered into in connection with the business, such as agreements or minutes of meetings
- Letters, memos, or other correspondence relating to the organization of your business organization
- IRS notices received
- IRS correspondence
Beyond these items, we recommend that you prepare a list of questions for your first meeting. Some questions others often ask in this initial meeting include:
- What problems do you expect with my case?
- How do you plan to handle my situation?
- How long will it take to resolve this? What might hold up the process?
Non-Filing Problems in New York City
Non-Filing Problems in New York City
Quality representation from NYC tax lawyers
Howard M. Koff and his tax law associates focus their practice on one of the most common and most serious tax problems: non-filing. Tax non-filers come from all walks of life: attorneys, doctors, teachers, entrepreneurs, and blue-collar workers. The largest segment of non-filers is self-employed, or has substantial self-employment income.
Non-filers of tax returns
Our NYC tax law attorneys recognize that if you have not been filing tax returns, you have your own reasons for this circumstance. You might at first have a simple explanation for not filing your taxes:
- I could not pay my tax liability
- I thought I had no obligation to file
- I intentionally chose not to file
- I was distracted by daily activities and forgot to file
However, the tax professionals at Koff Tax Advocates understand that there are usually more personal and emotional issues weighing on the mind of a non-filer:
- Marital trouble
- Caring for a sick family member
- The death of a loved one
- A reversal of fortune in business and finances
- The loss of employment
Now, you may have been inspired to seek a way out, perhaps due to a recent life event:
- Publicity regarding IRS and New York State prosecutions for non-filing
- An inquiry from the IRS based on a W-2 or a 1099
- Your fiancée's request that you become current prior to your marriage
- Impending divorce proceedings which will put your finances out on the table
- An anticipated background check by a bank or employer
Whatever has brought you here to read about non-filing, you have come to the right place. Koff Tax Advocates understands your situation, and helps you plan an exit strategy to minimize the risk of prosecution and jail. Then they work with you to construct a debt repayment plan.
This article was provided by:
Howard M. Koff
NYC tax defense
http://www.irsissues.com/non-filing-issues/
Income Tax Law Advice
Advice is a necessity for everyone because everyone requires advice at some point of time as he/she cannot be all knowledgeable and can't know everything about everything. In the legal field of taxation this advice can be a boon for you and can save you from various blundering situations.
In this world of materialism everything has its price and mind it if you want to get a professional advice then you will have to pay for it. But once you have hired a good Income tax lawyer he will be a great asset for you. I am saying so because he/she is knowledgeable person of the field and knows how to handle your financial matters efficiently.
You must be thinking that what a tax lawyer really does. Then here is the answer for your question-a tax lawyer is person that works with individuals, P.O.'s (private organizations), NGO's (Non Government Organizations) and GO's (Government Organizations) to straighten their issues related to taxation and sometimes management of their finances.
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