Category: IRS Audit

How Long Do IRS Audits Take – Find Out From Joe Mastriano, CPA. How long after I file will the IRS take to send an audit letter?Usually, it takes 4-6 weeks for the IRS...

Expatriate Tax Audit Help From Joe Mastriano, CPA! Audit of Form 2555 – Foreign Earned Income Exclusion Most people call an audit of your form 2555, the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion form, an expatriate...

IRS Audit Receipts – Best Way To Prepare For Your Audit! IRS Audits?  We get calls daily from taxpayers that are in need of our help. Concerns that we cover with most of our...

Tax Audit Representation IRS For IRS Tax Exam – Who Is Best Representative ? Why can’t I represent myself? Why can’t I have my tax preparer represent me? Can a relative who is professionally...

As of yesterday, we had another client that was saved from the IRS Criminal Investigations (CI) department. After negotiations with the Criminal Investigator assigned to our client, they agreed to drop the charges and...

Audit Strategies IRS – Don’t Meet At Taxpayer’s House Don’t let the auditor meet you at your home. You do not want them to look around and take inventory. Audits should take place in...

There are several factors the IRS uses to determine which returns are selected for audit. Consider the following IRS audit rules for selection. The IRS Uses A Matching Program With computers these days, its...

Avoid An Audit – Keep Your Income Low Taxpayers making over $100,000 a year tend to get audited more. Some people suggest you divide your income among family members to help avoid an audit....

Audit Adjustments On Your Audit Report Form 4549 Your audit report often doesn’t contain the explanations for adjustments that they are supposed to. Most of it is boiler plate information that spits out of...

Avoid An Audit – Keep Your Income Low Taxpayers making over $100,000 a year tend to get audited more. Some people suggest you divide your income among family members to help avoid an audit....