Top 8 Reasons the IRS Will Audit You

By Top Tax Staff

Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in April 2019 and has been updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness.

No one wants to be audited by the IRS. And while there is no guaranteed way to avoid an audit, there are actions you can take in preparing your taxes to help minimize your chances of being selected for audit.

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How Do I Fight an IRS Audit?

By Top Tax Staff

Oh, no! It’s a letter from the IRS talking about an audit — hide!

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How Far Back Can the IRS Audit Your Tax Returns?

By Top Tax Staff

In 2019, the IRS received around 155 million individual tax returns. About 771,095 taxpayers got pegged for audit. While that shows slightly less than half a percent of a chance to be audited, it isn’t zero.

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IRS Audits: What Raises a Red Flag?

By Top Tax Staff

No one is excited about being audited by the IRS. Even though the IRS has been slammed like everyone else, there is still a chance your return will get flagged for an audit.

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How to Deal with an IRS Correspondence Audit

By Top Tax Staff

Nobody looks forward to receiving a notice from the IRS, especially one that says audit. However, of the three types of audits the agency performs, there is one you can almost be happy about — a correspondence audit.

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Will 2020 Be the Year of the Audit?

By Top Tax Staff

Telling people not to panic at the threat of an IRS audit is like telling a Kardashian to avoid self-promotion. It’s an impossible dream. Now the powers-that-be are saying the chances of an audit (even though they’re already pretty small) may increase in 2020.

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10 Easy Ways to Help Avoid an Audit

By Top Tax Staff

IRS audits are the worst, aren’t they? So, it pays to avoid them if at all possible. The best advice is to be entirely and totally honesty on your tax returns. Otherwise, if you follow these 10 tips, you could keep the IRS from knocking on your door in the near future.

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What to Expect from the IRS in 2020

By Top Tax Staff

Every so often, the IRS itself is audited to make sure it’s following all the rules, regulations, and laws effectively and efficiently. Most businesses should do something similar to make sure nothing falls through the cracks. But when it’s the IRS, the results of resolving an audit issue can have ripple effects.

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Divorce Made More Difficult – New Tax Changes to Alimony

By Top Tax Staff

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 created significant changes in exemptions, deductions, and credits for your federal taxes. One change you may not have noticed is the way alimony is treated.

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What REALLY Happens if You Don't File Your Taxes

By Top Tax Staff

If you somehow missed all the clues that Tax Day was April 15 (every year), or all the specials from tax preparers running up to this year’s Tax Day, you may be wondering what to do now.

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