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Question: What are the normal and customery fee’s charged by a Tax Preparer during an IRS Tax Audit? Insurance was paid.

IRS determination was a no deficiency in income tax due but now we have to pay just about as much in Tax-Examination audit preparation & representation fees for professional services rendered. Originally we paid the tax preparer an Insurance fee to represent us in the event of an Audit.

Answer: If you purchased insurance to cover representation in an audit, the insurance contract should spell out what fees if any you are required to pay. Without knowing more about the audit and the original contract, your question can’t be answered.

How to Prepare for an Audit

You got that dreaded Internal Revenue Service letter? Don’t panic, just prepare.

Surviving an IRS Tax Audit : IRS Audit: Finding Representation

Question: Does the IRS verify documents that are sent for a correspondence audit, ie call landlord to verify lease?

My landlord and I had a falling out and, although I have a lease signed by him for the tax year I am being audited for, I am afraid that if the IRS calls to verify my lease with the landlord, he will deny my tenancy.

Answer: If the document was properly executed and legal, there’s little your landlord can do to deny its existence or its terms. At most he’d say that certain terms were varied orally, but he has to prove that.

Tax Tip: Don’t Call The IRS

Phone service deteriorates as Congress loads on complications

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Question: i got audited, but unable to find records in question. What should I do?

Its a correspondence audit fro the IRS. I am unable to locate the information in question. What should I do?

Answer: If you had someone do your taxes ask them if they have the records. What kind are you looking for. They don’t have to be original you can use bank record,credit card records, etc I wish I knew what you were looking for. Don’t freak out you are not the first person who does not have records. Just be honest if you don’t have them all. The IRS will in most cases let you make pmts.(if you filed a fraudulent return that is a different story) I’ll keep checking to see if you post what records you are looking for. Good luck to you.

Keep IRS Auditors Away: Earn less than $200,000

December 22, 2009 (Associated Press) WASHINGTON – Want to keep IRS auditors away? Keep your earnings under $200,000 and they won’t bother you 99 percent of the time.

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