It is a critical mistake to meet in person with IRS or state collection officers. Collection officers are trained to do their job – their role is to collect taxes and gather critically important information from the taxpayer in order to assist them in collecting the taxes. By IRS design, taxpayers are intimidated in such a setting.
We eliminate the IRS’s ability to intimidate.
In an audit, you must convince the IRS that you reported all of your income and were entitled to any credits, deductions, and exemptions that are questioned. This is a difficult burden and demands the experistise of an experienced attorney or certified public accountant to succeed in the audit. Our attorneys always provide an aggressive defense.
Collection forms presented to you by the government for signature require your certification under oath and penalties of perjury as to the information provided. You should not prepare these forms without the assistance of counsel and you should never meet with the collection officials without counsel.
Our attorneys are experts at giving the auditor no more information than he or she is entitled. This is often a critical error made by taxpayers, inexperienced attorneys, and accountants. The IRS is the adversary and while we are polite in our communications with the IRS, we do not assist or cooperate in meeting the government’s goals on an audit. Our goal is to protect you!
If you are self-employed and the IRS chooses to conduct an audit, or worse, a criminal investigation -- be aware that the agency can obtain your bank records and other financial records. Audits where unreported income is an issue are particularly sensitive matters that demand the services of skilled attorneys such as the members of StopTaxDebt.com.
Keep in mind, if your business deals mainly in cash, the IRS may suspect you of skimming cash off your receipts. The audit potential of cash businesses is much higher than average.
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