Pennsylvania Offer in Compromise Attorney, Protecting Your Rights in IRS Tax Matters
A federal tax audit can be a time-consuming, intimidating interruption of your personal and business life. Your rights should be protected by an experienced tax lawyer with a track record of success for his clients.
The law firm of Joseph R. Viola, P.C., offers a breadth and depth of knowledge, skill and judgment developed over many years of successful trial and appellate litigation experience in federal and state courts, and administrative agencies.
Joseph R. Viola puts his 30 years of successful litigation experience as well as his specialized education and training in federal tax law and procedure to work to aggressively represent the interests of individuals, small businesses and non-profit organizations in tax disputes of all types, and at all levels.
Responding to a federal tax audit is no do-it-yourself project. You will be going up against IRS agents with tax lawyers, accountants and technical support at their disposal. The proven talents of a skilled tax attorney like Joseph R. Viola can level the playing field, and give you every chance of avoiding additional tax liability and relieving unanticipated and troubling pressures on your financial life.
Contact Joseph R. Viola, P.C. today by toll-free phone call, e-mail or fax. 866-974-8841. Your initial consultation is free of charge.
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What is being "audited" or "examined" in an IRS Audit, regardless of type, are the figures and information contained in a taxpayer's tax return, typically one filed up to two years earlier. What the IRS knows about a given taxpayer is generally limited to the information contained in the tax returns and other documents filed with the IRS by the taxpayer and others. Most income tax returns are selected for audit by the so-called "DIF" score they are assigned by the IRS Discriminate Function System, which basically measures the numbers found in various parts of the return in comparison with statistical "norms." Figures that seem suspiciously out of the ordinary to the computer cause a return to be "flagged" for further review by human IRS employees, eventually yielding a relatively small inventory out of the millions of returns filed for audit. The IRS also has an ongoing National Research Program which randomly selects returns for audit. Given this selection process, the fact that a taxpayer is being audited does not mean that the IRS has a "case."
IRS Audits come in three main varieties: Correspondence Audits, the most common type, are generally conducted by mail by IRS tax examiners and audit accounting aides and usually involve items that can be resolved if there are documents that convincingly explain discrepancies or support deductions or credits taken.
Office Audits, which involve fact issues too complicated to handle by correspondence, are conducted in person by tax compliance officers at local IRS offices. Office Audits generally involve an interview or discussion with the taxpayer or the taxpayer's representative to resolve factual questions concerning challenged items on the taxpayer's tax return.
Field Examinations are conducted by IRS revenue agents operating out of a local IRS office, usually at the taxpayer's place of business. Field examinations involve an intensive review of the taxpayer's books and records in addition to interviews or discussions with the taxpayer or the taxpayer's representatives. Field Examinations can be both wide-ranging and lengthy, taking many months to complete.
What is common to all audits is that the IRS – not some neutral party – decides who wins.
Your choice of an IRS tax audit and examination attorney is important. An inexperienced, ineffective lawyer could cause you to sustain an increase in taxes due, plus penalties and interest. At Joseph R. Viola, P.C., our goal in providing representation to taxpayers at the audit or examination stage is to obtain the most favorable IRS decision with the minimum time and expense by (1) presenting the facts in an orderly and compelling manner while limiting the scope and duration of the examination and controlling the flow of information to the IRS; and (2) creating and preserving the kind of evidentiary record that will be required to prevail in the event litigation against the IRS proves necessary and appropriate.
Protect your rights. Do what you can to put federal tax problems behind you by contacting our experienced full-service tax law firm.
Joseph R. Viola, P.C. serves clients in greater Philadelphia, the Delaware Valley, the Lehigh Valley and in South Jersey cities such as Cherry Hill, Voorhees, Morristown, Camden and Marlton.
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