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When Does the IRS Have to Withdraw Its Notice of Lien?
August 7th, 2025
If you have a substantial tax debt, you may be considering your options to avoid a federal tax lien. Offers in compromise, installment payments, and other settlement options can help you resolve your tax debt. But at what point does the IRS have to w…
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Why You Need to Exhaust Administrative Claims in IRS Cases
April 29th, 2025
When it feels like the IRS isn’t treating you fairly, it can be tempting to immediately turn to the courts for help. However, by law, you need to exhaust administrative claims in IRS cases before you can file a complaint in federal court. The recen…
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Will Reasonable Reliance on Tax Professionals Save You in an Audit?
March 9th, 2023
When taxpayers hire accountants to help prepare their tax returns, they expect it to be done right, and to save them from audits. But sometimes the quality of that product is limited by the information the taxpayers themselves provide. A recent Unite…
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How Does the IRS Prove Civil Tax Fraud in Court?
September 27th, 2021
No one wants to be the subject of an IRS civil tax fraud investigation. But a tax audit is only the beginning of the process. When a taxpayer challenges the IRS’s assessment, the government will have to prove civil tax fraud in court. Here’s what…
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What to Do if You Receive a Soft Letter from the IRS
March 28th, 2019
Enforcement at the IRS is getting tighter. Now that the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program is closed, taxpayers with foreign financial accounts are facing the possibility of higher penalties and tighter scrutiny of their offshore assets. One metho…
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How Long Can the IRS Wait Before Imposing Tax Assessments?
March 12th, 2018
When taxpayers discover errors in their tax returns, or they learn they were supposed to file FBAR reports, the problem they uncover can sometimes span years. The larger these foreign financial accounts are, the quicker the unpaid taxes, penalties, a…
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AICPA Criticizes Changes to IRS Dispute Resolution Process
October 12th, 2017
When U.S. taxpayers find themselves in dispute with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) they can face confusing processes, a rotating roster of agents and employees, and an often opaque decision making process that can make them feel outnumbered and i…
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Taxpayer Advocate Calls for IRS Transparency
August 28th, 2017
Taxpayers facing an IRS audit or investigation often feel like the decisions come out of nowhere. Lack of transparency isn’t a new problem for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). In fact, a recent report from the National Taxpayer Advocate expl…
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IRS Issues Audit Technique Guide for Entertainment Industry
November 23rd, 2015
In connection with the examination (auditing) process, the IRS has been preparing Audit Techniques Guides (ATGs) intended to assist IRS examiners during audits by providing insight into issues and accounting methods unique to specific industries. ATG…
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