Audit Defense
Our staff of attorneys and professionals have spent years understanding the audit process, and are well armed to defend your interests.
Audit defense at your service.
Audits are considered one of the most feared of all collection efforts, and your case must be built on a solid blueprint to succeed.
When the IRS shows up to the audit, they are familiar with all the laws and regulations allowable, and unless you’ve handled audit proceedings before, you are not. They know this, and will use it to their advantage. We can help put you on equal footing with the IRS to both defend and validate your audited return.
Build a winning defense
If you have been served notice of an audit, our team of tax attorneys and skilled negotiators will work with you to build wining defense.
Put our experience to work
Our audit specialists have spent years understanding the audit process, and are skilled in every aspect of appeals and proceedure.
Appeals
If we do not agree with the auditors decisions, we will then take to an appeals process and get answers.
How it works:
A Winning Strategy
Our audit specialists have spent years understanding the audit process, and are skilled in every aspect of appeals and procedure to ensure a fair, just and winning outcome.
Answers to a few common
questions about audit services:
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Do you handle clients in all fifty states?
+Absolutely! Our hard working team can help individuals and businesses in all states, from personal and business tax preparation and planning to mastering their books, and can get your account up and running in no time. And if you just so happen to be local to us in Los Angeles, we serve warm coffee and pastries daily.
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Can I manage everything online?
+Yes, you will be given access to our brand new state of the art online platform where you can chat with your assigned tax specialists, upload files, make comments on projects and manage correspondence. And if you just prefer to do it the old fashioned way with emails and letters, well, we can do that too.
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Will I have an attorney on my account?
+For more complicated issues such as back tax and audits, an attorney is placed to help direct the strategy and mediate the items. For other issues such as simple tax preparation and bookkeeping, attorneys are generally not needed and a tax specialist in that field will manage the assignment.
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Have an audit and can’t locate the records?
+We can go back as far as ten years and rebuild your books from the ground up, keeping you current, compliant and penalty free.
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How does the IRS select who will be audited?
+The IRS has numerous reasons to select an individual or business to be audited. It varies from Computer scoring of your returns, information matching large corporations etc.
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Should I have representation for an audit?
+Although it is not required it is strongly suggested. Our legal team is experienced in representing taxpayers in the audit process and getting the best results possible. We are able to organize the requested documents, reconcile receipts etc to create a complete packet to provide to the examiner.
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How am I notified that I am being audited?
+You will receive a notice from the Internal Revenue Service by mail. The IRS does not initiate audits via phone. If you are receiving phone calls at random mentioning an audit BEWARE: it may be a scam.
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What can I do if I do not agree with the changes to my return?
+Taxpayers who do not agree with the proposed changes may appeal their case administratively within the IRS, to the U.S. Tax Court. We can assist you even after an unfavorable ruling of your audit through the appeals process.
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Can the IRS audit me at random?
+Absolutely. The IRS has the right to audit any return they determine is incorrect.
