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What is Audit Protection?
Audit protection shields you from the hazards and stress of dealing with the IRS (or a state tax agency) on your own.
Let's be clear: audit protection isn't the same as audit immunity; it's the subtle comfort that comes with knowing that if things go south, you'll have a team of battle-tested tax professionals on your side.
Audit protection ensures that auditors are held accountable for their actions, and that if a balance is due as a result of the audit, you owe no more than you legally owe. Our defenders protect your finances by making sure that any tax owed is as little as possible, and that any fines are waived when appropriate. While we can not ensure that you will owe no taxes at the conclusion of your audit, we will make every effort to get the least amount owed based on your facts and evidence.
Tax Alliance will be at your side, assisting you in exploring every possibility in order to achieve the best possible audit result. Proposed audit modifications will be double-checked for factual and mathematical accuracy, as well as legal accuracy. Examiners trust documentation that is presented in an orderly and professional fashion, so we'll help you arrange your documents so that the auditor doesn't have to think too hard about them. Instead of requiring you to file an amended return after the audit is completed to repair the reporting error, many IRS auditors may provide you credit for misclassified costs or deductions during the audit. It's hard to know when and how to inquire.
Fortunately for our members, knowing how to do things the "right way" is something we take pride in at Tax Alliance every day. Planning, organizing, and producing results are three important factors in how audit protection benefits you.
Below are a few aspects that may be included with some audit protection services:
Important Points to Remember
Prepaid audit protection is different from audit representation, which includes hiring a specialist to represent you as soon as the IRS has advised you that you're being audited. Generally, you can't get audit protection after you discover you're being audited-- you have to acquire the protection before you file your return.
Audit protection services might come with an expiry date. As an example, a service may agree to cover your return for as many as three years from the day the IRS approves a return for a given income tax year since the IRS usually can include returns that have been submitted within a three-year period in an audit-- although the IRS may extend that timeframe to six or more years if it discovers any significant mistakes.
What are the Chances of an Audit?
You can think of audit protection as insurance for your income tax return. For instance, a car insurance policy can protect you in case you're ever in an accident. You pay for car insurance coverage based on the chance you may need it eventually. However while the chances of someone dying in a car accident are 1 in 106 (according to 2018 National Safety Council information), your odds of being audited are a lot less. As a matter of fact, out of all the returns filed in 2017 and evaluated throughout the 2018 fiscal year, the IRS audited only 0.5% of the 196 million income tax returns it received. That means in 2018, the possibility of being audited for all taxpayers were 1 in 200.
However higher percentages of certain groups of people were audited in Fiscal Year 2018. The IRS audited 6.66% of all returns submitted in 2017 that had changed gross earnings of $10 million or more-- a group that represents only 0.01% of all returns filed that year. Meanwhile, the service also audited 0.69% of returns with AGI of $1 to $24,999. That group represents 35.59% of all returns filed.
Because of advancements in our technology, we are able to communicate with the IRS electronically, its as if we are in the same office! Faster service and more cost effective!
If you are not happy with our tax services within the initial 21 days, we will give you a 100% refund of services rendered, no questions asked!
You find it, we will match it! Tax Alliance will match and beat (by 10%) any competitive offer. Contact our office today and receive a free no obligation tax consultation.
Because of advancements in our technology, we are able to communicate with the IRS electronically, its as if we are in the same office! Faster service and more cost effective!
If you are not happy with our tax services within the initial 21 days, we will give you a 100% refund of services rendered, no questions asked! We help our clients nationwide!
You find it, we will match it! Tax Alliance will match and beat (by 10%) any competitive offer. Contact our office today and receive a free no obligation tax consultation.
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