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Free IRS Audit Consultation for Arizona Residents: IRS Help from Tax Debt Advisors, Inc

Arizona IRS Audit Consultation

Your consultation will cover: 

  • Types of IRS audits and how to prepare for the best results.
  • How to avoid future audits.  Know what caused the IRS to select you for audit.
  • When to use a professional and when to represent yourself
  • How to appeal the audit if you are unsatisfied with the IRS results.

We have learned after 45 years representing tax payers that the best method to get best results is for you to represent your self in the initial audit with our coaching.  You will be happy with the results about 80% of the time.  If not, we will represent you in the Appeals process and will know exactly what to focus on.  Representing you in Appeals, on only the items you still disagree with, is the best use of your funds to get the desire results.

Scott Allen, E.A. – Tax Debt Advisors, Inc

Free IRS Audit consultation for Arizona Residents:  IRS Help from Tax Debt Advisors, Inc

Mesa, Apache Junction, Avondale, Buckeye, Carefree, Cave Creek, Chandler, El Mirage, Fountain Hills, Gila Bend, Gilbert, Glendale, Goodyear, Komatke, Litchfield Park, Luke AFB, Paradise Valley, Peoria, Phoenix, Queen Creek, Scottsdale, Sun City, Sun Lakes, Surprise, Tempe, Tolleson, Waddell, Whitman, Wickenburg, Youngstown, Flagstaff, Tucson, Payson, Winslow, Sierra Vista, Page, Prescott, Globe, Yuma, AZ

Apache County, Cochise County, Coconino County, Gila County, Graham County, Greenlee County, La Paz County, Maricopa County, Mohave County, Navajo County, Pima County, Pinal County, Santa Cruz County, Yavapai County, Yuma County

 

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IRS payroll tax audits in Arizona: IRS help from Scott Allen, E.A.

Arizona IRS Payroll Audits

Payroll tax audits are conducted to: 

  • Verify that all money paid to employees is being reported to the IRS.
  • Verify that workers are being correctly classified as employees rather than independent contractors.
  • Verify that employers and employee are filing all required returns.
  • Making sure withholdings for Social Security and Medicare are being correctly reported and paid in on a timely basis.

Arizona IRS payroll tax audits close down more businesses than any other IRS action.  If you lose here the tax assessed against the business will eventually be assessed against you as the owner.  These taxes are not dischargeable in bankruptcy.

The IRS gets leads from business competitors, ex-employees and other government agencies such as Unemployment Offices.  Take Arizona IRS payroll tax audits seriously.  In fact I tell my clients that if they cannot pay their payroll taxes, they don’t have a business.  Do not fool yourself into thinking that you can “borrow” by not filing and paying your employees withholdings.  The interest and penalties are more than even profitable businesses can afford.  You would have more luck going to the casinos than not paying your payroll taxes on time to save your business.

Scott Allen E. A. – Tax Debt Advisors, Inc

IRS payroll tax audits in Arizona:  IRS help from Scott Allen, E.A.

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Apache County, Cochise County, Coconino County, Gila County, Graham County, Greenlee County, La Paz County, Maricopa County, Mohave County, Navajo County, Pima County, Pinal County, Santa Cruz County, Yavapai County, Yuma County

 

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IRS help for the Arizona Medical Professionals

IRS Help in Arizona

There is only on germ or virus is more contagious than any other known by the medical professional—that is virus of bad IRS advice pass amount your own peers.  If you want accurate information that you can rely on get it from a professional in another field that specializes in that subject.

Most of our medical professionals get into trouble with the IRS due to bad advice, especially in the areas of investments, structure of their practices, and what they can take as business and personal deductions.

We can help medical professionals in the following specialties:

Doctors, Dentists, Chiropractors, Nursing Home Providers, Hospital Administrators, Hospital employees, Surgeons, Podiatrists, Endodontists, Pediatricians, Maxillofacial Surgeons, Plastic surgeons, Periodontists, Psychiatrists, Psychiatrists, Anesthesiologists, Urologists, Prosthodontists, Urologists, Anesthesiologists, Allergists, Dermatologists, Immunologists, Emergency Room Physicians, Oncologists, Family Practice Physicians, Obstetricians, Neurologists, Gynecologists, Orthodontists, Internists, Oral Surgeons, Hematologists, Cardiologists, Radiologists, Pathologists, Psychologists, Therapists, Nursing, Gastroenterologists, Pharmacists, Endocrinologists, Nephrologists, and Pulmonologists.   

Why is the IRS making the medical professional a target for IRS audits?  The first is the number of audits that result in additional revenues.  The second and most important reason is the medical professionals have the assets and income to pay back the amount of additional taxes, interest and penalties owed to the IRS.  Professions where there is little possibility of collecting additional revenues are being de-emphasized.

If you receive a notice of being audited by the IRS—take it very seriously, get professional help.  If one year has significant changes that produce additional revenue to the IRS, it is highly probably that the audit will be expanded to other years and others in your medical group.  The IRS knows that bad practices regarding IRS matters are very contagious in the medical community.  Call me today for a free initial confidential consultation.

Scott Allen E. A. – Tax Debt Advisors, Inc

IRS help for the Arizona Medical Professionals

Mesa, Apache Junction, Avondale, Buckeye, Carefree, Cave Creek, Chandler, El Mirage, Fountain Hills, Gila Bend, Gilbert, Glendale, Goodyear, Komatke, Litchfield Park, Luke AFB, Paradise Valley, Peoria, Phoenix, Queen Creek, Scottsdale, Sun City, Sun Lakes, Surprise, Tempe, Tolleson, Waddell, Whitman, Wickenburg, Youngstown, Flagstaff, Tucson, Payson, Winslow, Sierra Vista, Page, Prescott, Globe, Yuma, AZ

Apache County, Cochise County, Coconino County, Gila County, Graham County, Greenlee County, La Paz County, Maricopa County, Mohave County, Navajo County, Pima County, Pinal County, Santa Cruz County, Yavapai County, Yuma County

 

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IRS tax help for the Arizona Construction Industry

Arizona IRS Tax Help

There is only on germ or virus is more contagious than any other to the construction industry—that is virus of bad IRS advice pass amount your own peers.  If you want accurate information that you can rely on get it from a professional in another field that specializes in that subject.

Most construction professionals get into trouble with the IRS due to bad advice, especially in the areas of independent contractor/employee issues, the structuring of their business, and what they can take as business and personal deductions, and the lack of making no estimated tax payments towards current year tax liabilities or claiming exempt on their W-2 withholdings.

We can help Arizona construction industry professionals in the following specialties:

Electricians, Concrete Workers, Plumbers, Roofer, Dry Wall and Plaster Workers, Architects, Inspectors, Project Managers, Landscapers, Painters, Glazers, Framers, Tile and Flooring Workers. 

Why is the IRS making the construction industry a target for IRS audits?  First, is the lack of filing tax returns.  The construction industry has the lowest compliance rate among all the professions.  Second, lack of making tax payments in the form of estimated taxes or having withholdings on W-2’s wages.  Employers in the construction industry typically want to pay their workers as if there were independent contractors.  Hence, no withholdings are being paid by the employers and the workers fail to pay estimated taxes.

If you receive a notice of being audited by the IRS—take it very seriously, get professional help.  If one year has significant changes that produce additional revenue to the IRS, it is highly probably that the audit will be expanded to other years.  The IRS knows that bad practices regarding IRS matters are very contagious in the construction community.  Call me today for a free initial confidential consultation.

Scott Allen E. A. – Tax Debt Advisors, Inc

IRS tax help for the Arizona Construction Industry from Tax Debt Advisors, Inc

Mesa, Apache Junction, Avondale, Buckeye, Carefree, Cave Creek, Chandler, El Mirage, Fountain Hills, Gila Bend, Gilbert, Glendale, Goodyear, Komatke, Litchfield Park, Luke AFB, Paradise Valley, Peoria, Phoenix, Queen Creek, Scottsdale, Sun City, Sun Lakes, Surprise, Tempe, Tolleson, Waddell, Whitman, Wickenburg, Youngstown, Flagstaff, Tucson, Payson, Winslow, Sierra Vista, Page, Prescott, Globe, Yuma, Lake Havasu City, Kingman

 

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How to avoid an IRS audit in Arizona? IRS help from Tax Debt Advisors, Inc

 Avoid IRS Audit for Arizona Residents

  • Use a tax program.  Manually prepared returns are pieces of paper begging for attention.
  • Don’t believe all the advice that shows up on the internet and news shows during tax filing season.  Some of the advice I have heard would actually increase the likelihood of being audited.
  • Extend the filing of your return.  I have yet to have a client come in for an audit that filed a return right before the October 15th deadline.  Of course the return has to be filed correctly.
  • Report all income that the IRS knows about.  That would include all W-2’s, 1099’s and K-1’s—especially the ones that your thought were not going to be reported to the IRS.
  • Avoid the home office deduction.  I have literally had to charge some clients more for the preparation of this tax form than the benefit they were getting.  The home office deduction is rarely worth the tax savings and the risk of an audit.  If you have a home office deduction that amount to $1,000 and you are in a 15% tax bracket the savings is only $150.

But if you do get audited, get professional help.  It will pay for itself each year you file in the future and minimize your exposure for the year or years being audited.

Scott Allen E. A. – Tax Debt Advisors, Inc.

How to avoid an IRS audit in Arizona?  IRS help from Tax Debt Advisors, Inc

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Why am I being audited by the IRS in Arizona: IRS help from Tax Debt Advisors, Inc

Why am I being audited by the IRS

The most common reasons include:

  • If you are self employed and deal in cash such as restaurants, hair salons and contractors, you are in a high risk of audit situation.  The obvious reason—it is easy to put the money in your pocket and not report it on your return.
  • If you make large cash deposits into your bank account.
  • If you claim deductions that are almost as much as your reported income.
  • If you leave off of your return income that was reported to the IRS including     W-2’s, 1099”s, and K-1’s.
  • Unusually high charitable donations, especially those that are household items that are often overvalued.
  • Math errors on your tax return.  Using a computer program will avoid the math errors that go unnoticed on a paper return filled out and mailed in on April 14.
  • If you are using a tax preparer that the IRS has discovered was overstating deductions and generating large refunds.  In most cases, clients coming to us for this reason were actually aware of the practice but chose to ignore it believing that they would not be audited and that the IRS would not hold them accountable for all the interest and penalties and additional taxes if caught.

Use some common sense here and consider the agony that a bad audit will cause you financially and perhaps professionally and with your marriage.  This is probably the main reason why so many taxpayers are filing for innocent spouse protection.  One spouse, usually the husband is filing joint returns that if audited are going to result in large tax debts.  Bad returns are ticking time bombs.  The danger is that when the first one is not audited the taxpayer will becomes more bold and continue the practice in the following years and takes greater and greater risks until the IRS knocks on their door.

Scott Allen E. A. – Tax Debt Advisors, Inc.

Why am I being audited by the IRS in Arizona:  IRS help from Tax Debt Advisors, Inc

Mesa, Apache Junction, Avondale, Buckeye, Carefree, Cave Creek, Chandler, El Mirage, Fountain Hills, Gila Bend, Gilbert, Glendale, Goodyear, Komatke, Litchfield Park, Luke AFB, Paradise Valley, Peoria, Phoenix, Queen Creek, Scottsdale, Sun City, Sun Lakes, Surprise, Tempe, Tolleson, Waddell, Whitman, Wickenburg, Youngstown, Flagstaff, Tucson, Payson, Winslow, Sierra Vista, Page, Prescott, Globe, Yuma

 

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I was audited by the IRS in Arizona months ago and have not heard from them. IRS help from Tax Debt Advisors, Inc

Audited by IRS in Arizona

I was audited by the IRS months ago and have not heard from them.  What should I do? 

  • The longer it takes the IRS to get back to you the more likely your audit assessment slipped through the cracks.  Often IRS personnel are reassigned to other duties and their case load is dropped by the person reassigned to handle your case.
  • However, sometimes just when you think you are safe the audit assessment will show up and when this happens it is almost always much worst that what you expected.  Why?  The lazy auditor has lost the paperwork and when their manager jumps on them to finalize the audit; they disallow everything that was presented just to close the audit.  If this has happened to you call me right now—there is a silver lining waiting for you when I take this case to Appeals.
  • If your audit is not completed, I suggest that you not file your next return until you are certain that the audit has been closed out.  I would not go beyond the extension period of six months however as that alone may trigger a new audit.  This is a judgment call that you should get professional advice.
  • If you know that the auditor is just sitting on your case, it is best to make a call to the manager to get the audit completed.  Sometimes this will cause the auditor to accept the grey areas of the audit as a matter of expediting the audit and moving on to other cases.

Take audits very seriously.  Use a professional in most cases.  An error in judgment on your part may cause the Auditor to open up other tax years for an audit.

Scott Allen E. A. – Tax Debt Advisors, Inc.

I was audited by the IRS in Arizona months ago and have not heard from them.  IRS help from Tax Debt Advisors, Inc

Mesa, Apache Junction, Avondale, Buckeye, Carefree, Cave Creek, Chandler, El Mirage, Fountain Hills, Gila Bend, Gilbert, Glendale, Goodyear, Komatke, Litchfield Park, Luke AFB, Paradise Valley, Peoria, Phoenix, Queen Creek, Scottsdale, Sun City, Sun Lakes, Surprise, Tempe, Tolleson, Waddell, Whitman, Wickenburg, Youngstown, Flagstaff, Tucson, Payson, Winslow, Sierra Vista, Page, Prescott, Globe, Yuma

 

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IRS tax audit strategies in Arizona. IRS help from Tax Debt Advisors, Inc

 Arizona IRS Tax Audit Strategies

  • Avoid having the audit at your home.  We suggest to our clients to have the audit conducted at our office.
  • After consulting with a professional make the decision to extend the audit or not.  If an extension is requested before the dead line and you have reasonable cause, it is not a mark against you.  However, to miss an appointment that you previously extended will be a large a “red flag” as you can find.
  • Be cordial during the audit but not overly friendly.  Leave the talking to your advisor unless specifically questioned directly by the auditor.  When you answer the question do it in the fewest words that conveys the correct answer.  Look the auditor in the eyes and if you need some time before answering the question—take the time.  If you know you don’t know the answer, tell the auditor you don’t know, write down the question and ask the auditor when you can get back with the answer.
  • Allow for disagreements.  You will eventually get what you expect if you never get mad or angry.  An angry taxpayer is usually wrong.  If you cannot handle your emotions, let your representative do the talking.  Auditors know that they are creating a stressful situation and their training teaches them how to benefit from that stress taxpayers feel.
  • If you are a sole proprietor filing a schedule C on your return we recommend that you put your business in an LLC and then get IRS approval to have your LLC taxed as a Subchapter S Corporation.  I can discuss with you the tax benefits as well as the audit benefits during a consultation at my office.

Scott Allen E. A. – Tax Debt Advisors, Inc.

IRS tax audit strategies in Arizona.  IRS help from Tax Debt Advisors, Inc

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How long does the IRS have to collect taxes on an SFR or Substitute for Return? From Tax Debt Advisors, Inc.

IRS Substitute for Return

The normal period of time for the IRS to collect on a tax debt is 10 years.  However, the time does not start until an assessment has been made.  For example, if the IRS did a substitute for return for the year 2013 in 2018, the 10 year period would end in 2028, not 2023.  The date of assessment is not when you signed or mailed in the return, it is when the IRS posts the tax liability which can be several weeks or months later.  There are actions you can take that will extend the time period know as the Statute of Limitations.  These include filing a bankruptcy, Offer in Compromise, signing a waver, etc.  Taxpayers are allowed to file back tax returns any time after the IRS files an SFR tax return to lower the tax liability but the process can take up to a year to get it accepted.  If you file a return that is over three years past the due date including extensions, and no payments have been made within two years, the IRS will not pay a refund.  Call today for a free confidential consultation.

Scott Allen, E.A. – Tax Debt Advisors, Inc helping with back tax return problems

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How does the IRS file substitute tax returns? From Tax Debt Advisors, Inc.

IRS File Substitute Tax Returns (SFR)

The IRS SFR (Substitute For Return) unit will match all income reported to your social security number including W-2’s, K-1’s, 1099’s, etc.  If you last return filed was a joint return, the IRS will file an SFR as married filing separate which will put you in a higher tax bracket.  You will not be given credit for any dependents, or deductions.  Many clients avoid filing back tax returns because they have lost or never received due to a move records needed to file a return.  I am able to retrieve all the records that were report to the IRS.  Once those are available, you will be better able to locate records that will reduce your tax liability along with interest and penalties.  The hardest part is making the decision to get started.  Call me today for a free confidential initial consultation. I will be your IRS Power of Attorney representation from beginning to end.

Scott Allen, E.A. – Tax Debt Advisors, Inc helping Arizona taxpayers with SFR representation

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