Legal Question in Business Law in New York
irs
I was audited last year for the first time. I went to my tax man and he filled out the paper and said don't worry nothing will happen. i sent in all the papers in. IRS said I still owed them 3,00 dollars. not knowing anything about doing taxes I called him back he said there is nothing he I can do just pay the money. easy said than done if I had 3,000 dollar. long story short I payed it. I had went to someone else to see if they can find the prolblem he did. Well they said he put down to much for your expenses I only maid that year 2003 32000 he put down over 10,000. well, I come to find out last year he is under investigation. but now I have to pay for his mistake and just recived to letters from the irs. for 2004, and 2005. what I want to know is there anything I can do.
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: irs
Please contact Mr. Gonzalez and avail yourself of his offer to refer you to some experienced tax professionals.
You may also want to post your same question again to LawGuru's TAXATION category (instead of the business law category) to avail yourself of the opinions of other experienced tax lawyers.
However, also note that if it is now still less than THIRTY days from the time you received the IRS letters regarding the other two years, it is recommended that you appeal these two latest IRS letters to the Appeals Office of the IRS. There is a THIRTY DAY DEADLINE for doing so.
Appealing to the Appeals Office of the IRS frequently results in REDUCING tax liability, BUT does NOT usually result in totally zeroing them
out.
Procedural details about submitting such appeal to the Appeals Office of the IRS can be found on the IRS WEBSIITE, and there are some "do-it-yourself" books and brochures available from Nolo Press (which also has a website) for challenging IRS audits.
However, to get help with constructing the legal arguments for this appeal, it is a good idea to get whatever help you can from any tax lawyers either referred by Mr. Gonzalez or through this LawGuru website.
In future, note that too large expenses on a tax return compared to relatively small income, is something the IRS looks for when deciding to audit.
Re: irs
usually you have some time to go back and amend any submissions, i believe it is three years. I have some referrals to give you as far as attorneys specializing in this area, but am not in the office as of the moment... feel free to email me at the addres provided below and i will give you the contact names of tax professionals my office usually does business with.
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