{"id":53878,"date":"2018-02-06t09:41:15","date_gmt":"2018-02-06t14:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=53878"},"modified":"2024-10-01t09:35:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01t13:35:54","slug":"clients-face-unreal-irs-audits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2018\/02\/06\/clients-face-unreal-irs-audits\/","title":{"rendered":"when clients face ‘unreal’ irs audits"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"irs adopts confusing, misleading terminology. but it’s all very real.<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n

by rick telberg<\/em>
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tax professionals and accounting firms need to be aware that their clients may face two kinds of internal revenue audits: real and unreal.<\/p>\n

really.<\/p>\n

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and it\u2019s the \u201cunreal\u201d audits that are going to become more common.<\/p>\n

over irs objections, the tax advocacy service is using the term \u201cunreal\u201d audits in its 2017 annual report to congress. the irs called the terms \u201cinaccurate, misleading and a mischaracterization of irs interactions with taxpayers\u201d because the so-called \u201cunreal\u201d audits do not, in the irs opinion, qualify as audits, which, in its tax code, involve inspections of books and records.but the tas insists that taxpayers see little distinction between the two kinds of compliance actions, explaining in a footnote that \u201creceipt of a notice stating that the irs will increase the taxpayer\u2019s liability unless the taxpayer responds and provides acceptable documentation to support his or her return position feels like an audit, regardless of whether it is technically an audit\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

the difference<\/strong><\/p>\n

the difference is crucial. because of the irs\u2019s narrow definition of what constitutes an audit, the tas says that<\/p>\n