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josippasic
josippasic
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What is the time limit in which the IRS has to send their findings to a person after an audit?

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Posted by josippasic on Thursday October 29, 2009 at 8:04 PM and tagged with audit, irs, law, tax, taxes.

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  1. ophelious
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    The only time limitation that the the auditor has to comply with is the 3 year statute of limitations the IRS has for assessing delinquent taxes.  The auditor cannot go over that date or else they will not be able to assess you back taxes and penalties, etc.  This, though, is not true if the amount of tax you owe is unusually high, or if you filed a fraudulent return.  In those cases, the IRS has longer.

    That said, of course it does not usually take so long to get the results back from an audit.  In most cases, you will receive some kind of notification within 30 days.   This depends a lot of the auditor and how much work they are currently doing.  Normally they will send you a letter with their decision and you have the chance to appeal that decision.

    Of course, I am not a tax lawyer, but this is my understanding of the tax code.  Good luck!

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    Posted by ophelious on Saturday November 21, 2009 at 5:45 PM