Have you been to an IRS Tax Court?
2006-12-07 06:47:24 · 4 answers · asked by afghaniguy007 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
In my job I have to deal with the IRS daily. Basically, what happens is that if you are audited and the IRS says that they think you owe taxes and you disagree, sometimes you can negotiate to come up with a amicable solution. If you cannot, then you head to tax court. Usually you don't go to the courts unless you have good tax position and the tax law involved is somewhat ambiguous enough to argue.
2006-12-07 06:58:37 · answer #1 · answered by Kia V 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes our lawyers have done it a few times. But the better choice is usually to pay the tax and then appeal to a US District Court - their reputation is more pro-taxpayer. The Tax Court judges are more hard cases but you don't have to pay the tax before appealing. You need a lawyer for this. See link below.
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p5.pdf
2006-12-07 07:26:32 · answer #2 · answered by spicertax 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One basic tenet of tax court is that the burden of proof is up to you to prove that you do not owe the taxes that the IRS says you owe.
2006-12-07 06:50:06 · answer #3 · answered by jseah114 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have supporting documents for everything. Take a Tax Attorny. Not a regular Attorny because they no nothing about taxes. And bring your accountant.
2006-12-07 10:03:25 · answer #4 · answered by Joe A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋