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6 Easy Steps to Navigate an IRS Audit and Save You (Tax) Money

1) Determine if this is an IRS Field, Office or Correspondence Audit

With a Field Audit, the audit will be done at your place of business. Most taxpayers requests that the audit be moved and done at your CPA's office. The auditor however still has the right to visit your office.

In an Office Audit, the audit will be done at the local IRS office. … Continue reading »


3 Reasons To File IRS Form 8938, Statement of Specified Foreign Assets

1) You have a "Specified Foreign Financial Asset" which exceeds the filing requirements

Financial Assets that are subject to this form are: A Financial Account maintained by a foreign institution and the following assets not held in an account with a foreign institution:

* Stock or security issued by a foreign person

* Financial instrument where the issuer is not a U.S. Person 

* And any interest in a foreign … Continue reading »


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