Reason For Irs Audit
Q.I have some questions concerning taperecording an IRS audit. First of all, I understand that if you want to do that, you must give the IRS a 10-day advance notice that you intend to taperecord. What is the reason for this 10-day notice? Why would someone need 10 days to prepare themselves to be recorded? And is taperecording a good and recommended thing to do?
A.To give them time to arrange their own recording. Sure, they ought to be able to arrange this quicker, but why hurry when you can set the rules? I wouldn't recommend it for a routine audit. Backing up a second, I wouldn't recommend that the taxpayer even attend a routine audit. Hire a rep instead. Based solely on personal prejudice, if someone comes before me making noise about his rights before I've given him any cause to think they're being violated, I figure at best he's a nuisance and at worst he's up to something. The IRS wants the notice so it can tape the audit on its own. It doesn't want the only taped record to be yours (to guard against the possibility that you might tamper with the tape). Since we're talking about a government bureaucracy, it probably takes 10 days to arrange to have someone come in, set up and operate the tape recorder. It may also be that the IRS wants the time to allow a supervisor to review the case with the auditor, so there's no chance of a surprise that might sound bad if the tape is ever played in court. As for whether it's a good idea, I can't help you there.
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