The most horrific thing to the taxpayer is to receive a letter from IRS. Keeping IRS at arms length is not an easy task. If you don’t want them to come to you there a few things you must be extremely careful of. The most basic safeguard is that double check on your return.



The IRS is becoming very serious on its audit. No matter the agency has reduced its inspections since few years; they have increased checks of certain returns.



It is advised to be extremely careful when you are filing your return. Take out sometime; say a week, particularly for this purpose. You should carefully check listed item in order to insure accuracy and you must use a tax-preparation program to get rid of math errors before your paper goes out. Math error is the most rampant reason to receive letter from the IRS over a period of ten years.



Under-reporting income is another trouble spot. Even if your return is being filed by the tax professionals, you should confirm the number you are reporting. And always remember that the IRS is very serious to monitor your donations of property and vehicles to charity and check the valuations of those assets.



The IRS will continue to play its role of a vigilant watchdog. Its main aim is to ensure that taxpayers with considerable income are not tampering with the figures and they pay their estimated tax.



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