Tips and Traps for Dealing with the IRS: From Start to Finish

Are you prepared to face the IRS from preparing a client’s return all the way through the audit and collection processes? This course gives you practical insights on everything needed to choose or reject a tactic when dealing with the IRS. It will help you represent your client with confidence and show you how to evaluate your client’s options. Recognize what triggers an audit, how to negotiate, settle on appeal, and how to qualify for an IRS collection program. Develop a tax compliance strategy by focusing on the rules the IRS must follow and the latest tax court cases. Evaluate the pros and cons of installment agreements, offers in compromise and other strategies. Keep up to date on the latest laws, regulations, rulings and cases.

• Deal effectively with the IRS from basic to major issues
• Evaluate pros and cons of installment agreements, offers in compromise and other strategies
• Identify the latest legislative, judicial and administrative developments
• Analyze applicability of recent case settlements

Prerequisite:  Experience in business taxation

Advanced Preparation: None