Audit by Mail of Schedule C

[luke]

just got

one of these SchC mail audits - what P%^&*9 me off is that they want the CLIENT to bring copies of 2009 and 2010 returns? Hey you're the IRS YOU HAVE THOSE returns!!!!!!

[ChEAr$]

one of these SchC mail audits - what P%^&*9 me off is that they want the CLIENT to bring copies of 2009 and 2010 returns? Hey you're the IRS YOU HAVE THOSE returns!!!!!!

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BRING? bring 2009 and 2010 copies where? You said this is a mail audit.
For which year is the audit?

[S T]

Prior audits

I was told by an auditor prior - several years ago - the Audit Dept does not receive copies of the prior tax returns - that is why they request from the preparers and the taxpayer

More like the auditor is to substantiate that we filed those returns - I have rarely had them looked at or reviewed, and most times I walked away with the "printed copies" that I took with me.

Seems odd to me! Is it that the Depts at IRS do not communicate with each other?

Sandy

[geekgirldany]

The last time I dealt with a mail audit was a Sales Tax deduction on Schedule A. I talked about it here on the forum. Sent the requested information twice. A stack of receipts. Because the client had a basement that flooded could not get all the receipts... so it would come out with them owing. Well I kept getting that they did not receive the information. They kept putting 45 day holds. Finally after six months I got the Taxpayer Advocate involved. The case was resolved in a few days. A no change status. Client did not owe a thing.

[ttbtaxes]

I can't imagine requesting a face-to-face, when a mail audit was initiated, unless there were extenuating circumstances or a complete lack of records. A face-to-face allows the auditor to open up the audit to other items not originally identified that they happen upon while reviewing the full return under audit.