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Curious, did you review your filing documents before submitting? Was it something inconspicuous?

• grandalf 11y ago
  I did not. I filed electronically. I might have caught it if I'd reviewed everything but it was a pretty complex return. Fortunately the audit was simple once I realized what had happened and explained it, but it was overall very time consuming.
  • pkaye 11y ago
    How does an audit work? Do you go to the IRS office? Is the conversation pleasant or adversarial?
    • grandalf 11y ago
      It was fairly formal, but the auditor was friendly and professional. My return was flagged as part of an IRS program to audit the forms and overall tax collection effectiveness, so there was never any presumption that I'd tried to evade paying taxes. I sent over a bunch of documentation and then eventually met with the auditor at the office for a few hours to finalize things.