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This is a common misconception. The mission of the IRS is to collect taxes and enforce the tax code. They don't make the rules and cannot make you pay more than

This is a common misconception. The mission of the IRS is to collect taxes and enforce the tax code. They don't make the rules and cannot make you pay more than you legally owe. An audit can just as well prove that you paid too much tax as you paid too little. It just so happens that there are far more people looking to skirt their full tax liability then people who mistakenly overpay. I did the latter once and got a check in the mail a few months later for the overage.

aww_dang 4y ago
Where is the incentive for the IRS to help you to reduce the total amount owed during the filing process? There's a difference between just asking, "Does your business have any expenses? Okay, what are those?" and actively pursuing the deductions a tax payer may be eligible for. A tax preparer has every incentive to help a tax payer find the correct and legal deductions. Nowhere in my comment did I say anything about changing the rules or paying more than someone owes. Not sure why this bad faith reading of the comment is so prevalent?