January 9, 20179 yr Yes, absolutely. I make money and I also have expenses for travel (mileage, food, hotel rooms, etc.) I figured, but just wanted to make sure. If you have receipts it shouldn't be difficult to prove the legit expenses I wouldn't think.
January 9, 20179 yr Hire a CPA. I was once upside down 57K according to them. CPA got it lined out. I still owed, but owed what I was intended to owe, not their fuzzy math.
January 9, 20179 yr Author Good luck @Wireman, I have never had a good experience when dealing with the IRS. It's hard enough to get them to send you the correct forms after spending hours on the phone (mostly on hold) in my experience. Yeah, I made 5-6 of those ridiculously long phone calls last year
January 9, 20179 yr Talk to a tax attorney. If you've been dealing with this for a long time, your options may be more limited than they were at the outset, but a good tax attorney will be able to get your audit back on the right track. Even an hour-long consultation may put you in a better place as regards the case. I don't know the statute of limitations for a case having to do with omissions on tax documents, but you almost definitely have a good claim against the accountant if the audit can't get turned around. Worse case scenario he should be able to get any penalties or fees reimbursed I'd think. That's absolutely negligence on the CPA's part.
January 9, 20179 yr Author Hire a CPA. I was once upside down 57K according to them. CPA got it lined out. I still owed, but owed what I was intended to owe, not their fuzzy math. How much will something like cost? Ballpark
January 9, 20179 yr How much will something like cost? BallparkNot sure for a one time deal. I hired that CPA to do my payroll, and everything else, that I simply paid monthly. I never had to deal with that garb again.
January 9, 20179 yr If you have reciepts and a log of everything it doesn't seem like it should be that complicated. You have proof of the expenses. Am I missing something?
January 9, 20179 yr How much will something like cost? Ballpark Depends on their hourly rate and how much time they put into sorting everything out.
January 9, 20179 yr Author If you have reciepts and a log of everything it doesn't seem like it should be that complicated. You have proof of the expenses. Am I missing something? Now you're speaking my language. I have a box with every single receipt and proof of everything I claimed (except for the mileage that was in error). And I even admitted the mileage error up front and was very open and honest about it. And they just threw it all out and said I have to pay everything back.
January 9, 20179 yr Now you're speaking my language. I have a box with every single receipt and proof of everything I claimed (except for the mileage that was in error). And I even admitted the mileage error up front and was very open and honest about it. And they just threw it all out and said I have to pay everything back. Yeah that doesn't add up. You will pay back the benefit of the 30,000 miles and the rest should be allowed hopefully. Sounds awful.
January 9, 20179 yr Yeah, I made 5-6 of those ridiculously long phone calls last year Yup, I had a similar situation as you in 2013 that came from an issue from 2009. It had to do with some money that I inherited that I had 30% taken out of for tax purposes before it was ever deposited into my bank account. For whatever reason I never received a form for it from the union, so it never was filed as income when my taxes were filed that year. Several years later they noticed it (somehow) and sent me paperwork telling me that I owed taxes on that money. After trying to figure it out myself and wasting countless hours of my life on the phone with them and waiting for months on the correct forms to file, they sent the wrong forms and packets about 4 different times, which led to me wasting even more of my life on the phone with them, I was ready to give up. After hiring a tax attorney it turned out that I actually overpaid them and rather than me owing them around $1800 more than what I paid that year, they owed me around $300. Of course that all went to the attorney, plus a little more If I remember correctly. Fast forward to the following tax season and guess what. I received the exact same letter in reference to the 2009 ommision. :lol2: At least the second time it went more smoothly, a couple hour phone conversation and I was able to have it resolved, once they realized that it had been taken care of the year prior.
January 9, 20179 yr Our US Senator wants to abolish the organization that is making life hell for you. Call his office. I'm sure he will be willing to help or offer you some helpful advice. Tell someone...anyone ... to go to hell. That usually makes me feel better.
January 9, 20179 yr Our US Senator wants to abolish the organization that is making life hell for you. Call his office. I'm sure he will be willing to help or offer you some helpful advice. Tell someone...anyone ... to go to hell. That usually makes me feel better.What's your number?
January 9, 20179 yr I remember I spent 4 and a half years fighting with the IRS for one of the Not for profits I deal with because the IRS had the wrong fiscal period in their system. I had the original paperwork from the IRS (that had the right filing periods on them) and they said it was invalid, their own documents. Mess. @Wireman, you need a tax attorney at this point.
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