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Questions You May Still Have After Filing Your Tax Return

RogerRossmeisl

If you’ve successfully filed your 2022 tax return with the IRS, you may think you’re done with taxes for another year. But some questions may still crop up about the return. Which tax records can you throw away now? Here are brief answers to three questions that we’re frequently asked at this time of year.

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Issues to Consider After Your File Your Tax Return

RogerRossmeisl

The tax filing deadline for 2021 has passed. Now that your tax return has been successfully filed with the IRS, there may still be some issues to bear in mind. You can throw some tax records away now You should hang onto tax records related to your return for as long as the IRS can audit your return or assess additional taxes.

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Scrupulous Records and Legitimate Business Expenses are the Key to Less Painful IRS Audits

RogerRossmeisl

Specifically, you should carefully record expenses to claim all the tax deductions to which you’re entitled. And you want to make sure you can defend the amounts reported on your tax returns in case you’re ever audited by the IRS. Be aware that there’s no one way to keep business records.

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Paperwork You Can Toss After Filing Your Tax Return

RogerRossmeisl

Once you file your 2022 tax return, you may wonder what personal tax papers you can throw away and how long you should retain certain records. You may have to produce those records if the IRS audits your return or seeks to assess tax. It’s a good idea to keep the actual returns indefinitely.

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Sales Tax Horror Stories: Audits

TaxConnex

Know what word in sales tax also has five letters? Few issues in the area of tax are more terrifying than this kind of exam from a tax authority. Sales tax audits can certainly become nightmares – but they can be handled, too, with the right steps, allowing you and your business to move forward. Read the notice.

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The Best Way to Survive an IRS Audit is to Prepare

RogerRossmeisl

The IRS recently released its audit statistics for the 2022 fiscal year and fewer taxpayers had their returns examined as compared with prior years. But even though a small percentage of returns are being chosen for audits these days, that will be little consolation if yours is one of them. For example, 8.5%

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Worried About an IRS Audit? Prepare in Advance

RogerRossmeisl

IRS audit rates are historically low, according to a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, but that’s little consolation if your return is among those selected to be examined. From tax years 2010 to 2019, audit rates of individual tax returns decreased for all income levels, according to the GAO.

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