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1. You owe money to the IRS

2. Your tax return is being examined by the IRS
3. The IRS needs additional information about your tax return

4. The IRS made changes to your tax return
5. You received too large of a refund or too small of a refund
6. The IRS needs to verify your identity

7. The IRS is responding to a document or form you sent them
8. The IRS is notifying you of delays in processing what you sent them

These letters can sometimes all look the same and are often confusing for the taxpayer to understand.

I want to bring your attention to two important things to look for on an IRS letter:
1. The deadline date the IRS requires a response.
2. If you have the right to appeal.

The deadline date is typically a hard date from the IRS. If the IRS does not receive a response by this
date they will often move forward to collect the money from you – sometimes without further notice -

or otherwise move forward in their process.

For example, if this was the final warning before they take the money out of your bank account, the
letter the IRS sends to you will not use the words – “We will take money out of your bank account if we
do not hear from you” – but that is what they intend to do.

Each letter has a unique letter number in the top corner of the letter. This may mean nothing to the

taxpayer, but to the IRS and tax attorneys it can often tell us where you are in the process.

For example, you may receive a letter from the IRS that looks like all of your other letters.

However we may see it and recognize that although this letter looks like the other letters, this is actually
what the IRS considers their final warning to you. If the IRS receives no response from you within 30

days after they send you this letter, the IRS will typically seize the money from your bank account and
hit your employer or customers with garnishments.

Likewise, you should read your letters to determine if they give you the right to appeal the IRS on the
money you owe. The letter will specify if you have appeal rights. If you need to appeal any issue with

the IRS, the IRS has very specific forms you must complete and send to them in a timely manner to be
processed before your appeal deadline expires and your appeal rights are gone altogether!

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