Contesting IRS PenaltiesContesting IRS Penalties

Covering the 15 most common tax penalties applied to individuals and small businesses, this guide provides all the necessary ammunition readers will need to fight back against the IRS's imposed tax penalties. Readers are guided through pertinent tax laws, exceptions and bases for relief, forms and rationale for contestations, and the abusive assertion (by the IRS) of the 75 percent civil fraud penalty. Also covered are reasonable explanations for late filing, court rulings for and against the IRS, information on the 'penalty of choice' for IRS auditors, fines and prison terms for false returns, how and why penalties should be expunged from records, if possible, and opportunities within the IRS for appeals.