Notice of Deficiency

Oct 06, 2011 3 Replies
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In March I got a notice of underpayment of my 2009 taxes. I filled out a form, agreeing with part, disagreeing with part, and paid what I thought I should. In May I got a letter agreeing with part of my disagreement. I sent a letter explaining why I thought that the IRS was mistaken. In August I got the same letter as in May, with no reference to my argument. So I re-sent the letter. Now I got a Notice of Deficiency.



I tried calling the numbers listed for the Taxpayer Advocate. I get barely intelligible recordings. I held on for a long time, but as I am calling internationally, I finally gave up.



Should I write to the Taxpayer Advocate asking why my arguments were not answered? Or should I just pay up and then file an amended return?


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I have a client where exam failed twice to honor our request to go to appeals. The IRS sent a 90-day letter last month. I sent a letter to the TA complaining about the request for appeals being ignored. After all, it is in the "taxpayer bill of rights" per IRS publication 1.

Filing an amended return after a 90-day letter's assessment usually doesn't work. They usually deny or ignore the claims.

By any chance, is your problem coming from Andover? I'm not certain they know what they're doing at that location.

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No, Philadelphia

By any chance, is your problem coming from Andover? I'm not certain they know what they're doing at that location.

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They can be confused too. They recently paid a claim for refund which was in appeals at the time.

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