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What Foreign Assets Trigger an IRS Audit?

Venar Ayar, JD, LLM (Tax) September 18, 2026 No Comments

The IRS invested heavily in international enforcement over the past decade. Data-sharing agreements with foreign governments, automatic reporting from banks under FATCA, and FinCEN records transformed the agency’s ability to…

IRS Letter 525: What It Means and How to Respond to the 30-Day Audit Letter

Venar Ayar, JD, LLM (Tax) June 20, 2026 No Comments

How you respond to Letter 525, and whether you respond at all, shapes every option available to you from this point forward. What Is the IRS Letter 525 Audit Report?…

IRS CP90C Notice: Rights and Options After a Levy

Venar Ayar, JD, LLM (Tax) June 15, 2026 No Comments

The IRS CP90C notice serves two purposes. First, it informs you that a levy was issued against your property. Second, it preserves your right to request a Collection Due Process…

Self-Employed Tax Mistakes to Avoid

Venar Ayar, JD, LLM (Tax) June 8, 2026 No Comments

Self-employed tax mistakes aren’t signs of negligence. They’re symptoms of a system that treats freelancers, independent contractors, gig workers, and sole proprietors as both employer and employee without explaining what…

IRS Notice of Deficiency: Your 90-Day Deadline

Venar Ayar, JD, LLM (Tax) May 5, 2026 No Comments

An IRS Notice of Deficiency, or 90-day letter, is a statutory notice giving taxpayers 90 days (150 in some international cases) to file a petition with the U.S. Tax Court…

How to Respond to IRS CP504 Notice of Intent to Levy

Venar Ayar, JD, LLM (Tax) April 30, 2026 No Comments

The IRS CP504 notice is a Notice of Intent to Levy under IRC § 6331(d), issued after prior balance-due notices went unresolved. Taxpayers have 30 days from the notice date…

How to Respond to an IRS Notice

Venar Ayar, JD, LLM (Tax) April 25, 2026 No Comments

Responding to an IRS notice requires identifying the notice type, understanding the deadline, and gathering documentation that directly addresses what the IRS is questioning. Ayar Law, a tax law firm,…

IRS Letter 1058 or LT11: What It Means and How to Respond

Venar Ayar, JD, LLM (Tax) April 25, 2026 No Comments

IRS Letter 1058 and LT11 are two distinct final levy notices that carry identical legal weight. Both are titled “Final Notice of Intent to Levy and Notice of Your Right…

IRS CP90 Notice: What It Means, What the IRS Can Take, and How to Stop It

Venar Ayar, JD, LLM (Tax) April 21, 2026 No Comments

An IRS CP90 notice is a Final Notice of Intent to Levy issued under IRC §6330, signaling that the IRS completed standard collection steps and is authorized to seize wages,…

IRS CP503 Notice: The Second Balance Due Reminder

Venar Ayar, JD, LLM (Tax) April 18, 2026 No Comments

The CP503 is the IRS’s second reminder for unpaid taxes, sent after the CP14 and CP501 go unanswered. It includes the updated balance with penalties and interest, a payment deadline,…

Understanding Your IRS CP501 Notice

Venar Ayar, JD, LLM (Tax) April 14, 2026 No Comments

An IRS CP501 notice is an early-stage balance due reminder sent when the IRS believes a taxpayer has an unpaid liability for a specific tax year. It typically follows an…

IRS CP14 Notice: Your First Balance Due Letter

Venar Ayar, JD, LLM (Tax) April 8, 2026 No Comments

An IRS CP14 notice is the first balance-due letter stating that taxes, penalties, and interest are owed for a specific tax year. The notice lists the amount due and typically…

IRS Final Notice of Intent to Levy: Act Now

Venar Ayar, JD, LLM (Tax) April 3, 2026 No Comments

An IRS Final Notice of Intent to Levy (Letter 1058, LT11, or CP90) means the IRS can seize bank accounts, garnish wages, or take business assets after the stated deadline,…

IRS CP2000 Notice: How to Respond

Venar Ayar, JD, LLM (Tax) March 23, 2026 No Comments

An IRS CP2000 notice is a proposed tax adjustment issued when IRS records, such as W-2s, 1099s, 1098s, or K-1s, do not match a filed return. Taxpayers generally have 30…

IRS Letter 566: Correspondence Audit Explained

Venar Ayar, JD, LLM (Tax) March 21, 2026 No Comments

IRS Letter 566 initiates a correspondence audit, requiring taxpayers to substantiate specific return items by mail. The notice identifies the tax year and documentation requested, such as receipts, W-2s, 1099s,…

What is an IRS Audit Reconsideration?

Venar Ayar, JD, LLM (Tax) October 16, 2020 No Comments

An audit reconsideration is used when an audit of a taxpayer’s return assessed additional taxes, or a tax credit was overturned. This allows the taxpayer to have his or her…

Being Audited by the IRS But Don’t Have Any Receipts?

Venar Ayar, JD, LLM (Tax) December 14, 2018 No Comments

IRS Record Keeping Guidelines The Internal Revenue Service generally advises taxpayers to retain copies of all tax returns and any relevant supporting documentation for at least the previous three tax…

5 IRS Audit Triggers and Tax Red Flags

Venar Ayar, JD, LLM (Tax) December 11, 2018 No Comments

Nothing strikes fear into the hearts of an American taxpayer like the word “audit.” But there really is nothing inherently bad about them. An audit is essentially a review and…

How Long Does an IRS Tax Audit Take?

Venar Ayar, JD, LLM (Tax) July 2, 2018 No Comments

The Internal Revenue Service regularly performs tax audits of both corporate taxpayers and individuals. Although tax audits are conducted year-long, they often spike during the few months after the tax…

IRS Special Enforcement Program: Cannabis Business Beware

Venar Ayar, JD, LLM (Tax) July 2, 2018 No Comments

Since the legalization of medical and recreational marijuana use in several states, owners and operators in the industry have seen a decent amount of financial success in their respective trades.…

7 Worst Things To Do In An IRS Audit

Venar Ayar, JD, LLM (Tax) June 22, 2018 No Comments

We get it. Tax audits can be nerve-racking, to say the least. And while there is a lot of information out there on what is appropriate to do, there isn’t…

How to Appeal A Tax Audit

Venar Ayar, JD, LLM (Tax) June 12, 2018 No Comments

Audits (which the IRS calls “examinations”) are the stuff of most taxpayer’s nightmares. When people think of tax audits, they automatically assume that some grey suit wearing IRS agent is…

Statute of Limitations for IRS Audits

Venar Ayar, JD, LLM (Tax) June 7, 2018 No Comments

The IRS generally has three years from the date a return is filed or due to issue a Notice of Deficiency. If this period has expired, the IRS can’t assess…

International Wire Transfer Reporting Requirements

Venar Ayar, JD, LLM (Tax) May 9, 2018 No Comments

Sending or receiving an international wire over $10,000 does not trigger a report to the IRS. The rule that generates the $10,000 figure everyone cites is a recordkeeping duty on…

How the IRS Audits Marijuana Dispensaries: What to Expect

Venar Ayar, JD, LLM (Tax) February 6, 2018 No Comments

Marijuana dispensaries are five times more likely to face an IRS cash business audit. In 1970, lawmakers approved Section 280E of the Internal Revenue Code as a punitive measure in…

How the IRS Audits Income for Cash Businesses

Venar Ayar, JD, LLM (Tax) January 30, 2018 No Comments

When treasury agents get the scent of unreported income in their nostrils, they always use a variation of the good cop-bad cop routine. Sometimes before they even drop the A-word,…

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IRS Audit Help: Be Ready, Be Protected

What Foreign Assets Trigger an IRS Audit?

IRS Letter 525: What It Means and How to Respond to the 30-Day Audit Letter

IRS CP90C Notice: Rights and Options After a Levy

Self-Employed Tax Mistakes to Avoid

IRS Notice of Deficiency: Your 90-Day Deadline

How to Respond to IRS CP504 Notice of Intent to Levy

How to Respond to an IRS Notice

IRS Letter 1058 or LT11: What It Means and How to Respond

IRS CP90 Notice: What It Means, What the IRS Can Take, and How to Stop It

IRS CP503 Notice: The Second Balance Due Reminder

Understanding Your IRS CP501 Notice

IRS CP14 Notice: Your First Balance Due Letter

IRS Final Notice of Intent to Levy: Act Now

IRS CP2000 Notice: How to Respond

IRS Letter 566: Correspondence Audit Explained

What is an IRS Audit Reconsideration?

Being Audited by the IRS But Don’t Have Any Receipts?

5 IRS Audit Triggers and Tax Red Flags

How Long Does an IRS Tax Audit Take?

IRS Special Enforcement Program: Cannabis Business Beware

7 Worst Things To Do In An IRS Audit

How to Appeal A Tax Audit

Statute of Limitations for IRS Audits

International Wire Transfer Reporting Requirements

How the IRS Audits Marijuana Dispensaries: What to Expect

How the IRS Audits Income for Cash Businesses

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