Your IRS Tax Appeal Rights

Are you in the middle of a disagreement with the IRS? One of the guaranteed rights for all taxpayers is the right to appeal. If you disagree with the IRS about the amount of your tax liability or about proposed collection actions, you have the right to ask to the IRS Appeals Office to review your case.

During the contact with the taxpayers, IRS employees are required to establish and protect these taxpayer rights, including the right to appeal. TheIRS appeals system is for people who are not with the results of an examination of their tax returns or other adjustments to their tax bill will agree. In addition to the investigations, you can many other things that appeal, including:

1. Collection actions such as liens, levies, seizures, installment agreement terminations and rejected offers-in-Compromise

2. Penalties and interest, and

3. Employment tax adjustments and the trust fund recoveryPunishment.

Internal IRS Appeal conferences are informal meetings. The local Appeals Office, which is independent of the IRS office, can sometimes resolve an appeal by telephone or by correspondence.

The IRS also offers an option called Fast Track Mediation, in which an appeal or settlement officer attempts to help you and the IRS will find a mutually satisfactory solution. In most cases not docketed in court qualify for fast track mediation. You canRequest Fast Track Mediation at the conclusion of an audit or collection determination, but belongs to your request for a normal complaints. Fast Track Mediation is intended to promote early resolution of disputes. It can not eliminate or replace existing dispute resolution request, including your chance to hold a conference with a manager or a hearing before the appeal court. They can range from the mediation at any time.

When attending an informal meeting orPursue mediation, you can represent yourself or you can by an attorney, accountant or enrolled person represented before the IRS practice.

If you and the IRS Appeals Officer can not agree, or if you do not want to appeal within the IRS, in most cases, you can take your disagreement to federal court to. Usually, it is worthwhile to take a placement test prior to the adoption of an expensive and time-consuming litigation.