Can Form 843 Appealing 2011-2023

Hi I'm Lawrence Lawler national director of the American Society of tax problem solvers this series has to do with solving common tax problems today we're going to discuss the appeal of IRS actions you've got to remember they're not always right the IRS does make mistakes or sometimes fails to consider something that they should have but taxpayers have the right to appeal that and three of the most common ones that we will talk about have to do with the appeal of an offer and compromise the appeal of an examination that the IRS has done on a taxpayer or the appeal of a collection action first the appeal of an offering compromise is done often right within the offering compromise unit if you picture the IRS as being one huge organization in just one corner of it being the offer and compromise unit within that one corner where they consider offers and compromise when they're initially filed and they determine whether or not they think they're an acceptable offer there's another little corner with in that corner called the appeals division then they actually have appeals officers who work on offers and compromise so if the taxpayer is unhappy with the results that they get by dealing with an offer examiner they can appeal it to the appeals officers within the IRS appeals division that is housed right within the offering compromise unit I might suggest to you that you don't have to deal with the appeals unit that's within the offer unit you can actually ask for a face-to-face Appeals and have the case sent to the appeals office in your own city now because this has to do with a collection action because that's what an offer is all about it has to do with...