Why Form 843 Reduced 2011-2023

Instructions and Help about Why Form 843 Reduced

I frequently get asked can I get the penalties and interest reduced on all these taxes because I can pay the tax but these penalties and interest are killing me well the answer to that is maybe but there's a legal requirement that you have to meet that there has to be good cause for why those penalties were incurred good cause could be that you had all the records destroyed in a fire or flood and you had to recreate the records and that caused you to be late you might have had a professional that you hired to do these things and that professional absconded with your records it may be that you had medical issues that prevented you from filing on time and maybe you were in the hospital and there was nobody else that could handle this paperwork for you so we look at each situation very carefully to see if you can fit into one of these good cause categories just the fact that i knew i was going to and therefore i didn't file usually won't get you out of paying the penalties if the IRS does agree to abate that is reduced some of the penalties the interest that's associated with those penalties will also be reduced otherwise the IRS does not abate interest.