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This module includes the following:

• The IRS Audit Process
• The IRS Notices
• Power of Attorney Issues
• The Taxpayer Interview
• Records and the Quickbooks File
• Issues surrounding Cash Intensive Businesses
• Hobby Loss Considerations
• Eggshell Audit (ie. Fraud) Concerns
• Reconstructing Records
• How to File and Prepare an Appeal

Included as exhibits are:

• IRS Form 2848 – Power of Attorney
• Sample Retainer Agreement
• Letter 2205-A: Exam Opening Letter
• Form 4564: IRS Information Document Request
• Form 4549: Report of Income tax Examination Changes
• Form 870: Waiver of Restrictions on Assessment and Collection of Deficiency in Tax and Acceptance of Overassessment
• Letter 950-E: Thirty Day Notice to File an Appeal
• Letter 531: Notice of Deficiency & Right to File in United States Tax Court
• United States Tax Court Petition Kit
• Form 843 Claim for Refund and Request for Abatement
• IRS Audit Guide for Cash Intensive Businesses

This module covers the following:

• The Current Landscape
• The IRS Collection process
• Tax Compliance
• Non-Filers
• Assessment, Billing and Collection Notices
• Appeals: Collection-Due-Process
• Appeals: Equivalent Hearings
• Appeals: CAP Hearings
• Enforcement Tools: Tax Liens
• Enforcement Tools: Tax Levies
• Uncollectible Status
• Installment Agreements
• Offers-in-Compromise
• Bankruptcy

The exhibits include:

• CP-516 – Request for Missing Return
• Administrative Summons
• Notice of Deficiency
• Account Transcript
• CP-501 – Notice of Balance Due
• CP-504 – Threat to Levy
• CP-90 – Final Notice of Intent to Levy & Right to a Collection-Due-Process Hearing (Field Collections)
• Letter 11 – Final Notice of Intent to Levy & Right to a Collection-Due-Process Hearing (ACS)
• Form 12153 – Request for Collection Due Process or Equivalent Hearing
• Form 433-D – Installment Agreement
• IRS Local Housing Standards
• IRS National Standards for Food, Clothing & Misc
• IRS Local Transportation Standards
• IRS National Standard for Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Costs
• IRS Document Checklist
• IRS Form 2848 Power of Attorney
• IRS Notice of Federal Tax Lien
• IRS Notice of Federal Tax Levy
• Notice of Determination

This module will cover:

• The Basics of the Offer-in-Compromise program
• Doubt-as-to-Liability Offers
• Doubt-as-to-Collectibility Offers
• Effective Tax Administration Offers
• The Offer Process
• Calculating Reasonable Collection Potential
• Strategies
• Offer Documents
• Sample Offer Correspondence Letters
• Marketing
• Case Studies

The exhibits in this module include:

• IRS Form 2848 – Power of Attorney
• Sample Retainer Agreement
• IRS Housing Standards (sample)
• IRS National Standards for Food, Clothing & Misc.
• IRS Local Transportation Standards
• IRS National Standard Out-of-Pocket Medical Expenses
• IRS Document Checklist
• IRS Form 433-A (OIC) Collection Information Statement for Individuals
• IRS Form 433-B (OIC) Collection Information Statement for Businesses
• IRS Form 656 – Offer-in-Compromise
• IRS Letter Confirming receipt of the Offer
• IRS Letter rejecting the Offer
• IRS Form 13711 – Appeal of the Offer-in-Compromise Rejection
• IRS Form 14640 – Offer Addendum
• IRS Letter Accepting the Offer-in-Compromise
• IRS Letter that Offer Terms Have Been Met
• IRS Notice to Default the Offer

• Payroll Tax Enforcement Landscape
• Payroll Tax Basics
• Personal Liability
• Payroll Tax Strategies
• IRS Enforcement
• Case Studies

The exhibits in this module include:

• IRS Form 2848 Power of Attorney - Business
• IRS Form 2848 Power of Attorney – Owner
• IRS Letter 903 – IRS Demand Letter to deposit Employment Taxes
• Sample Injunction and Court Order to Make Payroll deposits
• IRS Form 4180 – Trust Fund Interview Form
• IRS Letter 1153 – Notice of Proposed Trust Fund Assessment
• IRS Form 2751 - Agreement to Assessment and Collection of Trust Fund Recovery Penalty
• Sample Protest of the Proposed trust Fund Assessment
• Sample Freedom of Information Act Request
• Sample Affidavit
• IRS Form 656-L – Doubt-as-to-Liability Offer
• IRS Form 843 – Request for Abatement or Refund
• Sample Refund Suit Filed in United States District Court
• Revenue Procedure 2002-26
• Sample Letter Designating Trust Fund Payments
• IRS Form 14135 – Request for Discharge from federal Tax Lien
• Sample Indictment for Payroll Taxes
• Case Study #1 – Joe the Manager (Non-Liable Protest)
• Case Study #2 – Joe the Manager (Non-Liable DATL)
• Case Study #3 – Owner Michael Shutting Down the Company
• Case Study #4 – Owner Michael Sets Up IA and Saves Company

1. History of Joint Liability and Innocent Spouse
2. Joint Liability – what is a joint return?
3. Issues with Joint returns:

1. 1. Forged signatures
   2. Fraud
   3. Duress
   4. Tacit Consent

4. Types of Innocent Spouse Relief under IRC § 6015

• IRC § 6015(b) – Innocent Spouse Relief
1) Factors
2) Allocation of Liability

• IRC § 6015(c) – Separation of Liability
1) Factors
2) Allocation of Liability

• IRC § 6015(f) – Equitable Relief
1) Factors
2) Revenue Procedure
3) Allocation of Liability

5, Building Your Client’s case

• Documentation
• Witnesses

6. Making the Request – IRS Form 8857

• Completing the Form
• Strategies

7. Intervening by the non-requesting spouse
8. Appeals
9 United States Tax Court
10 Injured Spouse Relief