If your tax debt is the result of an IRS Audit, do not overlook the possibility of getting the IRS to reverse the audit assessment. The Audit Reconsideration as explained in Pub 3598 is a process to get some relief from audit results you do agree with or an assessment made by the IRS because you did not file a return.
You may request audit reconsideration if you:
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- Did not appear for your audit
- Moved and did not receive correspondence from the IRS
- Have additional information to present that you did not provide during your original audit
- Disagree with the assessment from the audit
The IRS recommends you use form 12661 to explain your dispute. New information is the key to getting this process to work. It is critical that you provide all the documentation with the request. Requests without documentation enclosed will be denied out of hand. You can use this process as long as the assessment is outstanding.
Your reconsideration request will be accepted if you:
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- submit information that has not been considered previously.
- filed a return after the IRS completed a return for you.
- believe the IRS made a computational or processing error in assessing your tax.
- The liability is unpaid, or credits are denied.
This is a relatively cheap process to get rid of an IRS debt if you have the grounds to pursue it.
