IRS Notice CP 11 - Tax Audit
IRS Notice CP 11 - Changes to Tax Return, Balance Due
The IRS sends notice CP 11 to inform you they made changes to your tax return that resulted in you owing more money to the government. In other words, they conducted an electronic audit and made changes to your tax return based on that audit. Most taxpayers who receive a CP 11 don’t realize they have been audited and that they may benefit from seeking tax audit help.
CP 11 instructs you that you should pay the tax liability reported in the body of the notice in full. Sometimes this notice includes additional penalties and interest that have accrued on the amount owed, and it may also include an installment agreement request form.
IRS Notice CP 11 is the Result of an Audit
Any time the IRS changes your income tax return, it is the result of an IRS audit. As such, you have the right to appeal the findings that triggered the change. One thing we know well at Tax Masters is that you should never assume that IRS changes to a return are correct. As the person responsible for paying your tax liability, it’s in your best interest to make sure the IRS hasn’t made a mistake.
CP 11 notices are typically generated after the IRS computers catch what they consider to be an issue or problem with your tax return in what is referred to as an electronic audit. In this type of audit, IRS systems detect an anomaly in your return, correct it automatically, and then generate the bill (CP 11). Very little, if any, human interaction is involved with this process. And as we all know, computer applications and scripts are only as good as the logic they are based on. It’s entirely possible that you have received a CP 11 in error or that the information in the notice is based on erroneous data or assumptions.
We find an amazingly high error rate in favor of our clients with tax returns that have been automatically updated by IRS systems.
If you receive an IRS notice CP 11, contact us and let us talk through the details of your situation. It may be that you don’t owe what it is the IRS computers claim you owe.
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Patrick Cox Tax Masters
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