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Show 6B Lakeside Review South, Wednesday, Mar, 9, 1983 IRS 'Misconceptions' Over the years, many taxpay-et- s have come to believe as fact some misconceptions about the Internal Revenue Service. Unfortunately, these misconceptions cause taxpayers needless apprehension and worry. The IRS is a large agency, a and the tax law is complex combination that might baffle the average person. The following, hopefully, may serve to disi pel some of the common mis-- ; conceptions: address Using the peel-of- f . label will trigger a tax examination. : ; THe coding on the label actu-all- y just speeds up processing. ; It helps in identifying taxpayers and the kind of forms contained - in the tax package they receive ; ' it is not an examination indi. II t - cator. Once examined, always IRS makes a special effort .NOT to keep examining the rsame people over and over. In ; fact, IRS has a special program called the Reprtitive Examination Procedure, the purpose of . which is to see to it that no taxpayer is examined two years in a row on the same issue when there was no change the first V year. . When IRS prepares a return, the tax is always higher. " If facts and figures remain the same, the correct tax will be identical, no matter who the return. IRS wont allow some de- - ductions to go on a return, but somebody else would. ; IRS will give taxpayers the .benefit of all allowable deduc-jtion; es pre-spar- . s. An IRS f t mistake can NEV-'E- R be straightened out. If attempts to solve a tax problem with IRS are unsuccessful, taxpayers should contact the Problem Resolution Office at their IRS office. This may be done by calling the IRS number listed in the directory and asking for the Problem Resolution Office. A mistake on a return triggers an audit. Generally, math errors are(l corrected automatically by the, computer and do not cause an examination. The adjustment is automatic, increasing or de-- . creasing taxes and refunds as appropriate. A mistake on its own does not generate an examination. Tax on a long form is not the same as tax on the short form. Because of certain situations, some taxpayers must use the Form 1040, often called the long form. However, the Tax Tables &Tax Rate Schedules for both Form 1040 and Form 1040A are the same. Taxpayers would not pay more tax simply because they chose to use one form over another. IRS agents and revenue officers work on commission. IRS employees, like other government employees, work on a salaried basis. The amount of money they collect or dont collect in no way influences the amount of their paychecks. Anyone whose return is examined will end up owing more tax. The three possible outcomes of an examination are: an additional tax assessment; an additional tax refund; or a nochange case. Since the reason most returns are selected for examination is that the return has a good probability of additional tax, many examinations toll-fre- e Can Cause Worry result in increased assessments. However, the primary purpose of the examination is to determine the correct tax and, if no changes are needed, or if a correction to the taxpayers benefit is needed, no change or refund reports will be prepared. do measure the probability of error on each return. The same tax return would receive the same score regardless of when or where it was filed. The grouping of returns and the filing date do not change the probability of further examination. These misconceptions are Filing a return early means certainly not all of the incorrect notions people have about the it will be examined. IRS uses a variety of compu- IRS. 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