Show Taxpayers Can Appeal Tax Audits Taxpayers questioning the outcome of their federal income tax examination have the right to appeal within the Internal Revenue Service through the courts or both According to the IRS after the tax examination the first appeals step for a taxpayer is to request an immediate meeting with the examiners examiner's group supervisor The supervisor may be able to resolve the issue at that point If no agreement is reached with the supervisor taxpayers have 30 days to appeal through administrative channels An informal conference can be arranged in any of the more than offices throughout the country with a representative of the Regional Director of Appeals who has authority to settle the case regardless of dollar dollar amount The Appeals Division is independent of the Exa Examination Division and the role of the appeals officer is to bring an unprejudiced diced and unbiased point of view to t the he case The appeals officer is responsible for trying to reach a mutually satisfying settlement t so that the case will not have t to g go go to court Additional information information on taxpayers taxpayers' rig rights ts of appeals appeal is available in the free IRS Publication Examination of Return Appeal Rights and Claims for lor Refund which can be obtained by y calling the theIRS theIRS IRS Tax Information number listed in the telephone directory und under r tr US U.S. S Government |