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Are you accusing your tax filer for your convinced tax refund?

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How a taxpayer claimed and lost in the tax court Morality: You really must bear the responsibility of your tax. Have you ever wondered if you can blame tax filers to avoid 20% penalty of IRS? Did you see a new version of "The Dog Ate My Homework" and "Devil Made Me Do It"? If your tax return is audited and you "lose", the IRS disguises a negligent fine in addition to the tax obligation very soon. Additional taxes you incur are called "missing", penalties are "penalties related to accuracy" and are imposed on 20% of the shortfall: if you pay $ 5,000 because you lost audit, The penalty is $ 1,000. "You are caught!" You may cry. "There is enough problem to go to the tax court." A woman in California faced a penalty of $ 1,059.20. She does not want to pay taxes to a tax lawyer, [Pro Se] Before the tax court [TC Memo 2009-278]. And she lost. what happened? She asked her longtime tax writer to prepa...