{"id":975,"date":"2020-02-26T17:37:25","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T17:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bowditch.com\/estateandtaxplanningblog\/?p=975"},"modified":"2022-10-24T15:50:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T19:50:13","slug":"irs-to-increase-visits-to-taxpayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bowditch.com\/estateandtaxplanningblog\/2020\/02\/26\/irs-to-increase-visits-to-taxpayers\/","title":{"rendered":"IRS To Increase Visits to Taxpayers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Internal Revenue Service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/irs-increases-visits-to-high-income-taxpayers-who-havent-filed-tax-returns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recently announced<\/a> that it will step up visits to higher income taxpayers who have not filed income tax returns.\u00a0 These face to face visits will focus on taxpayers who have not filed tax returns in 2018 or earlier years.\u00a0 For purposes of these visits, higher income taxpayers includes those with incomes over $100,000 who have not filed their income tax return.\u00a0 In addition, the IRS said that the higher income taxpayers targeted by this new initiative have received (and likely ignored) numerous letters from the IRS.<\/p>\n<p>This new initiative follows on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/kellyphillipserb\/2019\/11\/25\/irs-new-hire-numbers-are-going-up\/#6e0608363b6c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IRS Commissioner\u2019s recent announcement<\/a> of recent hiring of new revenue officers and plans to hire many more.<\/p>\n<p>The best strategy taxpayers can follow to avoid an in-person visit by an IRS agent is to timely file their income tax return.\u00a0 The due date for 2019 tax returns is April 15, 2020.\u00a0 If, however, a taxpayer does receive one of these visits, they may want to consider calling a qualified tax professional.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Internal Revenue Service recently announced that it will step up visits to higher income taxpayers who have not filed income tax returns.&nbsp; 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