Not paying your income taxes is one thing, but not paying your payroll taxes is much worse. Not paying your payroll taxes is a crime and you can be held both criminally and civilly liable.
The IRS notice or letter from the IRS will often explain why your tax return has been selected for examination. Depending on the complexity of your IRS tax problem, you might want to either resolve.
It’s important to know how an audit is triggered and what you can do to prevent one from happening to you. Here are some of the more common audit red flags you should know.