Tax Services:

Tax Examinations

Millions of taxpayers are examined by federal, state and local taxing jurisdictions every year. Sometimes these taxpayers represent themselves before tax authorities, but the wise taxpayer will quite likely engage the services of a CPA firm that has experience and skill in this area of tax practice.

While no CPA can guarantee an outcome in any type of tax examination, you can be certain that the tax professionals at Sisterson will be aggressive advocates for you in every instance where reasonable doubt exists as to the correct application of the law in a given factual pattern. Our professionals have many years of experience in dealing with examining agents, furnishing information, and advocating our interpretation of the law in administrative proceedings. We have a thorough understanding of how examinations are conducted and how disputes can be resolved most efficiently. In situations where litigation is justified, we can help clients select tax counsel, and help counsel prepare for trial.

In 1998, for the first time in the history of the Internal Revenue Code, taxpayers can have privileged communications related to tax advice given by a CPA in non-criminal tax matters with the Internal Revenue Service. The tax professionals of Sisterson are thoroughly familiar with this legislation, its implications, and how clients can best protect privileged communications. Inexperienced tax advisers can unwittingly cause their clients to lose the privilege of protected communication.