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Tax

Nov. 12, 2015

IRS audits are down. Does this mean you're safe?

No matter how patriotic you are, and no matter how pristine your books, no one wants to be audited. By Robert W. Wood

Robert W. Wood

Managing Partner
Wood LLP

333 Sacramento St
San Francisco , California 94111-3601

Phone: (415) 834-0113

Fax: (415) 789-4540

Email: wood@WoodLLP.com

Univ of Chicago Law School

Wood is a tax lawyer at Wood LLP, and often advises lawyers and litigants about tax issues.

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By Robert W. Wood

Are you happy that the Internal Revenue Service has 22 percent fewer revenue agents than just five years ago? Are you happy that IRS audits of individuals have dropped to an 11-year low? It is hard not to breathe a sigh of relief about these developments.

After all, no matter how patriotic you are, and no matter how pristine your books, no one wants to be audited. Even if you think you've reported everything and done it pr...

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