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Avoiding an IRS audit can be very simple. Hire the right practitioner. You wanna hire a CPA that is an expert in tax, not A CPA. That’s a forensic accountant or an accountant for a private company. You wanna make sure you’re hiring a tax practitioner and that their name is going on that return. They’re less likely to audit you if they see that you’re not self preparing.

Second thing would be make sure to report all of your income. A lot of the audits that I see, it’s because a taxpayer forgot to report some of their income or they just missed something. And then third, which is most important at our office, and something we pride ourselves on, is we look at returns year over year.

So when I’m doing Karen Ross’s 2024 income tax return, I’m looking at 2023, 2022, and 2021 to see did I miss something? Are there any aberrations? What changes happened? So I’m looking for consistency and if there is no, if there is something that’s inconsistent, why, what happened? Can I substantiate it?