Is the irs more likely to audit the long form over the short?
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The IRS chooses 1% of returns at random for auditing.\n\nThey use the information from those returns to develop rules that lead them to people likely to cheat, and audit likely cheaters in addition to the random picks.
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W2 forms, or check out the IRS.
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Not a good idea.  One of the many IRS criteria for an audit is the amount of refund received
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YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONTACT THE IRS AND ASK THEM FOR A COPY.
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$10k................. Do it in 2 transactions on 2 different days. If you do it in the same day, even at different times, they will pull out the form on you.\n\nThere should be no worries but who needs the IRS breathing down your back.
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Yes, but unless you have a house or you itemize for some other reason it won't be worth it.\nWhen you file your taxes,  you automatically get a standard deduction that you don't need to show receipts for.\nIf you want to claim more,  you would first have to have receipts that cover the amount of your standard deduction.\n Not easy to do.
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The difference comes from different measures of earnings (the 'E' in EPS).  Some use the last calendar year, some use the last 4 quarters, some use earnings estimates for the coming year or 4 quarters.\n\nYou can calculate your own using the information available at Yahoo and earnings.com or use that info. to figure out the assumptions for the sites you list above.  Then you can use whichever one uses assumptions that make the most sense to you.\n\nAs long as you're consistent it will be a meaningful measure.  I like the past 4 quarters method.
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Don't lie be very truthful. hopefully you have saved all of your information into a nice file folder for the last three years because I believe that's how far back they can go. If not gather that info from the necessary sources and send copies in by certified mail. If they are coming to you, be prepared to sit all day. If you are self employed you should make it a habit of keeping your books up to date and saving all pertinent receipts. As long as you know the info is correct on your previous taxes, you have nothing to worry about.
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I have heard it said that it is better to owe money to God than to the IRS.  You can't get out of debt with the IRS.  You just have to pay off what you owe.  Bankruptcy cannot be decalred against them either.
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That Depends.  A company can file its 10-Q and its 10-K at the same time, but they don't have to as long as both are received by their required due dates.  Also if a company does not use a calendar fiscal year, say October, then the 10-K would be due well before the 4th quarter 10-Q.
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You should have a CPA go over your documents. It would be worth the money.
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Sorry, but we need to know what type of audit you are talking about.  The word audit is thrown around to mean many different things
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You can do it either way. You can print it off the IRS web site or your employer can get you a new one. Don't stress if you are a Little late in turning it in. The have to withhold at the highest tax rate until you fill out the  4-w telling them otherwise
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The government might have recalculated something that your software did wrong.  If you review your return and want to dispute it, you should do so [but only if you have a clean return, the IRS can go back 7 years to dig stuff up on you].
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The answer can be dependent on the jurisdictions involved.  For US federal income tax reporting, the method used for sales tax reporting would not be important.  For financial reporting, the materiality of the difference may be important and/or it may need to be included as a timing difference.\n\nLooking at it from the other way, most states have their own specific rules about reporting of sales and sales tax, these rules are normally are not affected by the accounting method used for income tax reporting or financial reporting.
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You have three years from the due date of your 2003 return to amend it. If you did not extend the 2003 return you have three years from April 15,2004 to amend your 2003 return. If you extended the return you could have three years from either August 15th or October 15th. In other words you have until April, 15, 2007.\nThe IRS can audit for this three year period. They can also audit for a six year period, but they have to know that you understated your income by 25% or more to be able to audit beyond the three years.
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"It does not appear on the IRS site"\n\nSure it does!\n\nhttp://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8914.pdf