{"id":7191,"date":"2020-08-12T15:01:11","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T19:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/?p=7191"},"modified":"2020-08-12T15:01:28","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T19:01:28","slug":"this-is-when-you-should-hire-a-tax-attorney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/this-is-when-you-should-hire-a-tax-attorney\/","title":{"rendered":"This Is When You Should Hire a Tax Attorney"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the 2018 fiscal year, people in the United States filed over 155 million tax returns<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may have filed your tax return on your own or with a CPA, but have you run into problems or issues with it? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If so, you might want to consider hiring a tax attorney. If you’ve never used one before, you may not even be sure if it’s necessary to hire one. We’ll help you decide whether or not it’s a good time to hire a tax lawyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

You’re Starting a Business<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you’re going to start a business soon, you’ll probably be dealing with a lot of new tax issues that you’ve never had to deal with before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There will also be a lot of questions that determine how much taxes you’ll have to pay. For example, are you the only owner of this business? What type of business are you creating? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lot of tricky laws can surround starting a business, but having a tax lawyer on your side will help you to navigate through some of the contracts, taxes, and other legal issues that come up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You’re Being Audited by IRS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The IRS runs audits on randomly selected tax returns, but sometimes if something looks fishy, they will decide to specifically audit your tax return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the IRS is auditing your return, they might send you a letter and ask you to provide more information to back up what you filed on your claim. They may also ask for some documentation or credits that you claimed on your return. If you don’t have the documentation to back you up, you might be in a little bit of trouble. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’ve done nothing wrong, you might feel comfortable sending the documentation to them. However, even if you’ve done nothing illegal, you might still be more comfortable with getting a tax lawyer involved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the audit is done, you may realize that you agree or disagree with the decision that they came to. In this case, you’ll be able to file for an appeal, but this process is a lot easier when you have a tax lawyer on your side. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re going to just pay the IRS the extra taxes that they want and not argue with them, you don’t need to hire a tax attorney to do so. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You’re Being Treated Poorly<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes the IRS can be difficult to deal with and treat you unfairly. However, once they find out that you have legal representation on your side, they may be more inclined to treat you a little bit better. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This sounds unfair, but the IRS knows that with an expert on your side, they’re going to have a lot harder of a time pushing you around and trying to get you to pay money that you don’t even owe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since a tax lawyer knows all of the laws inside and out, they’ll be able to represent you and fight for you a lot better than you probably could on your own. They will also save you time by handling a lot of the correspondence on their own so that you don’t have to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some people avoid hiring a tax lawyer because they think that the IRS will automatically assume that they’re hiding something or that they are guilty of what they’re being accused of. However, this isn’t true at all.  There are so many other benefits and reasons to hire a tax lawyer than being guilty of what the IRS is accusing you of. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You’re Having Legal Issues<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you’re having legal issues with the IRS, hiring a tax lawyer can help save you money and provide important tax relief help<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Filing a lawsuit against the IRS is not a light thing, and unless you are well versed in how the IRS works and how the law works, you should consider hiring someone who does have that expertise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you hire a lawyer even for taxes, anything that you say to them is protected by the attorney-client privilege. That means that they can’t rat you out to the IRS if you tell them that you did end up doing something illegal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The IRS is Filing Criminal Charges<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Maybe you’re not filing a lawsuit against the IRS. Maybe they’re filing criminal charges against you<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s normal to panic if you see that they’re filing criminal charges but take a deep breath. That doesn’t mean you’re convicted of anything yet. In fact, now is the perfect time to hire a tax lawyer who can help defend you when it goes to trial. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The IRS normally files criminal charges for people that they know are doing everything in their power to avoid paying their taxes. These normally won’t pop up out of anywhere. If you’ve had problems before with the IRS and avoided them, you should make sure that you have a good lawyer on your side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You’re Setting Up Your Will or Estate Plan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lastly, if you’re setting up an estate plan or your will, hiring a tax lawyer in addition to your regular one can be a great idea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Depending on how much your estate costs, you might be passing on extra taxes to your loved ones. If you’re not careful, you could also end up paying the IRS in more in taxes, but your lawyer will be able to ensure that they only pay the bare minimum of taxes that they need to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They will be able to present you with strategies that will help you manage your assets while also legally avoiding having to pay a lot in taxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn More About When to Hire a Tax Attorney<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

These are only a few instances when you should hire a tax attorney, but there are many more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are going to be starting and running your own business, there is a lot that you should know (in addition to knowing how to do taxes).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It can seem really overwhelming at first, but we’re here to help you out! If you enjoyed this article, make sure that you explore our website to find more just like this one!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the 2018 fiscal year, people in the United States filed over 155 million tax returns. You may have filed your tax return on your own or with a CPA, but have you run into problems or issues with it?  If so, you might want to consider hiring a tax attorney. If you’ve never used […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7191"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7191"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7193,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7191\/revisions\/7193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}