A correspondence audit, an office exam, or a full field audit — Adam Brewer deals with the examiner directly, controls what gets shared, and works to keep the outcome to what you actually owe, not what the notice assumes.
Free, confidential, no obligation.
From a single-issue letter to a full field examination, we step in as your representative so you deal with us, not the agent.
The mail-based notices questioning a deduction, credit, or income item. We prepare the documentation and response so a narrow question doesn't turn into a broad one.
In-person examinations of a return or a business. We attend on your behalf, manage the records the examiner sees, and keep the scope contained.
When unreported income or prior filing problems are in play, the attorney-client privilege matters. We handle exams where saying the wrong thing carries real risk.
State audits run on their own rules and timelines. We defend income, payroll, and sales-and-use tax examinations in parallel with any federal case.
Examiners are trained to ask open-ended questions. An honest but unguarded answer can open issues that were never on the table. A representative speaks for you.
What starts as one line item or one year can widen to other issues and other years if the examiner sees an opening. Keeping the scope contained is much of the work.
An assessment can carry a 20% accuracy penalty — or far more if the examiner asserts fraud. How the case is presented affects whether those penalties attach.
An unfavorable result becomes a balance due, with liens and levies close behind. Getting the exam right is what prevents a collection problem later.
Founder of AB Tax Law APC, representing California taxpayers before the IRS and the California Franchise Tax Board. His practice focuses on non-filers, back-tax resolution, audit defense, and collections — the situations most general practitioners avoid.
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