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A visitor asks: When does the statute of limitations run out on audits?

The short answer is “3 years.” But, three years from what? I will shortly post a fuller discussion about how much time the IRS has to decide whether or not to audit someone and then do something about it.

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Posted in IRS Collection, IRS Enforcement, IRS Power, Limits on IRS Power, Statute of Limitations.


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  1. Mike Harmon says

    I discovered your homepage by coincidence.
    Very interesting posts and well written.
    I will put your site on my blogroll.
    :-)

  2. Allan Pearlman says

    Thanks, Mike.



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