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IRS sends scary letters to taxpayers: what to do if you receive such

Imagine that you filed your tax return last year and a few months later received a letter in the mail from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) stating that you didn't. This is exactly what is happening to many taxpayers this year because of the automatic notifications sent out by the IRS. More about the problem told the publication CNN.

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If you really received such a letter, do not panic. It is likely that the IRS did not have time to record what you have already done. The tax service has to deal with an array of declarations that has accumulated over the past two years.

One good thing is that you are unlikely to receive another notification anytime soon. The IRS has announced that it will temporarily suspend issuing more than a dozen different types of automatic notices showing amounts owed, outstanding returns and other deficiencies to deal with the backlog caused by the pandemic.

Automatic notifications usually require you to respond, such as by filing a declaration, making a payment, or providing requested information.

But the tax office is now too busy to accept responses in a reasonable time.

According to the National Taxpayer Advocate, last year it took the agency an average of 199 days to process 6,2 million responses from applicants to IRS-suggested adjustments to their returns.

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Tax agent Donna Byrne received a notice that she did not file her 2019 tax return, although she did so on time.

“It drives you crazy because you know you did it,” she laments.

And attempts to contact the IRS representative by phone to resolve the issue remain futile: the agency receives 1500 calls per second.

Removing automatic notifications is a good first step, but according to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), there is still more to be done. The AICPA is part of a coalition of professional tax associations that are calling on the IRS to implement four short-term recommendations to provide tax declarant benefits this year, one of which is the suspension of automatic notifications.

“We are encouraged by the recent actions taken by the IRS to suspend automatic notifications and are pleased to know that the IRS is listening and acting on us. Taxpayers, practitioners, and the IRS will benefit from a reduction in unnecessary contact such as erroneous notices or warnings. This will provide much-needed relief during an already busy tax season,” the AICPA said in a statement.

What to do if you have already received an automatic notification

The IRS did not provide an estimate of how many tax declarers have already received automatic notifications over the past few months. But the department noted that some notifications may still be on the way, so recipients will receive them within the next few weeks.

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If you have already received or will soon receive a notice, "In most cases, there is no need to call or respond to the notice as the IRS continues to process prior year's tax returns," the agency said in a statement.

But if you know you didn't receive a notification by mistake, correct what you need to do and respond to the IRS.

Although Edward Karl, AICPA Vice President of Taxation, recommends that you respond anyway (the letter should indicate where to send the response).

Otherwise, he says, "you can continue to receive notifications when the IRS starts back up automatically."

If the letter states that you owe more taxes and penalties, and the IRS records show that you did not respond at all, the agency may deduct money from your salary or bank account.

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