IRS Audit

“I was very cautious about getting help with my IRS audit. After doing extensive research I hired JG Associates to represent my husband and I against the IRS. The whole experience was a pleasure. Over the top white glove service and constant hand holding from our team helped to eliminate the stress from our situation. We are happy with our results and would recommend JG Associates to anybody that needs help. Thank you sincerely for getting us our lives back.”

“JG Associates practices what it preaches. I had a federal tax case that JG took control of and handled better than I thought possible. I had an IRS agent come to my house, talk to my neighbor and go my place of business looking for me. I panicked! I called JG and they put a stop to all visits immediately. She couldn’t call me or harass me any longer. The group squared away my case by filing returns and setting me up in an affordable payment plan. Finding the JG Associates was a blessing. Keep up the good work!”

“I hired a highly recommended and expensive CPA to represent me when the IRS audited my last three years of returns. It turned out to be a total fiasco as this CPA didn’t accomplish anything and I was told by the IRS that $119,000 of my deductions were going to be denied. Someone told me about Jeffrey Galante and his JG Associates. After some extensive research I hired him to do an audit appeal and after close to ten months, he had the IRS agree that I only owed them $1500!”

“I am self-employed and my business has been slow the last few years. I found it very difficult to pay my 940 and 941 taxes while still maintaining other bills to keep my business afloat. After meeting an IRS officer one time, I quickly realized that they don’t care what excuse I had. I then decided it would be best if I didn’t meet the agent again so I looked to hire an attorney. Many choices are out there most of which looked questionable. Only JG Associates and one other actually listed some of their professionals. I called both and could easily tell JG Tax was talking straight with me while the other was telling me more of what I wanted to hear. I am an intelligent business man and if something sounds too good to be true, then it’s probably not true. So I hired JG and they helped me each step of the way, from filing the missing returns to reaching an agreement I could manage (and that the IRS had to accept). JG Tax told me up front what the total cost would be and it turned out to be was less than what the other firm was asking. If you need tax help, a phone call to JG Tax will be well worth your time.”

NOTE: Brian B. was audited by the IRS for his 2007 1040 tax return. He met the IRS agent one time and determined that he could not handle the case on his own. Even though the audit was initiated for 2007 only, the IRS was also inquiring about related items on his 2008 and 2009 1040 tax returns. Brian is a licensed real estate sales representative and the IRS was questioning many of his business expenses he reported. Brian contacted JG Associates and received a complete and honest evaluation of how JG Associates could help him. The Audit Defense Team at JG Associates was in contact with the IRS agent within 24 hours of being hired. JG Associates stood by Brian throughout the entire duration of the audit and defended his rights as an American taxpayer. Brian was kind enough to write us a testimonial as follows:

“If you have ever sat face to face with an IRS agent that is scrutinizing every single line item on your tax return, you may know what it feels like to be defenseless. At first, I thought I would be capable of addressing the IRS’s concerns by myself but quickly realized how little I knew about taxes and my rights as a taxpayer. After doing some research online, I hired JG Associates to represent me in front of the IRS. The IRS agent was no longer able to take advantage of my ignorance towards taxes and JG Associates had proven to the IRS that my original tax return filed was correct. Ultimately, no change was made on my 2007 tax return and the $14,000 that the IRS was attempting to increase by liability by was dropped. Thank’s again Jeffrey!”

NOTE: Client contacted JG ASSOCIATES about an audit. The client was terrified after speaking with the agent. After our internal review of the clients documents JG ASSOCIATES realized that the clients records were in good order and forwarded them to the agent. The Audit was completed in two days.

“Thank you JG ASSOCIATES for your help with my audit. I thought I had everything that the IRS required but I was paralyzed with fear. I was just unable to deal with this myself. After your review of my records I felt a lot better but still worried. One of the best days in my life is when you called and said the audit was complete with no changes. It was worth every penny I spent with JG ASSOCIATES. I could not handle this and it effected my health. Thank You so much!!!!”

“A client of ours was very, very happy with Jeff Galante and the experience he brought to the engagement. I believe in the client’s eyes, Jeff significantly exceeded his, the company’s, and their attorney’s expectations. William, CPA. Jeff came in and helped us during a difficult IRS audit. His efforts concluded in a successful waiving of all penalties. His writing and researching skills are excellent. Jeff was instrumental in bringing the audit to a favorable conclusion. The client is very appreciative of Jeff’s services and happy that we recomended JG Associates.”

“A client called about his audit. He was enraged and said the agent had it out for him. He supplied all of his legitimate business expenses and the agent had disallowed all of them. He said he had tried to work with the agent but the agent was being unreasonable and need help because the IRS had it in for him. The client hired us on Jan. 14th. On Jan 17 JG ASSOCIATES contacted the agent and took over the audit the agent said he, “had asked time and time again for supporting documents,” and the client said he had supplied everything he had. The agent said the client was difficult to deal with and was playing games.

JG ASSOCIATES called the client and the client sent over copies of all of the supporting documents. After our review we found that the client did in fact have good records and couldn’t understand the agents assertion that he did not have supporting documents. We knew right away something was not correct and contacted the agent again. He asked us to send a package to him to evaluate. Once the agent got the documents he said that he had never seen them before and why hadn’t the client brought them to him.

After a little more digging we found out the problem. The client arrived at the IRS offices for his audit and the agent could not make the meeting because of a family emergency. The agent asked the client to leave his documents and he would go over them and contact the client after he reviewed them. For some reason the agent only got 1 of 2 boxes left for him. After we sorted it out the agent and the client both changed their opinion of each other. The client did in fact owe the IRS but the agent waved the penalties and interest for the client.

There is a huge lesson to be learned here many clients and the IRS consistently bump heads over stuff that is really an non-issue!!! Sometimes the IRS doesn’t know how to ask for information and the suspicious client always assumes the worse. Many clients are so fearful that they just go with the audit determination automatically assuming everything was done correct. Because we have handled 100’s of cases in front of the IRS we know when something just isn’t right. Many times a client, because they are nervous, will answer a question during an audit that can add a huge tax liability. After review we find out the client gave the wrong answer because they really didn’t understand the question.

Thank you JG ASSOCIATES! – CPA”

“This audit [above] has taken 5 years off my life. I just couldn’t understand what this agents problem was!!! After you guys told me what happened I replayed the conversations I had with the Auditor in my mind and had to laugh. I was so sure that the IRS was trying to screw me I didn’t listen to what the agent was asking me. A 6 month headache over a simple situation. Thanks for your help and I should have called you earlier.”