When does the IRS generally decide whether or not to audit your tax return?
I've never been audited by the IRS, but I was just curious if the fact that I received my tax refund in any way indicates that I am less likely to be audited this year.
My presumptive theory is that if the IRS found any reason or randomly selected my return for audit they would have held my refund until they had time to complete it.
Now, I'm sure that they can choose to audit you at anytime for this and previous year's returns, but my question really is this: Is the fact that I got my refund check without any notice of an audit an indicator that I'm less likely to be subject to an audit that year, or is it just as likely that the would call me 6 months from now?
That is, did I get past a decision point in their workflow where the generally decide to audit or not to audit at this point?
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The fact that you got your check doesn't mean you're not going to be audited. It just means that your return was properly filed and accepted.
Audit notices usually start to appear at about half a year after returns are filed, and come as late as 3 years after.
In fact, your tax return can be audited many years after you filed it, if the information on it affects a future year tax liability (for example - depreciation deduction, passive activity, NOL, capital losses, foreign tax credits, and many other things that can stretch into the future).
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