Here are three things to do if you receive an audit notice: * Write down what areas on your return are being questioned.

People who keep orderly records have no reason to overreact to an audit notice, but they often do.

The audit notice will also indicate how the I.R.S. wants the information delivered.

But most tax controversies still begin with audit notices.

Shortly after submitting the invoice, the Tea Party received an audit notice.

He is also having those unfathomable audit notices rewritten in plain English, with help from focus groups of taxpayers.

Amnesty did not apply to any matters for which the seller had received an audit notice.

What should a taxpayer do if an audit notice arrives?

Some of the letters will be similar to the one the businessman received, an audit notice seeking substantiation of deductions.

You'll learn what to do if you get the dreaded audit notice.