Corporate Tax Audit Survival

Corporate Tax Audit Survival —
A View of the IRS Through Corporate Insider Eyes
Foreword by Larry Langdon

Who Should Read This Book

Corporate tax departments, accountants and attorneys looking for helpful hints to improve the way they handle corporate tax audits with the Large and Mid-Size Business Division of the IRS

Anyone interested in going from the private sector to the federal government

Anyone interested in joining the Large and Mid-Size Business Division of the IRS

Tax students in business and law school programs

Members of the U.S. Congress interested in following the evolution of the Large and Mid-Size Business Division resulting from the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998

Table of Contents

Foreword by Larry Langdon

Part One: Joining the Large and Mid-size Business Division

Chapter 1:  Introduction — Reflections and Insights

Chapter 2: Stand-up: The History of the Large and Mid-Size Business Division

Chapter 3: My Move to the Dark Side

Chapter 4: I am the CTM SIA from the POD San Jose.  I am from Mars

Chapter 5: The IRS – A Secret Society

Chapter 6: Comparing the IRS and Industry — the People and the System

Part Two: The World of the Large and Mid-size Business Division

Chapter 7: IRS Taxpayer Initiatives

Chapter 8: IRS Audit Concerns

Chapter 9: Hints to Conducting a Successful Audit

Chapter 10: Congress and the IRS

Chapter 11: IRS Counsel and the Large and Mid-Size Business Division

Chapter 12: IRS Appeals and the Large and Mid-Size Business Division

Chapter 13: Advocacy before the IRS

Chapter 14: IRS Alternative — Advocacy before the Congress

Chapter 15: Charting the Future of the Large and Mid-Size Business Division