Supporting Documentation Standards
Free IRS Enrolled Agent SEE Part 3 (Representation, Practices and Procedures) lesson in Representation Before the IRS. 13 min read, ~1,972 words.
Five doc categories: Financial, Legal, Prior/subsequent returns, Contemporaneous/substantive, Entity-formation. Burden of substantiation rests on the taxpayer. IRC §7491 shifts it only when records are credible and the taxpayer cooperated. Cohan rule permits estimation when records are lost without taxpayer fault, but never for §274 items (travel, meals, gifts, listed property)...
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