Many people are not fans of getting penalties from the IRS, and often are denied any sort of break because they didn’t follow specific rules.
Many times people try to request an abatement, which provides relief for penalties. They’re often denied.
There are also common penalties some face, and abatement is available if you follow rules for requesting it.
One way is that you have done your due diligence to comply with the tax laws, but couldn’t fulfill your obligations due to something out of your control.
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Common IRS penalties people try to get abatement for
There are more than 150 potential penalties with the IRS.
They range from filing late, to tax return errors.
Three of the most common penalties with the IRS include
- Failure to file penalty
- Estimated tax penalty
- Failure to pay penalty
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For failure to file, you’ll owe 5% per month of the balance due with a max of 25%.
Estimated tax penalty is equal to the interest lost from not having the correct amount withheld from your pay or taxes paid during the year.
Failure to pay penalty is .5% per month with a max of 25%.
95.5% of all penalties were these three in 2019, according to Marca.
If you face a failure to pay penalty, you can request the IRS abate the penalties.
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What penalties can I request an abatement on?
- Failing to file a tax return
- Failing to pay on time
- Not depositing some taxes as required
An abatement simply removes the penalties against a taxpayer.
Abatements do not happen immediately, it may take time to be approved for one.
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