Your chances of getting audited are slim, but the investigations do happen. According to Jeremy Kisner, president of Surevest Wealth Management, there is an overall 1% chance of getting audited.

The tax deadline for 2015 returns is in the past, which means that audit notices will start to go out. And while you're not likely to receive an audit notice – after all, less than 1% of all tax ...

Audit is one of the most dreaded words in the English language for many Americans. Many people live in fear of the IRS deciding to audit their tax return, and try to do everything in their power to ...

The Internal Revenue Service will conduct an audit, which is a review of tax information, to ensure that everything is being reported properly on federal income taxes. Both individuals and businesses ...

Katharine Paljug is a financial writer and editor with over a decade of industry experience. Her writing has covered nearly every aspect of the financial world, from investing in forex to paying for ...

A tax audit is an examination of an individual or business tax return by the IRS to ensure the taxpayer has accurately reported income and paid the correct amount of taxes. Tax audits can be triggered ...

You filed your taxes, stuffed your paperwork into a desk drawer, and got ready to move on with your life. But then the unthinkable happens: You receive an IRS audit letter in the mail, and you're not ...