We got the "anal exam" from the IRS several years back and ended up having to pay 1992 taxes twice due to a clerical error on their part! It took a few years but finally they believed our "proof of payment receipt" (direct from their San Francisco office, dated & stamped, don't know why it wasn't accepted before) and they refunded us the $$$, but they messed up our taxes every year after between '92-'97. Fortunately things are "OK" now - as OK as they can be considered in something like this.
I still watch them like a hawk... we have a very good accountant now who got us back a lot of paid $$$ from earlier years when we had a not-so-good accountant. Our former accountant was an ex-IRS auditor - something that I used to think was a *plus.* Instead - she was WAY more conservative than anyone else we spoke to afterwards... I thought with her "inside info" she would know how far to push limits. Instead, she was afraid to push ANYTHING.
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