Irs Appeal Officers Look at Chances of Wining the Issue

"They don't seem to be independent in any way, shape or at least iy have not seemed that way," he says of the IRS. "It's almost like all they're looking for is what are my chances of success? And they're applying that to determine whether there's any give on the on the audit." 'I would rather wear the i r s hat in this litigation than the taxpayer hat,' Scott tells his clients.