The IRS sent nearly 12 times as many math error notices in 2021 than in 2020, according to an agency attorney adviser who said he expects the number of notices to remain high in 2022.
Such notices are authorized under tax code Section 6213(b) to inform taxpayers of a tax assessment based on a mathematical or clerical error on a tax return. Taxpayers then have 60 days to ask for an assessment to be abated.
The agency sent more than 14.5 million math error notices for ...
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