I am being audited . How long will it be before I hear about the rest of my income tax.

[MELcar9972012]

We are raising our grandchildren for the last 5 years and this year we are being audited.  How will we know if we are going to get the rest of the income tax back or not?

[ThomasM · Accepted solution]

If you're being audited, I'm afraid there's usually no quick resolution to the process.  It will depend on the workload of the auditor, the number of areas on your return he/she is looking at, and the amount of documentation you'll need to assemble. There's no way to say how long.

If you have the TurboTax audit defense, then use them; that's what you payed for.  If you don't have the audit defense, then I would recommend engaging a local tax pro in your area.

Here's a link to the TurboTax audit support page, https://support.turbotax.intuit.com/irs-notice/audit-support/.