IRS Letter 6589 EITC Audit

[Desirae1289]

I received a letter in mail from the IRS.  It's letter 6589.  Very vague. Only says that I may not qualify for the eitc for the year of 2022.  Provides a list of "possible" reasons but lacks any definitive answer.  When I looked it up online only found the same information identical to the letter on the IRS website.  One bullet point is extremely confusing.  It says if I didn't make any errors then I do not have to do anything.  What exactly is the intent of this letter? Will I get audited even if I feel I have claimed the eitc correctly? 

I was audited before in 2017 for the eitc and submitted my paperwork and won my audit.  So I'm not sure why now 2022 being looked at? 

Any help is appreciated.  I cant seem to find any help groups or chats relating to letter 6589.  Any insight would be wonderful.  Thank you in advance.  

https://www.irs.gov/individuals/understanding-your-letter-6589

[Critter-3 · Accepted solution]

This is one of those odd ball notices that are issued by the IRS computer system ... no human has done this.  If you did nothing wrong you don't need to do anything.  If the human that will now be looking at the return decides your return is not correct you will get a notice from them later.  

[Desirae1289]

Oh boy. So I could still potentially get audited just because their computer system generated it? Why would it generate a letter for my eitc for the year 2022 and not any of the previous years I filed after my first audit back in 2017? 

I know I didn't make any mistakes.  I just went over everything, income, socials, address, making sure our names are spelled correctly and from what I can see I made no errors.  

When I was audited in 2017 it was because I had overstated my income by two dollars.  But my return was flagged immediately after I filed with no delay in notice.  

[Critter-3]

Don't worry about it ... there are triggers in the computer's automated audit/review protocols and there is nothing you can do about it but be aware something was triggered.  Log into your IRS account online and look at the account transcripts ... you may find something there. 

[Desirae1289]

My 2022 tax transcripts were not available for viewing unfortunately.  Says there's system updating and only shows my 2021 and 2020 tax transcripts.  But those look normal.  

[Critter-3]

Try again later ... the IRS systems are being switched to the 2023 tax year so some parts of the system are in flux.

[Desirae1289]

Ok. I will. I'm just really scared and anxious because the last audit I went through was painful and extremely lengthy. It took me 7 months to complete.  I had to send in dozens and dozens of paperwork and get things signed/ notarized, makes triple  copies of everything, get bank statements, mail, medical records, school information, bills, birth certificates, ID's, receipts plus more.  It was time consuming and everything was put on hold.  I thought that by being thorough I had proved my validity to claiming the credit and that's why I was not audited any time after that.  Well until now.