Tax advocates are free. They can help expedite your tax refund. You will have to send them the same information you send to the IRS Audit Department. They will review your material and make a decision of whether they feel you have met the IRS requirements of your audit. They'll contact the Audit Department for you and ask that they release your refund. I would recommend getting one. Without their help I don't know what situation I would be in now. I wish I would have contacted them sooner. But I am glad it was concluded with no changes to my return as I sent in everything they asked for. It just hurt having to wait so long. But I didn't contact an advocate for 2/3 months. Figured I would just wait but the Audit Department was difficult to get ahold of. I was on hold for over 2 hours several times. No one could answer my questions but my advocate was communicative with me both through phone and mail. She gave me hope that everything was going to be fine and it was.
