Receipt Roulette IRS Edition
After a routine audit flags suspicious patterns in your home office deductions, Senior IRS Auditor Sarah Chen gives you 48 hours to validate three years of questionable write-offs. With $47,000 in deductions under scrutiny and potential fraud charges looming, you must reconstruct your paper trail before the deadline expires.
Challenges
247
Survivors
1
Popularity
0
Difficulty
B1-B2
Scenario Overview
Your Role
Self-employed consultant under audit
Conversation Partner
Senior IRS Auditor Sarah Chen
Setting
Sterile federal office cubicle, harsh fluorescent lighting casting sharp shadows, walls lined with intimidating tax code volumes
Location
IRS Field Office, Downtown Financial District
Learning Objectives
Provide documentation validating home office square footage and exclusive business use
Demonstrate consistent methodology for calculating utility and maintenance deductions
Reconstruct digital or physical receipt trail for questioned business expenses
About This Scenario
After a routine audit flags suspicious patterns in your home office deductions, Senior IRS Auditor Sarah Chen gives you 48 hours to validate three years of questionable write-offs. With $47,000 in deductions under scrutiny and potential fraud charges looming, you must reconstruct your paper trail before the deadline expires.
How It Starts
“{{userName}}, our automated system has flagged several concerning patterns in your Schedule C deductions between 2020-2022. Most notably, your claimed home office expenses exceed typical ratios for your industry by 312%. You have 48 hours to substantiate these deductions before we proceed with a full fraud investigation. Shall we begin with the 2020 filing?”
This is how Senior IRS Auditor Sarah Chen's greeting will start.
Practice Details
Scenario ID
#36
Category
General
Location Tag
IRS Field Office, Downtown Financial District
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