{"id":4773,"date":"2017-10-30T06:10:07","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T10:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/charityandsecurity.org\/?p=4773"},"modified":"2019-10-22T11:24:12","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T15:24:12","slug":"can-your-organization-survive-an-irs-audit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/charityandsecurity.org\/know-your-rights\/can-your-organization-survive-an-irs-audit\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Your Organization Survive an IRS Audit?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-full wp-image-4774\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/accounting-calculator-9-1241870.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/accounting-calculator-9-1241870.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"319\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27319%27%20height%3D%27240%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20319%20240%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27319%27%20height%3D%27240%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/charityandsecurity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/accounting-calculator-9-1241870-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/charityandsecurity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/accounting-calculator-9-1241870-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/charityandsecurity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/accounting-calculator-9-1241870.jpg 319w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/>Is your organization taking steps to avoid the possibility of an IRS audit? If your organization is chosen for an audit, do you know what to do to ensure that the process goes as smoothly and quickly as possible?<\/p>\n<p>In the current political environment, it pays to be prepared. Audits can consume vast resources and imperil a nonprofit organization&#8217;s ability to function through the process. There are some practical things your organization can do to avoid this scenario, or prepare in case it is audited. We asked some experts to weigh in on the subject, and we put their insight into a new six-page guide &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"\/blog\/node\/irs-audits-how-to-avoid-or-prepare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>IRS Audits: How to Avoid or Prepare<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The guide is part of our<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"\/know-your-rights\/know-your-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Know Your Rights<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0series, designed to create a defensive shield for nonprofits in the current political environment.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74,61],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Can Your Organization Survive an IRS Audit? 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