How many years can the IRS go back to collect back taxes?

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asked Mar 16, 2018 in Law & Legal by Irby9 (350 points)
How many years can the IRS go back to collect back taxes?

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answered Mar 16, 2018 by Grahlu (51,270 points)
If the IRS wanted too they can audit your taxes as far back as they wanted too and in some cases up to 20 years.

But the most an IRS agent would want to audit your taxes and what is required is 6 years.

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