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Understanding IRS Penalty Relief: Your Options Explained6 steps · Checklist
Ask the IRS to reduce a penalty
Which route fits, and what it asks for.
Identify which penalty you actually have; the route depends on it.
Check First-Time Abatement first: clean prior years, returns filed.
Use reasonable cause where the clean-record test is not met.
Gather evidence of what you could not reasonably have overcome.
Follow the instructions on the notice for how to request it.
Appeal a denial; many are incomplete requests rather than refusals.
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