How to Prepare for an IRS Audit
Treat an IRS audit as a records check, not a contest. Your job is to show, item by item, how what you filed ties back to the records behind it.
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Treat an IRS audit as a records check, not a contest. Your job is to show, item by item, how what you filed ties back to the records behind it.
**Treat a [CP2000 notice](https://www.irs.gov/individuals/understanding-your-cp2000-series-notice) as a proposed change you must verify and answer on time, not as a final bill or final determination.** If you searched for **irs cp2000 notice freelancer**, you are not "in trouble" by default. You are looking at a records mismatch under time pressure, and you can manage it. You are the CEO of a business-of-one, and this notice is an operations problem to resolve, not a personal crisis.
You cannot prevent an audit, but you can make your return easier to defend. In an audit involving Deel income, one core question is whether your worker classification and income reporting stay consistent from contract to platform records to filed return. Even if Deel or Remote handled onboarding, payroll support, or payouts, you are still responsible for what appears on your tax return.