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The Bare Bones on The Assessment of IRS Interest for Individual Taxpayers
The IRS generally charges interest on amounts that are unpaid, and this interest is compounded and will continue to accrue on any unpaid portion until fully paid. This is also true of the unpaid portion of IRS penalties. Since the underpayment of interest is statutory,[1] there is no requirement for the IRS to go through […]