Hi All,

So I received a 3176C letter from the IRS yesterday threatening to slap me with a $5K penalty for filing a frivolous LM return. Bummer. Is there anyone willing to guide me on how to respond using the R4C process? I've been reading up on a lot of the conversations on this forum on the subject in the last 24 hours, but it's just so much info. I just want to be sure I do it right. I have 30 days to respond and the letter is dated 1/31/22, so half my time is gone already. I'm willing to pay someone for consulting with me and helping. As a bit of background, I filed a LM return for the first time for TY2019 and got all my money back with no issue. But for some reason, they aren't having it for TY2020.

Thanks