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You know that feeling of stress that overwhelms you as you try and correctly fill out those confusing IRS forms during tax time? Well, that's nothing compared to the sinking feeling you get when a certified letter from the IRS shows up in your mailbox. In fact, it is a near statistical certainty that sooner or later in life there will come a time when you have to deal with the IRS on some level.

Whether it is something minor like substantiating a simple tax deduction on your 1040 to something more serious like a broad scope IRS audit, knowing where and how to negotiate with the IRS will greatly improve your chances of a positive and speedy outcome.

In this article series, "Negotiating with the IRS: 6 tips from a tax professional", I will cover when, where, and how to successfully negotiate with the IRS. Each topic has been written as a stand alone article, but below you will find a summary of each....

Being capable of planning and so constructing robust plans is a core skill for all managers and as a result it frequently forms a main topic on management training courses. It can be helpful to examine how experienced managers go about planning and data from a poll of 316 businesses does just this. The poll reveals when and the way sales managers from small, medium-sized and large companies from all industries do their sales planning.

When asked when sales planning is started, 54% of all sales managers replied, 'Up to three or more months before the beginning of the new business year.' 37% of managers begin their planning 4 to six months ahead of the new fiscal year. In general, the survey revealed that the larger the company, the lengthier the planning period.