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IRS penalty abatement and notice response letters

First-time abatement and reasonable cause letters, CP2000 and CP14 replies, and a tracker that counts the days left on every notice.

US firms
$15
Files
5, Word and Excel
Last checked
November 2026
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What's inside

First time abatement request letter, first page
First time abatement request letter
Reasonable cause letter, first page
Reasonable cause letter
Notice response letters, first page
Notice response letters

First page of each document. 5 files, Word and Excel.

What answering an IRS notice involvesDocument in the pack
Asking for first-time abatement of a late filing, payment or deposit penaltyIRM 20.1.1.3.3.2.1
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First-time abatement request letterThree-year clean record set out point by point
Asking for relief when illness, disaster or missing records caused the delayIRC 6651, 6656
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Reasonable cause letterFour ready paragraphs: illness, disaster, records, system failure
Agreeing with a CP2000 and paying or amending
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Notice response lettersCP2000 agree letter
Disagreeing with a CP2000, item by item, before the reply date
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Notice response lettersTable for each payer and amount
Setting up a payment plan for a CP14 balanceForm 9465
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Notice response lettersShort-term or long-term plan
Logging every notice and its reply date
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Notice trackerFlags notices due within 7 days or overdue
Knowing what each notice means
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Notice trackerCP11 to CP3219A, with the action for each
Spotting clients covered by Automatic Exemption from Penalty
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Start here2025 returns onward

Who it's for

CPA firms, enrolled agents and tax preparers who answer IRS notices and request penalty relief for individual and business clients.

Last checked

Checked against the IRS penalty relief pages, IRM 20.1.1 and the IRS notice pages in November 2026.