{"id":30389,"date":"2017-10-26T15:25:45","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T20:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resource-center.hrblock.com\/?p=30389"},"modified":"2018-09-06T14:07:14","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T19:07:14","slug":"tax-dictionary-underreported-business-income","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/irs\/audits-and-tax-notices\/tax-dictionary-underreported-business-income\/","title":{"rendered":"Underreported Business Income"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>IRS Definition<\/h2>\n<p>Business Automated Underreporter cases are drawn from two primary sources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Business Master File which contains information reported to the IRS by taxpayers<\/li>\n<li>The Information Return Master File which contains information submitted by payers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>More from H&amp;R Block<\/h2>\n<p>If the IRS finds that the information provided to them by third parties such as credit card merchants, banks and other payers does not match the information reported on the business\u2019s tax return, they will send a underreporter notice such as Letter 2030 or 2531. 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