I got audited and it turned out to be pretty simple for me, in my case I didn’t deduct anything fancy, for instance meals, I only deducted straightforward stuff like tools, vehicle and office portion of house, business phones, advertising, all obvious and with firm receipts and bills.
The audit was probably because my accountant and his firm were arrested and convicted for cheating for their rich clients, offshore deals and such.
If I may ask, how many years after the return was filed did you get the audit request?
I was audited about 11 years ago for two of the previous years.
The only thing they asked for was a log book of my wife’s mileage on her “business vehicle”. We do not write off the vehicle. Just the mileage she uses it for business.
The IRS agents only comment was: “She sure does go to the bank a lot”.
I asked my CPA WHY were we audited. The answer was a random selection. Which I was told after that is why you do not file until April. The later you file the less likely you will be selected for a random audit. Once they do a certain amount of them they stop.