its a tried and true tactic they use.
"You owe us a 1 million in back taxes and penalties but we will settle for 50% right now."
Sounds like a deal eh...
They been doing it for years!
Not at the agent level. Perhaps after its assessed. I have had an assessment reduced to a small fraction of the amount because the state needed cash but never at the audit level unless we were talking about deductions or income, never taxes or penalties or interest.