A CP2000 is not a bill and not an audit — it's a proposal. Income that someone reported to the IRS didn't match your return, so the IRS is proposing changes. You can agree, or disagree and explain why, by the response date.
GlassRead marks the loaded words on the notice itself — tap any for a plain-language card — and opens a calm panel beside it: your date, your options, the question you'd be afraid to ask.
Example notice — the real CP2000 layout with fictional details. Yours will look like this.
An employer, bank, or other payer reported income — and any tax withholding — to us that we could not match to your return. Based on that information, we propose the changes shown below. This is not a notice that you are being audited.
| Additional income reported to us | $6,200.00 |
| Proposed increase in tax | $1,178.00 |
| Interest charges (to the response date) | $109.00 |
| Proposed amount due by July 8, 2026 | $1,287.00 |
Sign and return the enclosed response form by July 8, 2026. Pay the amount due, or — if you can't pay it all — pay what you can and ask for an installment agreement to spread the rest.
You have the right to dispute this amount. Return the response form with a signed statement explaining why you disagree, along with copies of any documents that support your figures, by July 8, 2026. Do not send original documents.
If you don't respond by the date above, we may send a Statutory Notice of Deficiency, a formal notice proposing the additional tax. Only after that, if the balance is assessed and stays unpaid, could collection steps such as a levy eventually follow — they are not the next step here.
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