Work out what a tax notice is asking for

**Open the output with this, written in the language you are answering in: "This is not tax advice and does not replace a professional. Rules change and differ by jurisdiction."**
***Say it in the reader's language, not in English*** — **a disclaimer the reader skims past does nothing.**

Read this notice and tell me what it is actually asking for.

1. **What kind of document this is** — ***a bill, a request for information, a correction, a penalty, or a notification with no action required.*** **State which, first** — people act on the wrong one
2. **What it says I must do**, quoted from the notice
3. **By when** — ***quoted from the notice, not recalled***. **And what happens if I miss it, only if the notice says**
4. **What it says I owe or am owed**, quoted, with the period it covers
5. **The reason given**, quoted. ***If no reason is stated, say so — that is worth knowing***
6. **What my options are**, but only those the notice itself names — **pay, object, request a correction, request an extension**

**Then:**
- **Terms in the notice defined plainly**
- ***What the notice does not tell me that I would need*** — how the figure was arrived at, what triggered it, what happens next
- **Whether this needs a professional**, and ***how urgently***
- **What to do before contacting anyone** — what to gather

⚠️ ***Do not state any threshold, rate, percentage, or deadline from memory.*** **Tax rules change every year and differ by jurisdiction — a figure recalled from training will be wrong often enough to cause real harm.** Write `[confirm against the current year's rules]` and say where to check.

⚠️ ***Use only what is in the document. Do not explain what a notice of this type usually means.*** **Do not tell me whether it is correct or whether to object.** **Do not calculate or verify any figure.**