Eva Rosenberg of SmartMoney recently wrote about why you should avoid tax relief firms like Roni Deutch, Tax Masters and J.K. Harris and those unamed scammers (they just have 800 numbers because they don’t want you to know who they are because then you can do some research about them and discover the record of grievances [...]

J.K. Harris is the second player in the tax resolution business to have been forced to shut down operations ss a result of thousands of consumer complaints and dozens of government investigations. Paul Caron of TaxProf Blog reports: JK Harris Tax Resolution Firm Closes its Doors Consumer Affairs, JK Harris Suspends Operations, Prepares to Liquidate: Tax-Preparation Firm Swamped by Consumer [...]

Lois Weiner v. Commissioner – In a 47 page opinion Tax Court Judge J. Paige Marvel affirmed the IRS’s denial of the taxpayer’s request for innocent spouse relief under § 6015(b) and overturned the IRS’s denial of her request for equitable relief under § 6015(f). Denial of Innocent Spouse Claim The IRS argued that the [...]

If the IRS has placed a lien on you or has issued a levy to your bank, your employer or your customers, you need to act quickly. What We Need From You In order to assist you in getting the lien removed and the levies released, we will need the following information from you: A legible [...]

If you owe the IRS money and you don’t pay it in full, there is a high likelihood it will file a Notice of Federal Tax Lien against you. An IRS lien destroys your credit. Once the lien is filed it is extremely difficult to get the IRS to release it. The best way to [...]

In the last 25 years we have represented hundreds of clients who have been living in fear of the IRS for a very long time. Most of these clients, after we got them back in good standing with the IRS and on an installment plan to pay their back taxes, tell us they feel like [...]

Tax debtors are not unlike other debtors. They, too, want to protect their assets from potential seizure. But if they do it illegally or fraudulently, the IRS has the power to refer the matter to its criminal investigation division (CID). Taxpayers have to be extremely careful before embarking on a plan of asset protection when [...]

The Dreaded IRS Notice Nobody likes getting an IRS notice that doesn’t include a refund check along with it. But the truth is if you live long enough you are bound to get an unhappy letter from the tax man at some point. Many of our clients come to us only after they have received [...]

The IRS has recently stepped up its non filer program and is now aggressively seeking to bring them into compliance. Many taxpayers are unaware that it is a crime not to file a tax return. Non filers often make the mistake of assuming that if they dont have the money to pay their taxes they [...]

I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porpentine. – Hamlet Act I, Scene V – [...]