The IRS will place a lien on your property to secure payment of your tax debt. A Notice of Federal Tax Lien may be legally issued by the IRS only after the following 3 requirements are met: The IRS makes an assessment against the taxpayer; The IRS sends the taxpayer a written Notice and Demand for Payment; and The [...]

Far too often when an unrepresented taxpayer speaks to an IRS collection agent the agent lies to him by making one or more of the following statements: You must pay the debt or you will be criminally prosecuted If you don’t pay the debt in full within so many days, your assets will be seized It’s a [...]

Sometimes the IRS is simply wrong. This happens more often than you might think. Over the years we have found that the IRS makes mistakes most often in the following areas: Wrongful Calculation of Penalties and Interest Matching of Income to the Wrong Taxpayer Wrongful Assessment of Penalties Failure to Release a Lien Incorrect Calculation [...]

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 – [...]