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Fresh Start Tax

We are a Christian Tax Services company. Since 1982, A plus rated by BBB, a local Tax Services Firm. 954-492-0088 <><

 


Get the very best from a Christian tax firm with experienced tax professionals.

Our former IRS agents have over 100 years of direct IRS work experience.

We have over 200  years of direct tax experience right here in South Florida.

If you will owe tax debt , we can settle your tax debt all at the same time.

Below, you will find the different tax settlement programs if you will owe back IRS taxes.


2 Corinthians 6:14 American Standard Version (ASV)

14 Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity?

We are a referral partner of Crown Financial Ministries.



Tax Filing and Settling Back Taxes


IRS Program settlement options

The first is a hardship or currently non-collectible program. There is good news and bad news about this program. After IRS takes a current documented financial statement, IRS may determine you are not collectible at the current time. IRS will suspend your case for a period of 1 to 3 years and put a freeze on it.

The good news is IRS’s off your back for a couple of years and the bad news is penalties and interest still run on it. Taxpayer should also be aware that the case will come out every couple of years to be reviewed.

The second program is the installment agreement or monthly payment. After IRS takes a current financial statement they will determine how much money they expect from you on a monthly basis. IRS has certain national standards test that they use to determine if the taxpayer will be placed into a payment agreement. You can find the national standards on our site.

The third way to sell your debt is to qualify for an offer in compromise, this is where you can settle your debt for pennies on the dollar. it’s important for taxpayers to understand that not all are eligible for the offer in compromise program.

The Filing back tax returns:

Picking a reputable Christian company that prepares your tax return is a very important decision that you will make. It is not just about the tax return.

It is about obtaining solid tax advise, tax planning and financial solutions for the future.

The goal of Fresh Start Tax is to assist our clients in meeting their tax and financial objectives.

We offer a full range of accounting, tax and financial services designed to meet the personal or business needs that you have.

Our preparation, accounting and auditing teams are highly trained and experienced, hands-on problem solvers who hold themselves to an extraordinarily high level of performance and accountability.

You can trust them to have the understanding and the resources to do what’s best for your business.

We can expertly guide you through the accounting and auditing process, as well as keep you informed of all industry changes regarding corporate governance, audit and accounting issues, and financial reporting that may affect your personal or business situations.

Our teams utilize the latest accounting practices and audit methodologies to help you manage risk, stay compliant, and improve overall business performance.


If you need to file back tax returns.

With or without records we can handle any situation you have.
As former IRS Agents, we know everything about back tax filings.

We have a streamline process of filing all of your tax returns, we are experts in reconstruction methods.



How many back tax year are necessary to file ???

IRS Policy Statement 5-133, Delinquent Returns—Enforcement of Filing Requirements, provides a general rule that taxpayers must file six years of back tax returns to be in good standing with the IRS.



The policy also states that IRS management would have to approve any deviation from that rule.

Sometimes, IRS managers will require tax returns from even further back than six years, depending on:

• The degree of flagrancy.

• A prior history of noncompliance.

• The impact on future voluntary compliance.

• The existence of income from illegal sources.

• Whether there is minimal or no tax due.

• The IRS’s costs to secure the return versus anticipated tax revenue.



The IRS can require more back tax returns in three common situations:

As a former IRS agent there were certain cases that I found during the investigatory process that I wanted more tax returns in the policy statement allotted for.

These are the most common reasons the IRS requires returns from more than six years back:

1. There’s a large potential and collectable liability:

The IRS may extend the return requirement if the taxpayer’s wage and income information (found on wage and income transcripts) indicates a potentially large tax liability for the older, unfiled years. The most common red flags are Forms 1099-MISC, Miscellaneous Income, property sales, and large wages with no withholding.

2. There are business returns involved and monies can be collected.

The IRS will closely scrutinize business returns, for several reasons:
• Businesses often have unknown activity with potentially large balances owed.
• Businesses aren’t subject to much reporting with information statements.
• The IRS knows that businesses have the largest potential for noncompliance.

3. A revenue officer is on the case and feels something out there.

Delinquent return investigations can involve local field collection personnel (revenue officers), who perform in-depth investigations on non-filing and collection.

Because they often handle business and payroll collection, revenue officers can often require more than six years of back tax returns. But remember, the key factor it must have some collection potential.

For most individual cases when taxpayers don’t have a revenue officer, the IRS usually accepts the past six years of returns to put clients in good standing with the IRS.



The Use of IRS Transcripts

Anytime I get involved in the processing of this policy statement by IRS I pull IRS transcripts which give me a complete account history and all income records from the IRS for the past six years.

Transcripts can be helpful in completing back tax returns: It’s essential to prepare an accurate return that matches IRS records. If your records do not match up with the income shown by the Internal Revenue Service you may wind up with the mail correspondence audit.

Make sure the return reports all items on the transcript.

The Penalty Phase

Years with balances due will have associated penalties:

• Failure-to-file penalty (5% per month, maximum of 25%).

• Failure-to-pay penalty (0.5% per month, maximum of 25%); combined with the failure-to-file penalty, together they can reach a maximum of 47.5%.

• Fraudulent failure-to-file penalties triple the normal failure-to-file penalty,increasing the maximum penalty from 25% to 75%.

The IRS may have filed a return for your client: SRF tax returns

The IRS usually starts this process, called a substitute for return (SFR), about two to three three years after the due date of the return. When your client files a return to replace an SFR, the IRS will scrutinized a little more the replacement return and compare it to information statements on file. Make sure you file accurate tax returns.

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We are the premier Christian tax firm that provides nationwide tax services for all those having a season of IRS or State debt issues & problems <><

Fresh Start Tax





We provide full representation for anybody, business or corporation that have IRS or state tax problems.

From receiving a basic notice or letter, to having a seizure of your property, bank or wage garnishment levies, we handle it all.

We are staffed with CPAs, enrolled agents, former IRS agents, managers and teaching instructors.

We have tax attorneys on staff at your request for matters that pertain to confidentiality only.




We are specialist in the area of the offer in compromise settlement, filing back taxes, dealing with federal tax liens, releasing IRS levies, or tax defense during an audit.

We have over 200 years of total tax experience in over 100 years of working directly with IRS. We are true experts for any IRS or state tax problem that you have.

Since 1982 we have been working with Christians across the United States to resolve their IRS and state tax problems.



Call us for a free initial tax consultation and we can help you with any problem you have such as with an IRS bank levy, wage levy garnishment, going through an IRS tax audit need to file an offer in compromise to settle your tax debt or need to file back tax returns we can do it all.



Proverbs 12:15

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.

Proverbs 11:14

Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.

Proverbs 15:22

Without counsel plans fail, but with advisers they succeed.



IRS Tax Debt Help & Relief

We can help you in any area such as the offer in compromise to settle back tax debt, levies release, if the IRS has seized money from your bank or wages we can get your money back within 24 hours and we can also represent you in any IRS or state tax matter.

We do work in all 50 states and are true experts for IRS and state taxation issues.

We will fully review your case to find out if you are eligible for any IRS tax settlement, abatement of penalties, to reduce your tax debt as a former IRS agent and instructor I work the offer in compromise settlement program.



Filing Tax Returns

We can prepare any back tax returns without records and settle your tax debt at the same time if necessary.

Please feel free when you call us to ask us about our faith.

You’ll hear the truth as we have helped countless thousands of people since 1982 resolve their IRS or state tax issue.

We are a full-service accounting, bookkeeping and tax defense firm keeping the highest standards, quality personnel and a biblical base practice.


Please call us today for a free initial tax consultation and find out the truth, blessings.<><

Tampa, Orlando + Christian Tax Attorneys, CPA’s, Former IRS Agents + IRS State Tax Debt Help & Settlement, Tax Returns Filings

Los Angeles + Christian Tax Attorneys, CPA’s, Former IRS Agents + IRS State Tax Debt Help & Settlement, Tax Returns Filings

We are the premier Christian tax firm that provides nationwide tax services for all those having a season of IRS or State debt issues & problems <><

Fresh Start Tax




We provide full representation for anybody, business or corporation that have IRS or state tax problems.

From receiving a basic notice or letter, to having a seizure of your property, bank or wage garnishment levies, we handle it all.

We are staffed with CPAs, enrolled agents, former IRS agents, managers and teaching instructors.

We have tax attorneys on staff at your request for matters that pertain to confidentiality only.




We are specialist in the area of the offer in compromise settlement, filing back taxes, dealing with federal tax liens, releasing IRS levies, or tax defense during an audit.

We have over 200 years of total tax experience in over 100 years of working directly with IRS. We are true experts for any IRS or state tax problem that you have.

Since 1982 we have been working with Christians across the United States to resolve their IRS and state tax problems.



Call us for a free initial tax consultation and we can help you with any problem you have such as with an IRS bank levy, wage  levy garnishment, going through an IRS tax audit need to file an offer in compromise to settle your tax debt or need to file back tax returns we can do it all.



Proverbs 12:15

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.

Proverbs 11:14

Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.

Proverbs 15:22

Without counsel plans fail, but with advisers they succeed.



IRS Tax Debt Help

We can help you in any area such as the offer in compromise to settle back tax debt, levies release, if the IRS has seized money from your bank or wages we can get your money back within 24 hours and we can also represent you in any IRS or state tax matter.

We do work in all 50 states and are true experts for IRS and state taxation issues.

We will fully  review your case to find out if you are eligible for any IRS tax settlement, abatement of penalties, to reduce your tax debt as a former IRS agent and instructor I work the offer in compromise settlement program.



Filing Tax Returns

We can prepare any back tax returns without records and settle your tax debt at the same time if necessary.

Please feel free when you call us to ask us about our faith.

You’ll hear the truth as we have helped countless thousands of people since 1982 resolve their IRS or state tax issue.

We are a full-service accounting, bookkeeping and tax defense firm keeping the highest standards, quality personnel and a biblical base practice.


Please call us today for a free initial tax consultation and find out the truth, blessings.<><

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Get All Your  Tax Returns Filed Immediately. File any and all tax returns. We are the affordable Christian Tax Service Firm. Since 1982. Just call for a free tax consult. Be yoked rightly. <><

 

 

We are a Christian Tax Services company. <><

Get the very best from a christian tax firm with experienced tax professionals.

Our former IRS agents have over 100 years are direct IRS work experience.

 

2 Corinthians 6:14 American Standard Version (ASV)

14 Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity?

We have over 100 years of direct IRS work experience and over 200 years of professional tax experience.

 

We are a referral partner of Crown Financial Ministries.

 

We can assure you will pay the lowest amount of tax allowed by law. Just call us today for a free initial tax consult.

 

If you owe back taxes, we can settle your tax bill as well, we can handle everything.

If you have many back years do you need to file if you have not filed in a long time:

 

IRS Policy Statement 5-133, Delinquent Returns—Enforcement of Filing Requirements, provides a general rule that taxpayers must file six years of back tax returns to be in good standing with the IRS.

 

The policy also states that IRS management would have to approve any deviation from that rule.

 

Sometimes, IRS managers will require tax returns from even further back than six years, depending on:

 

• The degree of flagrancy.

• A prior history of noncompliance.

• The impact on future voluntary compliance.

• The existence of income from illegal sources.

• Whether there is minimal or no tax due.

• The IRS’s costs to secure the return versus anticipated tax revenue.

 

The IRS can require more back tax returns in three common situations:

As a former IRS agent there were certain cases that I found during the investigatory process that I wanted more tax returns in the policy statement allotted for.

These are the most common reasons the IRS requires returns from more than six years back:

1. There’s a large potential and collectable liability:

The IRS may extend the return requirement if the taxpayer’s wage and income information (found on wage and income transcripts) indicates a potentially large tax liability for the older, unfiled years. The most common red flags are Forms 1099-MISC, Miscellaneous Income, property sales, and large wages with no withholding.

2. There are business returns involved and monies can be collected.

The IRS will closely scrutinize business returns, for several reasons:
• Businesses often have unknown activity with potentially large balances owed.
• Businesses aren’t subject to much reporting with information statements.
• The IRS knows that businesses have the largest potential for noncompliance.

3. A revenue officer is on the case and feels something out there.

Delinquent return investigations can involve local field collection personnel (revenue officers), who perform in-depth investigations on non-filing and collection.

Because they often handle business and payroll collection, revenue officers can often require more than six years of back tax returns. But remember, the key factor it must have some collection potential.

For most individual cases when taxpayers don’t have a revenue officer, the IRS usually accepts the past six years of returns to put clients in good standing with the IRS.

 

The Use of IRS Transcripts

Anytime I get involved in the processing of this policy statement by IRS I pull IRS transcripts which give me a complete account history and all income records from the IRS for the past six years.

Transcripts can be helpful in completing back tax returns: It’s essential to prepare an accurate return that matches IRS records. If your records do not match up with the income shown by the Internal Revenue Service you may wind up with the mail correspondence audit.

 

Make sure the return reports all items on the transcript.

The Penalty Phase

Years with balances due will have associated penalties:

• Failure-to-file penalty (5% per month, maximum of 25%).

• Failure-to-pay penalty (0.5% per month, maximum of 25%); combined with the failure-to-file penalty, together they can reach a maximum of 47.5%.

• Fraudulent failure-to-file penalties triple the normal failure-to-file penalty,increasing the maximum penalty from 25% to 75%.

The IRS may have filed a return for your client: SRF tax returns

The IRS usually starts this process, called a substitute for return (SFR), about two to three three years after the due date of the return. When your client files a return to replace an SFR, the IRS will scrutinized a little more the replacement return and compare it to information statements on file. Make sure you file accurate tax returns.

Have any questions about this process call us today and hear the truth.

 

Filing Back Tax Returns + Christian Tax Firm + CPA’s, Tax Preparers, Accountants + Full IRS Tax Services + Fort Lauderdale

Dallas + Filing Unfiled Back Tax Returns & IRS Debt Settlements + Christian Tax Firm + CPA’s, Tax Preparers, Tax Accountants + IRS Tax Services


We are a Affordable Christian Tax Services company. Since 1982, A plus rated by BBB <><

Fresh Start Tax

 

Get the very best from a Christian tax firm with experienced tax professionals.

Our former IRS agents have over 100 years of direct IRS work experience.

If you will owe taxes, we can settle your tax debt all at the same time.
Below, you will find the different tax settlement programs if you will owe back IRS taxes.




2 Corinthians 6:14 American Standard Version (ASV)

14 Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity?


We have over 100 years of direct IRS work experience and over 200 years of professional tax experience.


We are a referral partner of Crown Financial Ministries.

Tax Filing and Settling Back Taxes


IRS Program settlement options

The first is a hardship or currently non-collectible program. There is good news and bad news about this program. After IRS takes a current documented financial statement, IRS may determine you are not collectible at the current time. IRS will suspend your case for a period of 1 to 3 years and put a freeze on it.

The good news is IRS’s off your back for a couple of years and the bad news is penalties and interest still run on it. Taxpayer should also be aware that the case will come out every couple of years to be reviewed.

The second program is the installment agreement or monthly payment. After IRS takes a current financial statement they will determine how much money they expect from you on a monthly basis. IRS has certain national standards test that they use to determine if the taxpayer will be placed into a payment agreement. You can find the national standards on our site.

The third way to sell your debt is to qualify for an offer in compromise, this is where you can settle your debt for pennies on the dollar. it’s important for taxpayers to understand that not all are eligible for the offer in compromise program.

Filing back tax returns:

Picking a reputable Christian company that prepares your tax return is a very important decision that you will make. It is not just about the tax return.

It is about obtaining solid tax advise, tax planning and financial solutions for the future.

The goal of Fresh Start Tax is to assist our clients in meeting their tax and financial objectives.

We offer a full range of accounting, tax and financial services designed to meet the personal or business needs that you have.

Our preparation, accounting and auditing teams are highly trained and experienced, hands-on problem solvers who hold themselves to an extraordinarily high level of performance and accountability.

You can trust them to have the understanding and the resources to do what’s best for your business.

We can expertly guide you through the accounting and auditing process, as well as keep you informed of all industry changes regarding corporate governance, audit and accounting issues, and financial reporting that may affect your personal or business situations.

Our teams utilize the latest accounting practices and audit methodologies to help you manage risk, stay compliant, and improve overall business performance.


If you need to file back tax returns.

With or without records we can handle any situation you have.

As former IRS Agents, we know everything about back tax filings.

We have a streamline process of filing all of your tax returns, we are experts in reconstruction methods.



How many back tax year are necessary to file???

IRS Policy Statement 5-133, Delinquent Returns—Enforcement of Filing Requirements, provides a general rule that taxpayers must file six years of back tax returns to be in good standing with the IRS.



The policy also states that IRS management would have to approve any deviation from that rule.

Sometimes, IRS managers will require tax returns from even further back than six years, depending on:

• The degree of flagrancy.

• A prior history of noncompliance.

• The impact on future voluntary compliance.

• The existence of income from illegal sources.

• Whether there is minimal or no tax due.

• The IRS’s costs to secure the return versus anticipated tax revenue.



The IRS can require more back tax returns in three common situations:

As a former IRS agent there were certain cases that I found during the investigatory process that I wanted more tax returns in the policy statement allotted for.

These are the most common reasons the IRS requires returns from more than six years back:

1. There’s a large potential and collectable liability:

The IRS may extend the return requirement if the taxpayer’s wage and income information (found on wage and income transcripts) indicates a potentially large tax liability for the older, unfiled years. The most common red flags are Forms 1099-MISC, Miscellaneous Income, property sales, and large wages with no withholding.

2. There are business returns involved and monies can be collected.

The IRS will closely scrutinize business returns, for several reasons:
• Businesses often have unknown activity with potentially large balances owed.
• Businesses aren’t subject to much reporting with information statements.
• The IRS knows that businesses have the largest potential for noncompliance.

3. A revenue officer is on the case and feels something out there.

Delinquent return investigations can involve local field collection personnel (revenue officers), who perform in-depth investigations on non-filing and collection.

Because they often handle business and payroll collection, revenue officers can often require more than six years of back tax returns. But remember, the key factor it must have some collection potential.

For most individual cases when taxpayers don’t have a revenue officer, the IRS usually accepts the past six years of returns to put clients in good standing with the IRS.



The Use of IRS Transcripts

Anytime I get involved in the processing of this policy statement by IRS I pull IRS transcripts which give me a complete account history and all income records from the IRS for the past six years.

Transcripts can be helpful in completing back tax returns: It’s essential to prepare an accurate return that matches IRS records. If your records do not match up with the income shown by the Internal Revenue Service you may wind up with the mail correspondence audit.

Make sure the return reports all items on the transcript.

The IRS Penalty Phase

Years with balances due will have associated penalties:

• Failure-to-file penalty (5% per month, maximum of 25%).

• Failure-to-pay penalty (0.5% per month, maximum of 25%); combined with the failure-to-file penalty, together they can reach a maximum of 47.5%.

• Fraudulent failure-to-file penalties triple the normal failure-to-file penalty,increasing the maximum penalty from 25% to 75%.

The IRS may have filed a return for your client: SRF tax returns

The IRS usually starts this process, called a substitute for return (SFR), about two to three three years after the due date of the return. When your client files a return to replace an SFR, the IRS will scrutinized a little more the replacement return and compare it to information statements on file. Make sure you file accurate tax returns.

Have any questions about this process call us today and hear the truth.

 

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Fresh Start Tax

We are a Affordable Local Christian Tax Services company. <>< Since 1982, A plus rated by BBB, a local Tax Services Firm.



Get the very best from a Christian tax firm with experienced tax professionals.

Our former IRS agents have over 100 years of direct IRS work experience.

If you will owe taxes, we can settle your tax debt all at the same time.

Below, you will find the different tax settlement programs if you will owe back IRS taxes.

We can file your tax returns and if you owe back taxes, we can work out a tax settlement for you.




2 Corinthians 6:14 American Standard Version (ASV)

14 Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity?


We have over 100 years of direct IRS work experience and over 200 years of professional tax experience.


We are a referral partner of Crown Financial Ministries.

Tax Filing and Settling Back Taxes


Program settlement options

The first is a hardship or currently non-collectible program. There is good news and bad news about this program. After IRS takes a current documented financial statement, IRS may determine you are not collectible at the current time. IRS will suspend your case for a period of 1 to 3 years and put a freeze on it.

The good news is IRS’s off your back for a couple of years and the bad news is penalties and interest still run on it. Taxpayer should also be aware that the case will come out every couple of years to be reviewed.

The second program is the installment agreement or monthly payment. After IRS takes a current financial statement they will determine how much money they expect from you on a monthly basis. IRS has certain national standards test that they use to determine if the taxpayer will be placed into a payment agreement. You can find the national standards on our site.

The third way to sell your debt is to qualify for an offer in compromise, this is where you can settle your debt for pennies on the dollar. it’s important for taxpayers to understand that not all are eligible for the offer in compromise program.

Filing back tax returns:

Picking a reputable Christian company that prepares your tax return is a very important decision that you will make. It is not just about the tax return.

It is about obtaining solid tax advise, tax planning and financial solutions for the future.

The goal of Fresh Start Tax is to assist our clients in meeting their tax and financial objectives.

We offer a full range of accounting, tax and financial services designed to meet the personal or business needs that you have.

Our preparation, accounting and auditing teams are highly trained and experienced, hands-on problem solvers who hold themselves to an extraordinarily high level of performance and accountability.

You can trust them to have the understanding and the resources to do what’s best for your business.

We can expertly guide you through the accounting and auditing process, as well as keep you informed of all industry changes regarding corporate governance, audit and accounting issues, and financial reporting that may affect your personal or business situations.

Our teams utilize the latest accounting practices and audit methodologies to help you manage risk, stay compliant, and improve overall business performance.


If you need to file back tax returns.

With or without records we can handle any situation you have.

As former IRS Agents, we know everything about back tax filings.

We have a streamline process of filing all of your tax returns, we are experts in reconstruction methods.



How many back tax year are necessary to file???

IRS Policy Statement 5-133, Delinquent Returns—Enforcement of Filing Requirements, provides a general rule that taxpayers must file six years of back tax returns to be in good standing with the IRS.



The policy also states that IRS management would have to approve any deviation from that rule.

Sometimes, IRS managers will require tax returns from even further back than six years, depending on:

• The degree of flagrancy.

• A prior history of noncompliance.

• The impact on future voluntary compliance.

• The existence of income from illegal sources.

• Whether there is minimal or no tax due.

• The IRS’s costs to secure the return versus anticipated tax revenue.



The IRS can require more back tax returns in three common situations:

As a former IRS agent there were certain cases that I found during the investigatory process that I wanted more tax returns in the policy statement allotted for.

These are the most common reasons the IRS requires returns from more than six years back:

1. There’s a large potential and collectable liability:

The IRS may extend the return requirement if the taxpayer’s wage and income information (found on wage and income transcripts) indicates a potentially large tax liability for the older, unfiled years. The most common red flags are Forms 1099-MISC, Miscellaneous Income, property sales, and large wages with no withholding.

2. There are business returns involved and monies can be collected.

The IRS will closely scrutinize business returns, for several reasons:
• Businesses often have unknown activity with potentially large balances owed.
• Businesses aren’t subject to much reporting with information statements.
• The IRS knows that businesses have the largest potential for noncompliance.

3. A revenue officer is on the case and feels something out there.

Delinquent return investigations can involve local field collection personnel (revenue officers), who perform in-depth investigations on non-filing and collection.

Because they often handle business and payroll collection, revenue officers can often require more than six years of back tax returns. But remember, the key factor it must have some collection potential.

For most individual cases when taxpayers don’t have a revenue officer, the IRS usually accepts the past six years of returns to put clients in good standing with the IRS.



The Use of IRS Transcripts

Anytime I get involved in the processing of this policy statement by IRS I pull IRS transcripts which give me a complete account history and all income records from the IRS for the past six years.

Transcripts can be helpful in completing back tax returns: It’s essential to prepare an accurate return that matches IRS records. If your records do not match up with the income shown by the Internal Revenue Service you may wind up with the mail correspondence audit.

Make sure the return reports all items on the transcript.

The IRS Penalty Phase

Years with balances due will have associated penalties:

• Failure-to-file penalty (5% per month, maximum of 25%).

• Failure-to-pay penalty (0.5% per month, maximum of 25%); combined with the failure-to-file penalty, together they can reach a maximum of 47.5%.

• Fraudulent failure-to-file penalties triple the normal failure-to-file penalty,increasing the maximum penalty from 25% to 75%.

The IRS may have filed a return for your client: SRF tax returns

The IRS usually starts this process, called a substitute for return (SFR), about two to three three years after the due date of the return. When your client files a return to replace an SFR, the IRS will scrutinized a little more the replacement return and compare it to information statements on file. Make sure you file accurate tax returns.

Have any questions about this process call us today and hear the truth.