by Fresh Start Tax | May 7, 2014 | Tax Help
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As a general rule, within 24 hours of receiving your current financial statement, we can get immediate releases of IRS bank or wage garnishment levy.
Call us today and we will review your case with the free initial tax consultation and let you know the various remedies available to get IRS tax debt relief or get a levy release on a bank levy or wage garnishment.
We can file all your back tax returns if you are going oh tax debt can settle your case at the same time. If you have little or no records we can prepare your tax returns under reconstructive methods.
Other IRS Tax Debt Relief Options
The Internal Revenue Service has expanded its “Fresh Start” initiative to help struggling taxpayers who owe taxes.
Expanded relief for taxpayers.
Penalty relief Part of the initiative relieves some unemployed taxpayers from failure-to-pay penalties. Penalties are one of the biggest factors a financially distressed taxpayer faces on a tax bill.
The Fresh Start Penalty Relief Initiative gives eligible taxpayers a six-month extension to fully pay 2011 taxes.
Interest still applies on the 2011 taxes from April 17, 2012 until the tax is paid, but you won’t face failure-to-pay penalties if you pay your tax, interest and any other penalties in full by Oct. 15, 2012.
The penalty relief is available to two categories of taxpayers:
1. Wage earners who have been unemployed at least 30 consecutive days
during 2011 or in 2012 up to this year’s April 17 tax deadline.
2. Self-employed individuals who experienced a 25 percent or greater
reduction in business income in 2011 due to the economy.
Qualifications
To qualify for this penalty relief, your adjusted gross income must not exceed $200,000 if married filing jointly or $100,000 if your filing status is single, married filing separately, head of household, or qualifying widower.
Your 2011 balance due can not exceed $50,000.
Taxpayers who qualify need to complete a new Form 1127A to request the 2011 penalty relief.
Installment agreements .An installment agreement is a payment option for those who cannot pay their entire tax bill by the due date.
The Fresh Start provisions give more taxpayers the ability to use streamlined installment agreements to catch up on back taxes and also more time to pay.
The new threshold for requesting an installment agreement has been raised from $25,000 to $50,000. This option requires limited financial information, meaning far less burden to the taxpayer.
The maximum term for streamlined installment agreements has been raised to six years from the current five-year maximum.
If your debt is more than $50,000, you’ll still need to supply the IRS with a Collection Information Statement (Form 433-A or Form 433-F). You also can pay your balance down to $50,000 or less to qualify for this payment option.
With an installment agreement, you’ll pay less in penalties, but interest continues to accrue on the outstanding balance. In order to qualify for the new expanded streamlined installment agreement, you must agree to monthly direct debit payments.
Offer in Compromise Under the first round of Fresh Start in 2011, the IRS expanded the Offer in Compromise (OIC) program to cover a larger group of struggling taxpayers.
An Offer in Compromise is an agreement between a taxpayer and the IRS that settles the taxpayer’s tax liabilities for less than the full amount owed.
The IRS recognizes many taxpayers are still struggling to pay their bills so the agency has been working on more common-sense changes to the OIC program to more closely reflect real-world situations.
An offer will not be accepted if the IRS believes that the liability can be paid in full as a lump sum or through a payment agreement.
The IRS looks at the taxpayer’s income and assets to make a determination regarding the taxpayer’s ability to pay.
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by Fresh Start Tax | May 7, 2014 | Tax Help
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FACT – Over 38% of all those who apply for the Nationwide IRS tax debt settlement call the offer in compromise have settled there cases.
Last year over 78,000 offers in compromise were filed for taxpayers wanting to settle an old tax debt.
The average settlement was approximately $.14 on the dollar.
Before you go running off to try to settle your IRS tax debt you should know there are certain standards that are acceptable before the Internal Revenue Service for a tax debt settlement to be approved.
It is wise for taxpayers to go through the pre-qualifier tool that you can find out our website for the offer in compromise.
You will find out if you are an eligible candidate and you will also find out the lowest dollar amount the Internal Revenue Service will settle for.
It is also important to know that you must be very accurate on your tax debt settlement financial statement because the IRS will want everything in your financial statement documented for the last year.
Also make sure you have a complete package when you send it in to the IRS, if not, the IRS will immediately reject the tax debt settlement.
Please find below the IRS nationwide tax debt settlement relief program called the offer in compromise.
Offers In Compromise
What is a Offer in Compromise or the Nationwide Tax Debt Settlement Program?
An offer in compromise or tax settlement (OIC) is an agreement between a taxpayer and the Internal Revenue Service that settles the taxpayer’s tax liabilities for less than the full amount owed.
If the liabilities can be fully paid through an installment agreement or other means, the taxpayer will in most cases not be eligible for an OIC.
Eligibility requirements
In order to be eligible for an OIC, the taxpayer must have:
1. filed all tax returns,
2. made all required estimated tax payments for the current year and
3. made all required federal tax deposits for the current quarter if the taxpayer is a business owner with employees.
The IRS will not accept an OIC unless the amount offered by the taxpayer is equal to or greater than the reasonable collection potential (the RCP).
The RCP is how the IRS measures the taxpayer’s ability to pay.
The RCP includes the value that can be realized from the taxpayer’s assets, such as real property, automobiles, bank accounts, and other property.
In addition to property, the RCP also includes anticipated future income, less certain amounts allowed for basic living expenses.
Acceptance – The IRS may accept an OIC based on three grounds.
First— Acceptance is permitted if there is doubt as to liability.
This ground is only met when there is a genuine dispute as to the existence or amount of the correct tax debt under the law.
Second— Acceptance is permitted if there is doubt that the amount owed is fully collectible.
Doubt as to collectibility exists in any case where the taxpayer’s assets and income are less than the full amount of the tax liability.
Third—Acceptance is permitted based on effective tax administration.
An offer may be accepted based on effective tax administration when there is no doubt that the tax is legally owed and that the full amount owed can be collected, but requiring payment in full would either create an economic hardship or would be unfair and inequitable because of exceptional circumstances.Generally these offers are accepted because of rarer circumstance usually because of medical conditions.
Application- Submission of the Nationwide Tax Debt Settlement Program
When submitting an OIC based on doubt as to collectibility or based on effective tax administration, taxpayers must use the most current version of:
Form 656, Offer in Compromise, and also submit Form 433-A (OIC) (PDF), Collection Information Statement for Wage Earners and Self-Employed Individuals, and/or
2. Form 433-B (OIC) (PDF), Collection Information Statement for Businesses.
3. A taxpayer submitting an OIC based on doubt as to liability must file a Form 656-L (PDF), Offer in Compromise (Doubt as to Liability), instead of Form 656 and Form 433-A (OIC) and/or Form 433-B (OIC). Form 656 can be found in the Offer in Compromise Booklet, Form 656-B (PDF).
A taxpayer must submit a $186 application fee with the Form 656. Do not combine this fee with any other tax payments.
There are, however, two exceptions to this requirement.
1. No application fee is required if the OIC is based on doubt as to liability.
2. the fee is not required if the taxpayer is an individual (not a corporation, partnership, or other entity) who qualifies for the low-income exception.
This exception applies if the taxpayer’s total monthly income falls at or below 250 percent of the poverty guidelines published by the Department of Health and Human Services. Section 4 of Form 656 contains the Low Income Certification guidelines to assist taxpayers in determining whether they qualify for the low-income exception.
A taxpayer who claims the low-income exception must complete section 4 of Form 656.
How to make payments for the tax debt settlement program
Taxpayers may choose to pay the offer amount in a lump sum or in installment payments.
- A “lump sum offer” is defined as an offer payable in 5 or fewer installments within 5 or fewer months after the offer is accepted. If a taxpayer submits a lump sum offer, the taxpayer must include with the Form 656 a nonrefundable payment equal to 20 percent of the offer amount. This payment is required in addition to the $186 application fee. The 20 percent payment is “nonrefundable” meaning it will not be returned to the taxpayer even if the offer is rejected or returned to the taxpayer without acceptance. Instead, the 20 percent payment will be applied to the taxpayer’s tax liability. The taxpayer has a right to specify the particular tax liability to which the IRS will apply the 20 percent payment.
- An offer is called a “periodic payment offer” under the tax law if it is payable in 6 or more monthly installments and within 24 months after the offer is accepted. When submitting a periodic payment offer, the taxpayer must include the first proposed installment payment along with the Form 656. This payment is required in addition to the $186 application fee. This amount is nonrefundable, just like the 20 percent payment required for a lump sum offer. Also, while the IRS is evaluating a periodic payment offer, the taxpayer must continue to make the installment payments provided for under the terms of the offer. These amounts are also nonrefundable. These amounts are applied to the tax liabilities and the taxpayer has a right to specify the particular tax liabilities to which the periodic payments will be applied.
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by Fresh Start Tax | May 6, 2014 | Tax Help
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IRS Tax Levy and Tax Garnishments
If you have received an IRS tax Levy garnishment you are not alone.
Close to 2 million people annually receive the heavy hand of the IRS through the tax levy or tax garnishment.
The only way that you can get your tax levy or tax garnishment released is to contact IRS and enter into an installment agreement or to give them a current financial statement declaring that you are a hardship candidate.
You’ll need to be prepared to give IRS the form 433-F along with complete documentation such as pay stubs, three months worth of bank statements, and a copy of all monthly expenses.
IRS will review your current financial statement and make a determination on how they will close your case. They will then issue an immediate release of the IRS tax levy or tax garnishment. You can get that IRS tax levy or tax garnishment released the day you provide IRS with the current financial statement.
Settle Back Tax Debt
If you wish to settle your back tax debt you’ll need to do that through the offer in compromise program.
No individual should submit an offer in compromise unless they know they are qualified and suitable candidate for the offer in compromise.
You can find on our site the IRS pre-qualifier tool to find out on our website and learn how to settle for the lowest allowed by law.
File Back Tax Returns
If you need to file your back tax returns and have little or no records we can simply pull an IRS income tax transcript to prepare your returns. We can them using reconstructive methods taught to us by the Internal Revenue Service as former IRS agents. It is like audit proofing your tax returns.
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How does IRS settle back taxes – through the Offer in Compromise Program
An offer in compromise allows you to settle your tax debt for less than the full amount you owe.
It may be a great option if you can’t pay your full tax liability, or doing so creates a financial hardship.
IRS considers your unique set of facts and circumstances. Every taxpayer set of circumstances is different. If you heard someone settled their tax debt for pennies on the dollar it very well could be true if they are qualified and suitable candidate.
IRS looks at four main factors they are as follows
1. Ability to pay;
2. Income;
3. Expenses; and
4. Asset equity.
IRS generally approve an offer in compromise when the amount offered represents the most we can expect to collect within a reasonable period of time.
The Offer in Compromise program is not for everyone.
Make sure you are eligible for the Offer in Compromise
Before IRS can consider your offer, you must be current with all filing and payment requirements.
You are not eligible if you are in an open bankruptcy proceeding.
Use the offer in compromise pre-qualifier tool that you can find on our website to see if you are a suitable candidate.
Submitting your offer
Your completed offer package will include:
- Form 433-A (OIC) (individuals) or 433-B (OIC) (businesses) and all required documentation as specified on the forms;
- Form 656(s) – individual and business tax debt (Corporation/ LLC/ Partnership) must be submitted on separate Form 656;
- $186 application fee (non-refundable); and
- Initial payment (non-refundable) for each Form 656.
Most Importantly Select a payment option
Your initial payment will vary based on your offer and the payment option you choose:
1. Lump Sum Cash:
Submit an initial payment of 20 percent of the total offer amount with your application. Wait for written acceptance, then pay the remaining balance of the offer in five or fewer payments.
2.Periodic Payment:
Submit your initial payment with your application. Continue to pay the remaining balance in monthly installments while the offer is being considered.
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