by Fresh Start Tax | Apr 18, 2013 | Tax Help
Do Not Hire a Tax Resolution Firm – Hire a Professional Tax Firm to Get Results 1-866-700-1040
Being a former IRS Agent and teaching instructor with the Internal Revenue Service for over 10 years I would caution any taxpayer who has an IRS problem or an IRS issue to be very careful before hiring a tax resolution firm.
I can tell you by my first-hand experience and over 37 years in the practice it is always the best to hire a professional tax firm to get you immediate and permanent results.
Why a professional tax firm versus a tax resolution firm
Why you need caution before hiring a tax resolution firm.
While there are many excellent tax resolution firm’s on the Internet today there are just as many that are scam artists. You have to look no further than JK Harris, Ronnie Deutch, Tax Masters. These tax resolution firm’s have The ripped off thousands and thousands of people and scammed them out of millions and millions of dollars.
Before you hire a tax resolution firm there are things that you need to look at:
1. You need to look at their BBB rating,
2. You need to look at their complaint history,
3. You need to check their site out and bios for the tax professionals that they actually have on staff.
4. Are they selling you on pennies on a dollar?
5. Is the person you initial speak with a sales person?
While many companies claim they have Tax attorneys, CPAs and former IRS agents you will find none of those people listed on their site.
To test me on this, ask to speak directly to a tax attorney.
Many of these tax resolution company’s use false advertising to acquire tax leads.
While many tax resolution firms actually buy your lead and sub the workout to other people you will find they have few professionals on staff.
If you’re going to hire a tax resolution firm you should asked to specifically speak to the tax professional that will be working your case and find out given your set of circumstances what expectations are for case settlement.
Why do hire a professional tax firm.
You want to hire a professional tax firm because the tax professional licenses on the line.
Tax Attorneys, Tax Lawyers CPAs, enrolled agents and former IRS agents have their licenses on the line and they are usually not willing to go ahead and do scam work. They want no complaints or ethics violations are filed against them.
To find out whether it is a professional tax tax firm is doing the work simply look on the website of the company you are think of retaining and check the bios out on the site. For most of these Internet websites you will rarely find any tax professional listed on their website and you will never find bios of tax professionals actually the case
You should also know that a professional tax firm will charge more money than a tax resolution firm that’s because true tax experts have spent a lot of time, money, and their life’s work to be tax experts in the field.
As a result you will get better results, professional communication and a higher standard of accessibility.
If you have any questions regarding any IRS problem or issue you have contact us today for free initial consultation.
You will not speak to a sales person but you will be directly speaking with a tax attorney, certified public accountant, former IRS agent, manager or tax instructor.
Here at Fresh Start Tax LLC we have over 206 years of a professional tax experience, over 60 years of working directly for the Internal Revenue Service and the local, district, and regional tax offices of the Internal Revenue Service.
We taught tax law at the Internal Revenue Service.
We are A+ rated by the Better Business Bureau and have been in private practice and/or Internet practice since 1982.
Hire true professionals, do your homework before paying anybody any money for an IRS tax issue.
Do Not Hire a Tax Resolution Firm – Hire a Professional Tax Firm to Get Results
Do Not Hire a Tax Resolution Firm – Hire a Professional Tax Firm to Get Results
by Fresh Start Tax | Apr 18, 2013 | Tax Levy and Wage Garnishments
IRS Tax Levy – Bank Accounts, Wages – Appeal Rights – Get Levy Released, Removed ASAP 1-866-700-1040
The Internal Revenue Service files 3.6 million tax levies a year on bank accounts and on wages. That number is staggering.
So many Taxpayers are intimidated by the IRS.
Taxpayers are completely unaware of their appeal rights. Many have no idea their IRS tax levy on bank accounts and wage garnishments can be released if they file a formal appeal with the Internal Revenue Service.
We encourage taxpayers to fight back and to get their IRS tax levies on their bank accounts and wages released by filing a formal appeal with the Internal Revenue Service.
Being former IRS agents, managers, and tax instructors we are aware of the many injustices that take place when IRS agents need to close cases due to unmanageable inventories and archaic financial standards.
Many taxpayers do not fall in to normal categories of standards and many times the IRS does not take the time to care what is going on individual situations and there lives. Taxpayers are going through more economic financial hardships than ever before. It is in these times and situations that the Internal Revenue Service is unreasonable and we encourage the taxpayers to go ahead if they have been levied by the Internal Revenue Service to formally use their IRS appeal rights and fight back if the IRS is being unreasonable.
I should also mention it is best to hire professional tax firm or tax expert to handle the situations Being a former IRS agent and working thousands of cases I can tell you the tax professional will usually get the results you need.
There is a little trick used by Internal Revenue Service.
If you call the ACS unit of the IRS and wish to talk to the manager, the agent answering the phone will never turn that call over to the manager at the given time.
They will always say the manager will call you back and over 50% of the times that call never comes.
You should insist on also getting the telephone number of the area manager and district director in that location. You need to become a squeaky wheel at this point because you have nothing to lose.
There is more abuse at the ACS unit of the Internal Revenue Service than any other function. Many of these agents are abusive, rude, and could care less about the outcome of your case. While there are many good agents we have found the majority of time the agents are just trying to close there case by any means.
The Appeal Process
Options.
1. You may ask an IRS manager to review your case or,
2. You may request a Collection Due Process hearing with the Office of Appeals by filing a request for a Collection Due Process hearing with the IRS office listed on your notice.
30 days to File an Appeal
You must file your request within 30 days of the date on your notice.
Some of the issues you may discuss include:
1. You paid all you owed before we sent the levy notice,
2. The IRS assessed the tax and sent the levy notice when you were in bankruptcy, and subject to the automatic stay during bankruptcy,
3. The IRS made a procedural error in an assessment,
4. The time to collect the tax (called the statute of limitations) expired before we sent the levy notice, This time period is usually 10 years from the date of the original tax assessment,
5. You did not have an opportunity to dispute the assessed liability,
6. You wish to discuss the collection options, or
7. You wish to make a spousal defense.
At the conclusion of your hearing, the Office of Appeals
The IRS will issue a determination.
You will have 30 days after the determination date to bring a suit to contest the determination.
If your property is levied or seized, contact the employee who took the action. You also may ask the manager to review your case.
If the matter is still unresolved, the manager can explain your rights to appeal to the Office of Appeals.
Important note : The IRS usually can levy only after these three requirements are met:
1. The IRS assessed the tax and sent you a Notice and Demand for Payment;
2. You neglected or refused to pay the tax; and
3. We sent you a Final Notice of Intent to Levy and Notice of Your Right to A Hearing (levy notice) at least 30 days before the levy.
We may give you this notice in person, leave it at your home or your usual place of business, or send it to your last known address by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Please note: if we levy your state tax refund, you may receive a Notice of Levy on Your State Tax Refund, Notice of Your Right to Hearing after the levy.
IRS Tax Levy – Bank Accounts, Wages – Appeal Rights – Fight Back ASAP – Get Levy Released, Removed
by Fresh Start Tax | Apr 18, 2013 | Tax Levy and Wage Garnishments
IRS Tax Levy – How to Deal and WIN with the IRS – Levy Removed & Released 1-866-700-1040
The Internal Revenue Service sends out 3.6 million IRS tax levies each and every year. You are not alone. Here is how to fight back and win.
If you have an IRS tax Levy and you want to get your tax levy released and removed follow the procedures below to get immediate results.
We are comprised of tax attorneys, certified public accountants, and former IRS agents. As former IRS agents we taught tax law and are experts on IRS tax levies.
As former IRS agents/managers we issued thousands of tax levies so it only makes sense that we know the exact process on how to go ahead to deal with them and to win with the IRS.
We have over 60 years of working directly for the Internal Revenue Service in the local district, regional offices of the IRS.
There are very specific procedures in dealing with an IRS tax Levy.
Why was your tax Levy sent?
IRS sends out notices of the federal tax levy because taxpayers did not respond to the last and final notice the IRS sent to the last known mailing address.
IRS will use your last known address on your last filed tax return to send out your final billing notice.
If your address changed or you did not file a tax return with a new address, the Internal Revenue Service has no way of knowing where you are now located. By code, the Internal Revenue Service is only required to mail IRS bills and notices to your last known tax filing address.
As a general rule, the IRS sends out 3 to 4 billing notices to let you know you owe past-due federal taxes. If you do not respond to the IRS, the government computer will systemically generates a notice of seizure or garnishment.
How to get the IRS tax Levy released
Before the Internal Revenue Service will release a IRS tax Levy this is the exact procedure that needs to be followed to deal with the IRS and to get your tax levy removed in release and when your money back from the government:
The IRS will require a current financial statement on form 433-F.
You can find that form on our site. IRS will want that form completely and accurately filled out along with all the documentation to support all the line items.
That will mean that you will have to provide them pay stubs, bank statements, and receipts of all your expenses and copies of all your bills. IRS will carefully review that financial statement and apply your financial statement against the national standards, the regional standards and the local standards in the area in which you live.
How and when IRS will remove and release the tax levy
Once the Internal Revenue Service reviews the 433-F financial statement they will make a determination on how they will close the case and release and remove the IRS tax Levy.
As a general rule there are three closing methods.
The Internal Revenue Service will either determine that at this current time you are non-collectible and place your case into an economic tax hardship.
IRS may determine that you have excess income because of the national standard test they are applying and determined that you should make an installment or payment arrangement.
Or lastly, may make a recommendation that you are a good and suitable candidate for offer in compromise.
After the Internal Revenue Service speaks to the power of attorney or the taxpayer they will determine the closing method. ( this can be appealed )
IRS will then go ahead and release and remove the IRS tax Levy. It is always best for the power of attorney or the taxpayer to have on hand the fax number for the person who can release the funds that are being held up by the IRS tax Levy. IRS as a general rule will immediately fax the release or removal of the tax Levy to the point person so the release can take place ASAP.
If you do not like the IRS decision you can appeal the finding by the Agent, ask to speak to the manager
You will find many times that the agents over the telephone in the a ACS unit are very unreasonable.
Do not fear the IRS in this situation. Ask to speak directly to the group manager or area manager and prove your point.
Many taxpayers back off because the authority and the power that IRS have, whatever you do not be bullied by the Internal Revenue Service, you have appeal rights.
Contact us today if this is your situation
Are you a settlement candidate for an Offer in Compromise
The new fresh start program for the IRS offer in compromise .
Offers in Compromise
The IRS is also expanding a new streamlined Offer in Compromise (OIC) program to cover a larger group of struggling taxpayers.
This streamlined OIC is being expanded to allow taxpayers with annual incomes up to $100,000 to participate.
In addition, participants must have tax liability of less than $50,000, doubling the current limit of $25,000 or less.
OICs are subject to acceptance based on legal requirements.
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.
Generally, 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.
For more on this you should contact our office today and speak to a former IRS agent and manager who knows the exact process and system of how to settle your case with the Internal Revenue Service.
You can also find a pre-qualifier tool on our website if you wish to try this by yourself.
Contact us today and speak directly to tax attorneys, certified public accountants, or former IRS agents and managers.
IRS Tax Levy – How to Deal and WIN with the IRS – Levy Removed & Released
by Fresh Start Tax | Apr 17, 2013 | Tax Help
Get IRS Wage Garnishment Levy Release ASAP – Former Agents who know the system 1-866-700-1040
We are a Nationwide Tax Firm with an expertise in resolving any and all issues with the Internal Revenue Service. We can get your IRS Wage Garnishment Levy released and your case settled.
We have a combined 60 years of direct working experience and knowledge of the Internal Revenue Service in the local, district, and regional tax offices of the Internal Revenue Service.
While at the IRS we taught tax law.
We have a combined 206 years of professional tax experience and are comprised of tax attorneys, CPAs and our staff of former IRS agents and managers.
If you are experiencing an IRS wage garnishment levy contact us today and we can get immediate and permanent results to get your wages or income back from the Internal Revenue Service ASAP.
A wage garnishment levy.
Levy on Wages, Salary, and Other Income ( IRS Wage Garnishment Levy )
An individual’s wages, salary, and other income can be levied.
Wages, salary, and other income include payment for personal services in a work relationship.
Employer Threatens to Fire Taxpayer Because of a IRS Wage Garnishment Levy
Sometimes an employer threatens to fire an employee to avoid handling a levy.
This might be a violation of 15 USC 1674.
If the employer fires the taxpayer because of this, the employer might be fined not more than $1000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
Refer the taxpayer to the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor (DOL). DOL, not IRS, must decide if the employer violated the law.
Continuous Effect of IRS Levy on Salary and Wages
This is the damaging part of the IRS Wage Garnishment Levy.
Unlike other levies, a levy on a taxpayer’s wages and salary has a continuous effect.
It attaches to future payments, until the levy is released. Wages and salary include fees, bonuses, commissions, and similar items.
All other levies such as bank levies only attach to property and rights to property that exist when the levy is served.
For instance, if a bank account is levied, it only reaches money in the account when the levy is served. It does not reach money deposited later.
When other income is levied, the levy reaches payment the taxpayer has a fixed and determinable right to
If the taxpayer’s right to that payment is not dependent upon the performance of future services, then the levy will reach the future payments as well.
Retirement Income.
A Form 668-A is issued to levy an author’s royalties.
The author has a fixed and determinable right to royalties for books that have already been published. The levy reaches royalties for sales of those books in the future.
The levy does not reach royalties for books that are written and published later. A new levy must be served to take those royalties.
A Form 668-W,( this is a IRS Wage Garnishment Levy ) is issued to levy a taxpayer’s retirement income.
The taxpayer has a fixed right to the future payments; therefore, the levy remains in effect until it is released.
There is an Exempt Amount to the IRS Wage Garnishment Levy
Part of the individual taxpayer’s wages, salary, (including fees, bonuses, commissions and similar items) and other income, as well as retirement and benefit income, is exempt from levy.
The weekly exempt amount is: The total of the taxpayer’s standard deduction and the amount deductible for exemptions on an income tax return for the year the levy is served.
Then, this total is divided by 52.
Income that is not paid weekly is prorated, so the same amount is exempt.
In addition, the amount the taxpayer needs to pay court ordered child support is exempt.
Get IRS Wage Garnishment Levy Release ASAP – Former Agents who know the system
by Fresh Start Tax | Apr 17, 2013 | Tax Levy and Wage Garnishments
Get a IRS Tax Levy Removed by Former IRS agents – We Know the System 1-866-700-1040
If you need to get an IRS tax levy removed who better to retain than former IRS agents and managers who have over 60 years of combined work experience and knowledge of the Internal Revenue Service.
We worked in the local, district, and regional tax offices of the Internal Revenue Service and also taught tax law.
We know the exact format, the exact process, and the exact system that will be used by the IRS to get your IRS tax Levy removed or release so you can go on with your life worry free.
Not only can we get your IRS tax Levy removed or released we can all we can also settle your case as well.
There are two types of IRS levies 668-A & 668-W
The bank levy.
An IRS bank levy will be sent to any source the IRS has on their system as a result of the IRS obtaining financial or banking information by third parties who reported to the Internal Revenue Service over the last three years.
If you’ve written IRS a check or have received a 1099 those are usually adequate sources that IRS will go ahead and send out an IRS tax Levy.
What is unusual about the IRS bank levy is that it freezes the money in the account for a period of 21 days. You can continue to use the account but the money that was in the account the day the IRS levy hit the bank will be frozen.
The IRS gives you that 21 day period to contact IRS, settle your case, and get your IRS tax Levy removed or released.
The wage levy.
The wage levy is a continue in garnishment. It will never stop until the Internal Revenue Service sends a release to your employer. Upon receiving in IRS notice of levy on your wages you should immediately contact the IRS to start the process so you can get your next paycheck back.
What is required to get an IRS tax Levy removed
IRS will require a current financial statement which will be on IRS form 433-F.
IRS will fully review and conduct a complete analysis of your financial statement including pay stubs, bank statements, and all income and expenses.
After the Internal Revenue Service reviews the statement they will explore the different tax options to remedy the case.
As a general rule on IRS will either put your case into an economic tax hardship because you do not have enough income to pay your expenses, IRS will suggest you make an installment or payment agreement with them, or IRS will suggest you are a candidate for an offer in compromise or a tax debt settlement.
If you need an immediate and permanent results contact us today and let us go ahead and get your IRS tax levy removed in your case settled.
IRS can usually levy only after these three requirements are met:
1. The Internal Revenue Service assessed the tax and sent you a Notice and Demand for Payment,
2. You neglected or refused to pay the tax and,
3. sent you a Final Notice of Intent to Levy and Notice of Your Right to A Hearing (levy notice) at least 30 days before the levy.
IRS has options. IRS may give you this notice in person, leave it at your home or your usual place of business, or send it to your last known address by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.
Note : if we levy your state tax refund, you may receive a Notice of Levy on Your State Tax Refund, Notice of Your Right to Hearing after the levy.
If the IRS determines the levy is creating an immediate economic hardship, the levy may be released immediately.
A levy release does not mean you are exempt from paying the balance.
The IRS will work with you to establish payment plans or take other steps to help you pay off the balance.
To help ensure quick action, please have the fax number available for the bank or employer office that is processing the levy.
You may ask an IRS manager to review your case, or you may request a Collection Due Process hearing with the Office of Appeals by filing a request for a Collection Due Process hearing with the IRS office listed on your notice.
You must file your request within 30 days of the date on your notice.
Get a IRS Tax Levy Removed by Former IRS agents – We Know the System
