by Fresh Start Tax | Oct 27, 2012 | IRS Notice or Letter, IRS Tax Advice, IRS Tax Debt, IRS Tax Experts, IRS Tax Problem, Tax Help
IRS Tax Resolution Expert – Michael D. Sullivan – Former IRS Agent – Fresh Start Tax LLC, Since 1982, A plus Rated BBB
There are may excellent tax resolution specialists in the market today. Many are excellent in there craft, knowledge and experience.
One of the advantages of Fresh Start Tax LLC is the wide range of IRS tax experts and specialists on staff. We are a true IRS tax resolution firm and that is all we do.
From Tax Attorneys, Tax Lawyers, CPA’s and Former IRS agents, managers and instructors we have over 206 years of professional tax experience and over 60 years of working directly for the IRS in the local, district and regional offices.
Mr. Sullivan pictured above is a Former IRS agent and teaching instructor.
We also taught Tax Law at the IRS.
We offer free tax consultation 1-866-700-1040 or call us at 1-866-700-1040.
We are friendly and affordable.
With our A plus rating by the BBB, we are without complaint with impeccable credentials.
Areas of Professional Tax Practice:
- Same Day IRS or State Tax Representation
- Offers in Compromise or IRS Tax Debt Relief Settlements
- Immediate Release of IRS Bank Levies or IRS Wage Levy Garnishments
- Tax Relief from a IRS Bill, Letter or Notice of “Intent to Levy”
- IRS or State Tax Audits
- IRS Hardships Cases / Unable to Pay
- Payment Plans, Installment Agreements, Structured payment agreements
- Abatement of Penalties and Interest
- State Sales Tax Cases, all States
- Payroll / Trust Fund Penalty Cases / 6672
- Filing Late, Back, Unfiled Tax Returns, Past due
- Tax Return Reconstruction if Tax Records are lost or destroyed
- FBAR and Expat Specialists
Our Company Resume: ( Since 1982 )
- Our staff has collectively over 205 years of Professional IRS Tax Representation Experience
- On staff, Board Certified Tax Attorney’s, IRS Tax Lawyers, Certified Public Accountants, Enrolled Agents,
- We taught Tax Law in the IRS Regional Training Center
- Former IRS Agents, Managers and Instructors with over 60 years experience in the local, district and regional IRS offices.
- Highest Rating by the Better Business Bureau “A plus”
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by Fresh Start Tax | Oct 16, 2012 | Installment Agreements, IRS Payment Plans, IRS Tax Advice, IRS Tax Problem, Tax Help
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How the IRS will handle your unpaid tax bill.
IRS has a very systematic way that it deals with back tax debt. IRS evaluates each case separately on its own set of facts and circumstances. There are really no two cases the same.
IRS will require a 433A or a 433F ( financial statement ) as a basis for making a determination on your present financial condition.
IRS main thrust will be reviewing assets and income. IRS will apply the National Standards Tests to use as allowable expenses. Each area of the country has applicable National Standards. IRS will apply these expenses against your income to determine if you have available income to pay the IRS.
You can find the National Standards on our website. Go to the home page and look at the top tool bar for IRS forms. You will find the National Standard link at the top.
IRS has 3 closing methods they can apply to your case.
Based on your financial statement IRS may put your case in temporary hardship, may ask you to submit an Offer in Compromise which is also a tax debt settlement, or the IRS may determine to close the case with a installment or payment arrangement.
If you cannot pay the tax in full and need to make payments.
You can make monthly payments through an installment agreement if you’re not financially able to pay your tax debt immediately.
However, you will reduce or eliminate the amount of penalties and interest you pay and avoid the fee associated with setting up an installment agreement if you pay your tax bill in full.
Before you apply you must make sure the following is addressed:
1. File all required tax returns;
2. Consider other sources (loan or credit card) to pay your tax debt in full to save money;
3. Determine the largest monthly payment you can make ($25 minimum); and
4. Know that your future refunds will be applied to your tax debt until it is paid in full.
You can avoid the fee for setting up an installment agreement or installment agreement:
If you pay the full amount you owe within 120 days to avoid the fee.
Just call our firm to get started today.
If you cannot pay the full amount within 120 days, the fee for setting up an agreement is:
* $52 for a direct debit agreement;
* $105 for a standard agreement or payroll deduction agreement; or
* $43 if your income is below a certain level.
Apply for an installment agreement
Fresh Start Tax LLC will apply online if you owe $50,000 or less in combined individual income tax, penalties and interest.
If you owe more than $50,000 you will need to complete a form 433A along with complete documentation.
At this point we will call the IRS and get a tax solution that best fits your financial needs.
Call us today, 1-866-700-1040.
by Fresh Start Tax | Sep 23, 2012 | IRS Tax Advice, Tax Help
The IRS form 433F is the chief tool the IRS uses to find out collection information to collect your back tax debt. It is not a innocent tax form.
The chief goal of the IRS Agent taking the information is to find out how the IRS can be paid in full.
When it comes to giving IRS a financial statement I would recommend letting a tax professional handle the case from here unless you are absolutely broke.
As Former IRS Agents we know exactly how to effectively and efficiently close IRS cases for good.
We have closed thousands of cases since 1982. There is a very specific format to close IRS cases and each open case in the IRS collection inventory goes through the same exact process.
Most of the open IRS cases that are in collection status in the IRS CADE 2 computer will need a documented IRS form 433F to close the case. The Form 433F is basically a list of the taxpayers income and expenses. With this information in the hand, the IRS can make a decision how to close the case. The case will be closed based the best interest of the US government.
Cases closed by the IRS will either be closed by putting the case in hardship, a payment plan or the filing of an offer in compromise.
See the Fresh Start Tax Link to the 433 F http://freshstarttax.com/irs-forms/
Tax Tips for success when dealing with the IRS financial statements:
The 433-F is a financial statement that is primarily used by the Automated Collection System of the Internal Revenue Service, also called the ACS Unit. The ASC Units handles millions of cases each year.The ASC Unit will only get involved after IRS sends out a series of at least three tax notices.
This ACS Unit is set up throughout different regions in the United States and works off of a 1-800 telephone answering switching system. Go luck getting through.
All calls to the ACS go into one national telephone system and then calls are routed to whichever regions telephone lines are available to pick up. Call volumes determines this.
It is possible that a case from Florida may be worked in California. Few times if any are cases actually worked in the State in which you live.
The one feature about this system is that it allows taxpayers on the East Coast to call up to 8:00 PM, Eastern Standard Time to close their cases.
The downside to this system is that it is almost impossible to close the case with one telephone call. Fresh Start Tax has the ability to make this happen. For the average Joe calling the IRS , it will take at least 3 calls and 3 IRS agents to resolve there tax issue or problem.
What typically happens is that you call the 1 800 telephone number and the IRS agent asks you to complete the 433-F and at that very time, the agent on the telephone wants all documentation to support it. They are looking for pay stubs, bank statements, car payments, insurance…………… and such. Nobody has all the documents requires so repeated calls and frustration follow.
If you have the correct documentation, you will be asked to fax it to the IRS agent directly, but if you are missing one piece that they are looking for, you must call back after you retrieve the missing supporting document(s).
The pain continues.
You will then call the 1-800 telephone number again and someone else always answers the phone usually in another location. You can never get the first agent you spoke with. You have to go over the whole case again and at that time, the second agent who reviews the 433-F may ask for different documentation than the first agent inquired about. This process can repeat itself over and over. The average number of calls before a case is closed is 3.
This is the most frustrating system in the world and the IRS knows it and does absolutely nothing to fix it. If this is not bad enough, each case worked must be approved by a supervisor so your case can drag on and on.
The IRS will tell you “they will get back to you and let you know.”
This does not happen. You must call them back, always, to find out if your case if closed.
You must confirm your case is closed.
If you do not confirm that your case is closed, it is very possible that the case will hit the enforced collection system of the IRS and the federal tax lien and/or a bank levy on a bank accounts and wage garnishment may take place.
Always call back to confirm your case is closed.
I would also get the name and ID number of the IRS Agent and keep it on file.
by Fresh Start Tax | Sep 21, 2012 | IRS Tax Advice, Tax Help
We are former IRS agents and managers with over 200 years of professional tax experience including 65 years of working directly for the Internal Revenue Service and the local, district, and regional tax offices of the Internal Revenue Service.
We are affordable tax experts who can resolve any IRS problem, since 1982.
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Everyone claims to have a reputable firm for IRS tax help and tax problems however great firms are truly hard to find.
What has happened to the tax resolution industry.
With the genesis of TV marketing and J.K. Harris the tax resolution business went off the charts.
Everyone was promising pennies on a dollar. While true those cases are far and few.
Firms like Roni Deutsche and Tax masters with Patrick Cox crippled the industry because of the lack of professionalism attached to their businesses.
The attorney General finally and rightfully closed up those companies after ripping of thousands.
Taxpayers have no idea who to turn too or what tax firm use because it is hard to look through the deception of adds and advertising.
Being a former IRS agent and being in the vertical for so many years you should know there are several hundred great tax firms you can use.
As a general rule of thumb I would stay away from the large Tax Mills. Companies that advertise and do large volumes are what I call Caution companies. They are usually owned by non-professionals. Most of the time they are owned by salespersons moving from vertical to vertical. While some are solid companies I would put a caution here against the wind because so many of these companies come and go.
My suggestion for any taxpayer wanting to find a solid, honest and reputable IRS tax advocate is to use a professional tax firm owned and operated by a Tax Attorney, CPA or Enrolled Agents. Why? There license and lively hoods are on the line.
Top things to look for in a Tax Advocate.
- How long have they been in business,
- What type of tax professionals are on staff,
- Can you speak directly to the tax professional who will handle your case on your initial call,
- What is the Better Business Bureau rating of the tax advocate and tax firm,
- How many years of experience does the tax firm have,
- How many person are on staff in case your case worker is out of town,
- What are fees? Do they flat fee.
IRS also has a Taxpayer Advocate Service
The Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) is your voice at the IRS. There job is to ensure that every taxpayer is treated fairly, and that you know and understand your rights.
At Fresh Start Tax LLC we can help you if:
1. Your problem is causing financial difficulties for you, your family, or your business
2. You face (or your business is facing) an immediate threat of adverse action
3. You have tried repeatedly to contact the IRS but no one has responded, or the IRS has not responded to you by the date promised.
Check out as many tax firms as you can. When you are finished and heard everyone stories and fees, call us today.
by Fresh Start Tax | Sep 13, 2012 | IRS Tax Advice, IRS Tax Audit
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Why Taxpayers get audited.
The most frequent question I am asked as a former IRS Agent is this, ” How can I avoid a IRS Tax Audit”.
The answer to that is not so simple however I can tell you the most frequent way that IRS audits tax returns. It is through the DIF method. The DIF score is a numerical score placed on all tax returns. It lets the IRS know if you fall out of the normal ranges for different exemptions, deductions and tax credits.
IRS audits so many tax returns each year and that number is set by the annual budget and the amount of agents and funding available for IRS tax audits.
So, the DIF is a mathematical technique used to score income tax returns as to examination potential.
Under this concept, mathematical formulas are developed based on available taxpayer compliance measure programs data and are programmed into the computer.
The computer identifies returns by assigning weights to certain basic return characteristics.
These weights are added together to obtain a systemic composite score for each return processed.
This score is used to systemically rank the returns in numerical sequence (highest to lowest).
Generally, the higher the score the greater is the probability of significant tax change.
The highest scored returns are made available to Examination upon request.
DIF mathematical formulas are confidential in nature and are distributed to IRS personnel only on a need-to-know basis.
DIF formulas are for official use only and will not be discussed with unauthorized personnel.
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by Fresh Start Tax | Sep 12, 2012 | IRS Tax Advice, Representation, Tax Help
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It absolutely baffles me at times. So many taxpayers with IRS Problems and yet people search the Internet for tax representation and hire companies and persons with no IRS experience, what are they thinking. They believe what they hear on TV.
Ask any IRS Agent currently working at the IRS and they laugh at the stupidity of taxpayers hiring these scam tax companies.However, taxpayers believe the lies of TV marketing.
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