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 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 Help
IRS Tax Levy Causing a Hardship – Call Former IRS Agents for Levy Help 1-866-700-1040
If the IRS has sent a tax levy on your bank account or on your wages call us today to get a quick resolution of your tax problem that is causing a financial and economic hardship.
We can get results if you are going through a tax hardship like millions of Americans. There is a very specific process to get your case accepted by the IRS.
IRS has provisions within the Internal Revenue Manual that can temporarily suspend your case or put YOU in a currently noncollectable file when conditions exist when taxpayers cannot pay their tax debt at the present time.
To Qualify for a Tax Hardship
To qualify for an economic tax hardship the taxpayer will have to fill out in IRS financial statement form 433-F.
IRS will ask that the financial statement be documented to prove all income and expenses in which the taxpayer now has, also provide the last three months based statements, copy of the last pay stub, and copies of all bills and receipts indicating those monthly bills are all currently being paid.
National and Regional Standards Test
After a carefully review with Internal Revenue Service will apply your income and expenses against the national and local expenses to ensure that the taxpayer is living within their means.
IRS will then make that determination and then release the IRS tax levy against a bank account or wages.
If you need any help from a tax professional that can assist in placing you in to hardship because of an IRS tax Levy call us today and you will speak directly to a tax professional.
What is in IRS tax Levy?
A levy is a legal seizure of your property to satisfy a tax debt. Levies are different from liens. A lien is a claim used as security for the tax debt, while a levy actually takes the property to satisfy the tax debt.
What other assets can IRS Seize
If you do not pay your taxes (or make arrangements to settle your debt), the IRS may seize and sell any type of real or personal property that you own or have an interest in. For instance,
IRS could also can seize and sell property that you hold (such as your car, boat, or house), or
We could levy property that is yours but is held by someone else (such as your wages, retirement accounts, dividends, bank accounts, licenses, rental income, accounts receivables, the cash loan value of your life insurance, or commissions).
Requirements before IRS can levy
IRS usually can levy only after these three requirements are met:
a. IRS assessed the tax and sent you a Notice and Demand for Payment;
b. You neglected or refused to pay the tax; and
c. IRS 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 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.
Hardship
If the IRS determines the levy is creating an immediate economic hardship, the levy may be released.
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.
If you do not like the IRS decision
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.
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,
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 will issue a determination.
You can also bring Suit
You will have 30 days after the determination date to bring a suit to contest the determination.
IRS Tax Levy Causing a Hardship? How to get Help with a Tax Levy
by Fresh Start Tax | Apr 17, 2013 | Tax Help
IRS Fresh Start Program with Fresh Start Tax LLC 1-866-700-1040
If you like to find out more about the IRS fresh start program call fresh start tax today. We are comprised of tax attorneys, CPAs, and former IRS agents and managers.
All work is done in-house and we have over 60 years of direct working experience at the Internal Revenue Service. Not only do we have a tax practice but we have a specialty in IRS tax resolution.
IRS Fresh Start Program Helps Taxpayers Who Owe the IRS, want to make a tax settlement or have issues with the Federal Tax Lien.
The IRS Fresh Start program makes it easier for taxpayers to pay back taxes and avoid tax liens. Even small business taxpayers may benefit from Fresh Start.
Here are important features of the Fresh Start program:
Federal Tax Liens.
The Fresh Start program increased the amount that taxpayers can owe before the IRS generally will file a Notice of Federal Tax Lien.
That amount is now $10,000.
However, in some cases, the IRS may still file a federal tax lien notice on amounts less than $10,000. These usually are on special cases especially on repeater violations.
When a taxpayer meets certain requirements and pays off their tax debt, the IRS may now withdraw a filed Notice of Federal Tax Lien. You can find this form on her website under IRS forms.
Taxpayers must request this in writing using Form 12277, Application for Withdrawal.
Some taxpayers may qualify to have their lien notice withdrawn if they are paying their tax debt through a Direct Debit installment agreement.. Taxpayers also need to request this in writing by using Form 12277.
If a taxpayer defaults on the Direct Debit Installment Agreement, the IRS may file a new Notice of Federal Tax Lien and resume collection actions. All these new federal tax liens are filed automatically and systemically by IRS’s enforcement computer.
Installment Agreements or Payment Arrangement
The Fresh Start program expanded access to streamlined installment agreements. Now, individual taxpayers who owe up to $50,000 can pay through monthly direct debit payments for up to 72 months (six years). This is a huge improvement from the older system and has given taxpayers some breathing room to pay their tax debt.
While the IRS generally will not need a financial statement, they may need some financial information from the taxpayer. For those larger cases where your debt is over $50,000 you should call us today to work out a payment agreement or a tax settlement.
Taxpayers in need of installment agreements for tax debts more than $50,000 or longer than six years still need to provide the IRS with a financial statement.
In these cases, the IRS may ask for one of two forms: either Collection Information Statement, Form 433-A or Form 433-F. Being a former IRS agent I would recommend that any time a taxpayer is to give IRS a financial statement it is always in their best interest to hire a tax professional because taxpayers have no idea how that information is going to be used and may be used against them.
Offers in Compromise or Tax Debt Settlements
An Offer in Compromise is an agreement that allows taxpayers to settle their tax debt for less than the full amount. Fresh Start expanded and streamlined the OIC program. The IRS now has more flexibility when analyzing a taxpayer’s ability to pay.
This makes the offer program available to a larger group of taxpayers. Last year over 30% of all offers in compromise were accepted by the Internal Revenue Service.
Generally, the IRS will accept an offer if it represents the most the agency can expect to collect within a reasonable period of time.
The IRS will not accept an offer if it believes that the taxpayer can pay the amount owed in full as a lump sum or through a payment agreement.
The IRS looks at several factors, including the taxpayer’s income and assets, to make a decision regarding the taxpayer’s ability to pay.
Should you have any questions above the aforementioned call Fresh Start Tax LLC and get fast, quick and affordable results. When calling fresh start tax you will speak directly with a tax professional who was an expert in IRS resolution.
IRS Fresh Start Program with Fresh Start Tax LLC
by Fresh Start Tax | Apr 16, 2013 | Tax Help
IRS Levy Hold – Get IRS Tax Levy Removed – Tax Settlements 1-866-700-1040
If the Internal Revenue Service has put an IRS levy hold on a bank account or your wages contact us today to get a permanent release or removal of an IRS tax Levy.
We are comprised of tax attorneys, certified public accountants, and former IRS agents, managers and tax instructors.
We have released thousands of IRS Tax Levy’s since 1982.
Being former IRS agents and managers of over 60 years with the Internal Revenue Service we worked in the local, district, and regional tax offices of the Internal Revenue Service.
As a result of our years of experience we know the exact systems, the exact protocols and the exact settlement structures used by the IRS to go ahead and get an IRS levy removed or get the IRS Levy hold reversed and to get an effective tax settlement.
To get an IRS tax levy removed and released.
IRS sends out a series of bills and notices letting taxpayers know that they owe a federal tax debt.
The final notice sent to send out is an L 1058 letter which is a final notice before IRS will send out a IRS tax levy. If taxpayers do not call the IRS when receiving that final bill or notice , IRS has no choice but to systemically send out an IRS bank levy or an IRS wage garnishment tax levy.That IRS Levy hold will stay until released.
Believe it or not the IRS does not want to levy. It is result of a nonresponsive from taxpayers that forces the IRS’s computer to systematically generate the IRS tax Levy.
Removal Format
To get your levy removed or hold released you will have to submit a current financial statement on IRS form 433-F. Along with the form 433 F the IRS will want the last 3 to 6 months of your bank statements, copy of your last pay stub, and a copy of all expenses that that supports your monthly bills.
With that in hand the IRS will evaluate your financial statement and apply the national standards tests which apply to all taxpayers that over a federal tax debt.
These national standards are set up by the Department of Labor and the Bureau of statistics. These are also used in bankruptcy court by the U.S. trustee. IRS will conduct a regional and geographical test of monthly averages to find out what expenses are in the area in which you live. If you live under the national standards IRS will place your case into an economic tax hardship.
If you live above the standards IRS may suggest an installment or monthly payment agreement to pay off your tax debt.
It is possible after evaluation of your financial statement IRS may let you know that you are a qualified person to file an offer in compromise or for tax debt settlement. you may find the offer in compromise pre-qualifier on her website under IRS tools.
Contact us today and we will give you a free tax consultation and go over different tax options with you to go ahead and settle your case.
The fresh start tax program or first start initiative by the Internal Revenue Service
Offers in Compromise or Tax debt Settlement
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 in compromise or tax settlement 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. IRS will conduct a full financial investigation.
If you are considering and IRS tax settlement called an offer in compromise call us today and we will give you a free tax evaluation.
We you not file for offers in compromise for taxpayers or clients until we are assured they are fully qualified for the settlement program.
IRS Levy Hold – Get IRS Levy Removed – Tax Settlements
by Fresh Start Tax | Apr 16, 2013 | Tax Help
Tax Resolution Company – IRS Tax Specialists – Former IRS Agents 1-866-700-1040
If you are looking for a tax resolution company that have a particular expertise it is always in your best interest to hire IRS tax specialists who are former IRS agents, managers, and tax instructors.
We at Fresh Start Tax LLC are not only comprised of former IRS agents, managers, tax instructors we also have our professional tax team of IRS Tax Attorneys, IRS Tax Lawyers, certified public accountants, enrolled agents and a team of other staff accountants who are true professionals in resolving IRS tax issues and who have a high level of expertise as IRS tax specialists.
Our tax resolution company is A+ rated by the Better Business Bureau.
We have been in private practice since 1982 and have over 60 years of direct work experience at the Internal Revenue Service and as a firm over 206 years a professional tax experience.
Let me first start by saying there are many solid tax resolution company’s that operate nationwide.
It is in your best interest to check out any company you are wishing to retain before sending them dollar one.
With that said, taxpayers who are looking for a tax resolution company should go through the check list below to assess the company or tax firm they may want to choose to represent them in front of the Internal Revenue Service for any federal tax issues or State tax problems that may exist.
Do your homework!
With so many tax companies claiming to resolve IRS tax issues, you should be careful in choosing the company that suits you the best.
There are many things to consider before selecting a tax resolution company.
As a general rule, be careful choosing from large tax mills. They have the potential of being a disaster. Many times your case may be lost in a large tax mill. A few of them do excellent work but as a general rule it is always best to hire a professional tax firm. Most of the complaints that come into the Internet or to the Better Business Bureau come in from tax mills.
Also be careful with giving your information to advertising companies running three or four page splash ads. These site will not even mention BIO’s of tax professionals because they are simply an advertising firm or a lead gen company. they are not a Tax Resolution Company.
When you fill out a contact form on a site that has only one, two or three pages on the entire site those are called splash page advertising.
Your information is gathered and sold to the highest bidder.
It is important to know the company, know the history, and know the tax professionals who are actually getting your information and going to work your case.
When you look at firms like JK Harris, Ronnie Deutch, and Tax Masters, all have significantly ripped off money from thousands of taxpayers claiming that they can settle tax debt for pennies on the dollar.
Even though pennies on a dollars possible you must qualify for the offer in compromise program before submitting for a tax debt settlement.
The Internet is loaded with horror stories from Tax Resolution Companies.
Most of the time these large companies have sales staff that sign you up and have no idea about tax law or tax resolution. They are commissioned sales people.
These salespersons strictly want a commission from you.
Ask the person you are speaking to what there credentials are before you even get started.
Things to look for from a Tax Resolution Company
1. The very first thing to check on is the BBB rating of the Tax Resolution Company.
Only hire a company that has an “A ” plus rating by the BBB.
Be wary of any company with a rating below an “A.” You would probably have your money at risk. Also check out the compliant history from the BBB.
2. Use a Google search to check the company out. People who are unhappy with a company or have been ripped off will usually post something up on the Internet.
There are other sites out there that also notify consumers about the history or complaints of a company. One such company that does that is called ripped off consumer or pissed off consumer, kind of like the name.
3. Always check to see how long the company has been in business for. A good solid tax resolution company will have a solid history and been around for several years.
4. Check to see whether the company has Tax Attorney’s, CPA’s, and enrolled agents on their staff.
It is always best to have tax attorneys and CPAs for more complicated issues and sometimes you may need an attorney to retain attorney-client privilege.
The best Tax Resolution companies have these persons working right there on site.
True professional companies have these skilled tax experts on staff to help with the difficult cases. Also, an Tax Attorney or CPA will not put their license on the line for scam companies.
5. Find out who owns the company. If a nonprofessional does, check the person out closely. Has he owned other businesses and what type of businesses were they? Are they still in business? did the person have prior complaints.
6. If the tax resolution company wants all the money up front, run.
This is a bad sign. There is no incentive for them to close your case. They will generally become lazy. You should insist on a two payment structure.
7. Does the tax strategy makes sense? If what they are telling you is pie in the sky your money will end up there are well.
8. Speak to the person who will be directly working your case. Insist on it. Know the name of the professional and there credentials that will be handling your issues. Make sure they know you and your case.
9. Another consideration is to find out if they have former IRS agents and managers on staff.
Being a former IRS agent myself we know insider information and insider knowledge that truly benefits any taxpayer having a IRS problem. As a result of working there for many years, we have we know the systems, the protocols, and the settlement strategies to close cases.
10. Ask the person who’s been to be working your case on a similar case like yours what are typical results. If a company has worked hundreds or thousands of cases they should be able to at least predict what usually happens on a case.
They should not guarantee it but they should at least accurately only be able to predict what results should be.
Again, do your homework before choosing a tax resolution company.
Tax Resolution Company – IRS Tax Specialists – Former IRS Agents
