IRS Tax Debt Relief, Levy, Garnishments, Back Tax Returns – Clarksville, Gallatin, Cookeville

May 7, 2014
Written by: Fresh Start Tax
Fresh Start Tax

 

We are comprised of former IRS agents and managers who have been in practice since 1982 in are A+ rated by the Better Business Bureau.

Our former IRS agents have a combined 60 years of direct work experience in the local, district, and regional tax offices of the IRS.

We know every procedure for individuals or businesses to get an immediate and permanent IRS tax debt relief.

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.

 

IRS Tax Debt Relief, Levy, Garnishments, Back Tax Returns – Clarksville, Gallatin, Cookeville

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