by Fresh Start Tax | Jan 3, 2019 | Tax Help
Receiving an IRS notice letter or tax bill can be a very frightening experience.
Most taxpayers hate to open IRS mail and usually when they receive this in the mail there is a sick feeling in the pit of their stomach.
There is no need to worry, have anxiety or start being stressed about the matter there is always a resolution to the issue and many times IRS is wrong.
Your tax case is in the system somewhere and the letter or notice helps you identify what is going on and what must be fixed whether it is a bill, notification or even an IRS audit notice. If it is a simple matter you can handle it yourself if not you should call a tax professional that has loads of experience to deal with the IRS notice, IRS letter, Iris tax bill.
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YOU MUST ACT ON A CERTIFIED LETTER OR NOTICE.
IRS Contacts Taxpayers by Letter or Notification 4 Different Ways:
1. By certified mail
2. By notice of federal tax levy or be filing of federal tax lien
3. By regular mail
4. By telephone
So What Is Your Next Step?
First of all, do not panic.
The IRS is just trying to resolve an open issue.
Most IRS letters, notices or bills come with a time frame of ten to thirty days to respond to the notification.
You should respond within the time period specified or the IRS will follow-up and eventually use enforcement action. If you do not respond to the IRS’s attempts to reach you they will hit you with a Federal Tax Lien, a Wage Levy on your paycheck or a Tax Lien on your bank account.
IRS only sends out tax levies after a series of 5 letters are sent to the taxpayer. These are sent about 5 weeks apart.
1. CP 14 – This is the notice of balance due,
2.CP 501 – This is a Bill that you still owe tax,
3. CP503 – Important, Immediate Action Required
4. CP 504 Urgent Notice – We Intend to Levy on Certain Assets, Please Respond Now
5. CP90/CP297/ IRS Letter 1058 – Final Notice of Intent to Levy of Your Right to a Hearing
6.CP 91 CP298 -Final Notice Before Levy on your Social Security Benefits
Contact By Certified Mail
When IRS contacts you by certified mail it is time to be serious about the next step. The IRS has tried to contact you before to resolve the issue and has been unsuccessful.
Certified letters from the IRS usually means they are ready to take enforcement action. Unless you reach them within the prescribed period of time the IRS will probably levy your wages or bank account and file a Federal Tax Lien.
It is time to call your Fresh Start Tax Professional. In most cases, within a thirty-day period of time, the IRS will send a wage levy to your employer, and or a bank levy to your bank accounts.
Whether you sign for the IRS certified mail or not, the 30 day period starts on the date of the IRS letter.
Before you make any contact with the IRS you want to know your rights so you don’t make the situation worse than it already is. This requires a plan of action. Contact Fresh Start Tax as soon as possible and we will contact the IRS immediately to stop any collection activity.
The CADE2 computer is the issuer of IRS Letters and Notices
The Internal Revenue Service is spending millions and millions of dollars on their CADE2 computer. This is the computer giant that belongs to Internal Revenue Service and all its systems are held within this massive computer.
All IRS notices, letters and bills that go to taxpayers are generated from the system.
All the information that this computer generates is handled systemically and not a human hand will ever touch a piece of paper you receive.
To stop the issuance’s of IRS notices and IRS letters you must contact an Internal Revenue Agent who can directly make changes to the CADE2 computer.
Usually you will find this on a 1-800 number on your letter, notice or bill.
If you do not contact the Internal Revenue Service at some point in time enforcement action will begin.
It is critical you contact the Internal Revenue Service at the number shown on Letter or Notice to stop or correct the problem or situation.
The worst thing you can do is not respond to the IRS notice her letter because I can assure you you will not be happy with the consequences.
I can tell you as a former IRS agent these letters are notices will not go away.
Should you need a free tax consultation speak to a true IRS expert regarding an IRS notice, an IRS tax bill, or IRS letter contact us today for a free initial tax consultation.
by Fresh Start Tax | Dec 17, 2018 | Tax Help
If you owe back taxes to the Internal Revenue Service you have several options to resolve your back tax debt. As a former local IRS agent, here are your options for relief.<><
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The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.
Proverbs 11:14
Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.
FACT: Millions of taxpayers owe back taxes every year to the Internal Revenue Service and best guess estimates show there’s anywhere between 5 to 10 million people who do not fully pay their income taxes when filed.
They generally fall into two categories of people, those who have not had sufficient withholding taken out or self-employed individuals who simply never made or did not have enough estimate payments made to the Internal Revenue Service to cover their tax debt.
Both find themselves on the short end of the stick when it comes to tax season.
Many of these taxpayers never bother to file a tax return when they find out they owe tax fearing the worst or retribution from the Internal Revenue Service.
Many of these people fear the IRS levy on their bank or their wages or the filing of a federal tax lien. So what do most of these people do, many put their head in the sand and don’t bother to go ahead and do anything about the inevitable debt. However at some point in time they are going to have to deal with Uncle Sam and many will receive a nasty gram.
The fear is not as bad as people think. You have different options to resolve your IRS back tax debt and keep IRS out of your life and out of your back pocket.
Here are your different options if you owe back tax debt to the Internal Revenue Service.
About 6.5 million taxpayers a year make monthly installment agreements. Some of these can come in the form of online agreements. the ones do not fit the online agreement category must give IRS a current financial statement documented along with copies of pay stubs bank statements and they must understand the necessary living expense standards set up by Internal Revenue Service.
IRS will require a financial statement which is generally on a 433F to be fully reviewed fully documented before making a determination on allowing them to make an installment agreement.
Others simply cannot pay their back taxes and will ask IRS to be put in a hardship or are currently not collectible status. Those individuals going in the status must understand that the tax debt will be reviewed again in two or three years and penalties and interest will still run on the debt the entire time it is an uncollectible status.
Others can file for an offer in compromise to settle their tax debt for pennies on a dollar. With that said you must be a truly qualified candidate for the offer in compromise program.
As a former IRS agent, I was a teaching instructor for the offer and you must make sure you are a qualified candidate and not give your money to any firm unless you know you have a fair amount a chance to get your offer accepted
If you have any questions regarding owing back tax debt and the best way to resolve it based on your current financial statement please call us today for a free initial tax consultation and we will review with you the various programs IRS has in detail so you fully understand what the best option for you based on your current financial conditions.
If you are hiring a tax firm or a tax defense resolution company to represent you make sure they have former IRS agents on staff.
Check the Better Business Bureau records find out the length of time they been in business and check out the complaint history.It’s up to do your due diligence on a company before hiring them.
And lastly speak to the person who may be working your case. call us today for a free initial tax consultation and hear the truth about owing back taxes to the IRS or state.
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by Fresh Start Tax | Dec 13, 2018 | Tax Help
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Many people ask us how IRS determines their cases when cases get into the appellate process. below you will find out some of the standards they use in evaluating your case.
IRS Hazards of Litigation.
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As a general rule after practicing over 40 years of tax experience, I have found I get a better result going to the appeals division. I feel that you have a more seasoned person looking at the case who is much more able to settle the case based on their years of experience. You will find the Appellate Division much more flexible.
Many times in the local office you do not know what you’re going to get from the field agent working the case. It is a lot easier many times to convince the appeals officer based on certain common senses. Many times a local office will see things black-and-white and the appeals agent sees things in the gray and are quicker to settle cases.
But keep in mind, you cannot have any frivolous arguments, you must have some sort of case before bringing it forward.
If you work a lot of cases that frequently go to appeals you can start building a reputation of a solid practitioner versus a scammer. It is best generally for your client and for your reputation to send solid work to the appeals office.
A LAYMAN’S LOOK AT THE HAZARDS PROCESS
I am attempting here to lay out a layman’s look at the hazards of litigation and what the appellate officer will look at as a case comes their way.
As a general rule, the appellate officer receives the entire case from the collection division or the audit division with all the notes and the entire case file.
Generally, the Appellate Division will get involved in the case from the audit or collection division in which the taxpayer is unsatisfied based on the result of the current field agent working the case and asked for a hearing in the appeals division.
The agent will carefully look at the case and then send out their appointment letter. They want to try to understand the case first before the appointment letters go out.
It is critically important for the practitioner of the taxpayer to respectfully and respond to all-time dated requests. You do not want to do anything to upset the appeals agent and their timelines in the handling of these cases.
Case files sent by the practitioner to appeals should be very organized, well documented and placed in tabs if necessary. Good case appearance is very important to the appellate agent can make their way through the case easily.
IRS management is very time conscious on cases and as a general rule, they do not like having overage cases in their inventory and many times both management and the agents are written up because of poor time management.
The appeals division is there to make a lasting final decision before the case could go to Tax Court.
The appeal officer does not want the case to go to court and they do their best to settle the case if in fact it can be settled on a reasonable basis. However,’s there are certain factors that the IRS appellate agent must consider before settlement.
If the case goes the Tax Court the IRS does not want to lose because it can alter future decisions and this can have a devastating effect on future cases going forward. If they lose the case it looks bad on the appellate agent, the supervisor’s management and the district in which the decision was ruled.
An Example:
The appellate agent looks at the case and based on the facts and circumstances. If feel they have an 8/10 chance of winning the case, many times they can offer an 80% reduction in the total tax. Before the agent sends out a letter offering a reduction, the case is reviewed with their supervisor to make sure this is consistent with the IRS overall goal so it does not affect future cases.
The IRS has certain categories or criteria that they use for the hazards of litigation.
I have put together 11 elements that they use in making their determination about the strength of the weakness of their case. Please remember this is a layman’s view so those reading this blog can understand how the IRS works these hazards of litigation cases.
I have deliberately not gone into any legal detail because this is just a brief overview of hazards.
Hazards of litigation categories
This list contains a majority of factors but not all-encompassing.
1. How would the judge view the facts of this case?
2. How much evidence would this hold inside a courtroom,
3. What is the credibility of the representation and the taxpayer
4. How well is the case been presented to the appeals agent that will be presented in court? Is the case well presented in well representative
5. Can the taxpayer meet the burden of proof effectively to convince the judge
6. If witnesses come into play are they credible and will they testify in such a case, can anything disqualify them
7. Has the taxpayer successfully shifted the burden of proof to IRS
8. Who does the appeals agent based on the aforementioned facts feel the judge will rule in favor of
9. How solid will the presenter of the taxpayer’s case be
10. Can the evidence of the facts be proven
11. Has tax law already existed in this case
What Does the IRM say about these matters
1. The Appeals mission is to resolve tax controversies, without litigation, on a basis which is fair and impartial to both the Government and the taxpayer and in a manner that will enhance voluntary compliance and public confidence in the integrity and efficiency of the Service.
This is Appeals’ general contribution towards achieving the Service mission. (See IRM 1.1.1, IRS Mission and Basic Organization and IRM 1.2.17, Servicewide Policies and Authorities, Policy Statements for the Appeals Process.) In further support of the Service mission, Appeals may defer action on or decline to settle some cases, under Policy Statement 8–47 (described at IRM 1.2.17.1.6), where:
A. required by other Headquarters Office-issued internal management documents, such as those suspending action on cases or those requiring coordination or control of identified matters with widespread impact; or
B. such action would produce a greater positive effect on voluntary compliance than would be derived from settlement or other action on the case.
3. A fair and impartial resolution is one which reflects on an issue-by-issue basis the probable result in event of litigation or one which reflects mutual concessions for the purpose of settlement based on relative strength of the opposing positions where there is substantial uncertainty of the result in event of litigation.
4. It is the experience of Appeals that thorough, reasonable, and objective consideration of all elements of a controversy leads, in a large majority of cases, to the resolution of the controversy on a basis agreeable to both the taxpayer and the Government.
The agreement is not possible in all cases, however. A taxpayer may not agree with Appeals conclusion as to the probable result in event of litigation or to the extent of mutual concessions required where there is substantial uncertainty of litigating result or may prefer to litigate for other reasons.
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by Fresh Start Tax | Dec 11, 2018 | Tax Help
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The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.
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Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.
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When I was employed by the Internal Revenue Service I work the offer in compromise program. there are three general programs to settle your tax debt, the offer in compromise, the payment agreement and the hardship program but before IRS accepts any of these programs you must have all your tax returns filed and up-to-date.
As a general rule, the IRS looks at your current financial statement to determine what status they will close out your case off the enforcement computer.
Some taxpayers can qualify for an online payment agreement and when you call for your free initial consultation we will let you know if you qualify.
Approximately 6.5 million taxpayers are put into qualified payment agreements every year while 45% of all open collection cases wind up in a hardship, or currently uncollectible.
Approximately 32,000 people year settle their tax debt for approximately $9500.
When you call our office we will review the various programs and find out what program you qualify for based on your current financial condition.
We can prepare all back tax returns with or without records get them on the IRS computer and settle your tax debt all at the same time. Remember, all your tax returns must be filed before Internal Revenue Service will officially close your case.
As a result, we know all the inside secrets the methodologies and all the back tax programs to settle back taxes available.
Not only did I accept and reject offers in compromise, I was also a teaching instructor at the service center to help qualified revenue officers decide which offers to accept and reject.
Given the above information, I can tell you I am a true expert for the IRS offer in compromise and I wish to explain to you whether an offer in compromise is a viable option for you.
Due to social media, marketing and advertising the assumption by the general public is that IRS can settle tax debt for pennies on the dollar. While this is true I ask you to use caution.
Let me first let you know that IRS does accept offers in compromise and as a matter of fact last year approximately 32,000 offers in compromise were accepted out of the 78,000 that were filed.
That number varies from year to year but the percentages usually remain the same of acceptability.
The average settlement was $9500 per case but remember that is just an average in not everybody can settle their tax debt for $9500. you should know that IRS has a pre-qualifier tool to walk you through their program to see if you qualify for an offer for a compromise.
There is much information you need to know before you go off filing an offer of compromise and giving your money to some firm to try to pull off some amazing trick because you have been sold a bill of goods and bought in to some marketing ploy and they’ve convinced you are a settlement candidate.
The IRS Process: to understand the process is to have success.
It first starts with the review of your personal financial statement which is found on the 433 OIC.
When the offer in compromise gets sent in to the Internal Revenue Service it is met with the reviewer that make sure that you are truly qualified candidate for the offer in compromise program.
That reviewer checks the completed form to make sure it is a valid agreement. The offer in compromise is a legal document between you and the Internal Revenue Service.
If IRS were to accept the offer and the next day you win the lottery the accepted offer still stands.
Also reviewer make sure that all the documentation is attached so that the revenue officer who will work your offer in compromise can move forward.
Approximately one third of all offers in compromise are sent back to the taxpayer because the offers are not filled out correctly or the appropriate documentation is not attached.
IRS will check to make sure all your tax returns are current and filed on the IRS system.It is critically important you know that you must have all tax returns filed before IRS will process your offer.
You should know that the Internal Revenue Service rejects an offer before it accepts an offer.
One of the basic rules is that the revenue officer is lazy and is easier to mark rejected then they go through all the work of accepting an offer in compromise.
I should know this is a former instructor of the offer in compromise I see many revenue officers simply send offers back because some of the eyes were not dotted in the T’s were not crossed.
Due to the volume of cases the IRS has, which is over 7500 cases waiting in the IRS Q, is far easier for the IRS to say no then to accept because an average of anywhere between 20 and 40 hours are spent on accepting the offer in compromise.
If you have an offer in compromise accepted, four signatures are generally required for signature as it goes up and down the chain.
So how do you know if the offer in compromise is right for you. Call for a free initial tax consultation and hear the truth from a true IRS tax debt settlement former agent.
The first place to go is to fill out the IRS pre-qualifier tool for the offer in compromise. Because of so many scrupulous tax companies that have been ripping people off, the IRS wanted to make sure the general public has a tool that they can use to find out if they are prequalified to file the offer in compromise to make sure it is a viable option.
It contains all the necessary information in regard to your income, your expenses and your assets and it predetermined for you whether the offer in compromise is even a viable option for you.
IRS will take a very close look at the liquidity of your assets, your current income, and your monthly expenses before it renders a decision as IRS wants to make sure it collects all the money from you that they can within the 10 year statutory period of time.
One of the questions the agent will want to consider is, can we collect more money over 10 years than accept the current agreement on the table for the IRS offer in compromise.
As a general rule, you will have to give IRS your total liquidity of all your assets before they will even consider the acceptance of an offer in compromise. Since IRS has the right to seize all assets it cannot accept any less than full value of your total liquidity.
IRS on larger dollar cases is a tremendous amount of due diligence. The IRS has a wealth of information on the various computers they can use to dig and find assets or income.
Why? you may ask is because all offers in compromise are open for public inspections at eight regional offices throughout the United States.
Your offer in compromise must be thoroughly documented which includes all your bank statements for the last six months to a year, all your pay stubs, all your monthly expenses along with certain documentation for assets that have value.
IRS also takes a look at the values of your pensions, your IRA, your business as well.
The offer in compromise is one of the most reviewed documents, it is like going through a mini audit.
Some of the due diligence that IRS will conduct on a larger dollar cases is checking Google, the accurate search engine, Department of Motor Vehicles, real estate records, insurance policies, credit reports, loan applications, insurance policies, and inter-government agency records including those garnered by Homeland security and other such agencies.
Before you contemplate filing the offer in compromise and wasting your money on a company that has promised you they can settle your case for pennies on the dollar, you would be wise to give us a call to have an actual former IRS agent and teaching instructor of the offer in compromise give you the green light.
You should also know if an offer in compromise is not except that you have the right to appeal it and if the appeal is not accepted you can file an offer at a later time.
When you call our office you will speak to true IRS tax experts who knows the system and can tell you what to expect and tell you how to settle for the lowest amount possible.
When you call our office will review every single back tax program available, and generally there’s three the hardship program the payment agreement program and the most popular back tax program the offer in compromise which completely settles your IRS tax debt but you must be a candidate that fits the IRS criteria.
Call us today for a free initial tax consultation, you will hear nothing but the truth from former IRS agents who know and understand the methodologies of the offer in compromise to make sure it is right for you.
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by Fresh Start Tax | Nov 1, 2018 | Tax Help
As a former IRS agent and teaching instructor and a national expert, I am asked this question hundreds of times a year, Will IRS settle for pennies on the dollar?
The answer flat out is yes, but you better read the rest of the story.
There are hundreds or maybe a thousand firms promising IRS will settle your tax debt for pennies on the dollar.
Most firms want you to believe immediately there is a tax debt settlement in your future and that’s why they charge larger monies larger retainers all for the promise of settlement.
There are many scrupulous companies out there that simply take your money and you have a case that has no chance of settlement.
I know because I receive hundreds of calls a year about tax resolution firms that take money from suspecting taxpayers hoping to settle their debt only to find out they have been ripped off.
Make sure this does not happen to you.
A simple call to our office, free tax consultation, will tell you the truth about is the offer in compromise program right for you. IRS has strict rules about an IRS tax debt settlement.
Just so you know the answer to the initial question, how much will IRS take for an offer in compromise, there is no set standard amount of what the IRS will accept for your offer in compromise to settle your tax debt, it is all decided by formula.
And there is a very exacting settlement formula.
When you call us today will explain that formula to you. As a general rule IRS is looking for your current income expenses and your assets. IRS doesn’t much care for most of your liability including credit cards and debt to other parties IRS is mainly looking for asset-based areas and where they can collect the back tax.
Also it is very important to remember all your tax returns must be filed and on the IRS system before IRS will accept the offer in compromise.
If you want to know the truth about the offer in compromise program I am the person you need to speak to. Since 1982.
I am a former IRS agent and teaching instructor with my former boss of the offer in compromise program.
I know the system inside and out I worked it I’ve trained others and have accepted offers in compromise for the federal government.
I am a true IRS tax expert, national speaker, and have been on FOXBusiness news and other outlets speaking about different matters about Internal Revenue Service.
There are many myths about the offer in compromise program.
There are strict standards that the IRS employee before they accept an offer in compromise. I know because I’ve both accepted offers in compromise taught new employees to accept the offer in compromise or reject them and I know the system inside and out.
I suggest that every client or taxpayer before they file an offer in compromise either do one of two things.
Number one, call a true tax expert who knows the offer in compromise inside out or number two, to fill out the IRS pre-qualifier tool for the offer in compromise.
If you’re calling a professional firm you want to make sure the representative has at least filed 100 offers.
It takes a lot of experience and knowledge to get an offer in compromise through. some are very simple and don’t need a lot of experience while others demand. expertise skill level.
The Internal Revenue Service spends several hours, much more than you think to accept an offer in compromise. As a general rule, the average agent can spend between 20 to 40 hours to accept an offer in compromise.
After that takes place, the revenue officer must convince their local supervisor, the area manager, and the General Counsel of Internal Revenue Service to accept the offer.
It literally goes back and forth in the system. Some exceptions do exist. Dollar amount has a lot to do in the direction your offer will take.
Why? because all offers and compromise are a matter of public record.
That public record is available at eight regional IRS offices in the United States. Even though offers are open to public inspection only one person last year looked through the IRS offers in compromise files. IRS is not made electronic copies for review.
There is a base rule for Internal Revenue Service accepting an offer in compromise.
You must give IRS the total equity in all your assets before IRS will consider or contemplate the acceptance. Some exceptions exist, assets consist of houses, pension plans, stock, business valuations, IRS wants to make sure you’re actually borrowing the money to settle.
If you are interested in filing an offer in compromise you can call us today for a free initial tax consultation and I will walk you through the process of the true IRS debt settlement called the offer in compromise.
FACTS:
IRS last year accepted approximately 30,000 offers in compromise in approximately 75,000 were accepted. The average settlement was $9500.
Don’t let this average settlement fool you, it’s based on an average of all the offers accepted.
Offers in compromise are excepted by formula not by judgment.
The basic formula are the total value of your assets times what you have left over a month on a current income and expense statement times the number of months left in the statute. Some exceptions do apply.
Due diligence that can be used by IRS.
You want to make sure your financial statement is accurate.
IRS has a host of web-based tools that can search your assets, places were you work, your income, your real estate records, your car records, your business records, insurance records , financial statement you’ve given institutions, credit reports and financial statements you’ve given the credit companies. The amount of due diligence that the IRS spends working on cases depend strictly on the dollar amount of the tax debt. If you over hundred thousand dollars IRS spends a great deal more honor offer case.
Make sure you are very honest in the submission of your offer in compromise
So. what is an offer in compromise, a tax debt settlement
An offer in compromise allows you to settle your tax debt for less than the full amount you owe.
It may be a legitimate option if you can’t pay your full tax liability, or doing so creates a financial hardship.
IRS consider your unique set of facts and circumstances:
• Ability to pay;
• Income;
• Expenses; and
• 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.
If you hire a tax professional to help you file an offer, be sure to check his or her qualifications.
Make sure you are eligible to file:
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 to confirm your eligibility and prepare a preliminary proposal.
You’ll find step-by-step instructions and all the forms for submitting an offer in the Offer in Compromise Booklet, Form 656-B (PDF). 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.
Select a payment option for the IRS:
Your initial payment will vary based on your offer and the payment option you choose:
• Lump Sum Cash:
Submit an initial payment of 20 percent of the total offer amount with your application. If your offer is accepted, you will receive written confirmation. Any remaining balance due on the offer is paid in five or fewer payments.
• Periodic Payment:
Submit your initial payment with your application. Continue to pay the remaining balance in monthly installments while the IRS considers your offer. If accepted, continue to pay monthly until it is paid in full.
If you meet the Low Income Certification guidelines, you do not have to send the application fee or the initial payment and you will not need to make monthly installments during the evaluation of your offer. See your application package for details.
Understand the process of the OIC
While your offer is being evaluated there are specific rules and guidelines:
• Your non-refundable payments and fees will be applied to the tax liability (you may designate payments to a specific tax year and tax debt);
• A Notice of Federal Tax Lien may be filed;
• Other collection activities are suspended;
• The legal assessment and collection period is extended;
• Make all required payments associated with your offer;
• You are not required to make payments on an existing installment agreement; and
• Your offer is automatically accepted if the IRS does not make a determination within two years of the IRS receipt date.
If your offer is accepted:
• You must meet all the Offer Terms listed in Section 8 of Form 656, including filing all required tax returns and making all payments;
• Any refunds due within the calendar year in which your offer is accepted will be applied to your tax debt;
• Federal tax liens are not released until your offer terms are satisfied; and
• Certain offer information is available for public review by requesting a copy of a public inspection file.
If your offer is rejected
• You may appeal a rejection within 30 days using Request for Appeal of Offer in Compromise, Form 13711 (PDF).
If your offer is not accepted this appeal process many times is the best way to settle the tax debt as the appeals division is a little more lenient sometimes than the IRS revenue officer. Don’t be dismayed if your case goes to appeals. Many times the best settlements come while the case is in the Appellate Division.
Call us today for a free initial tax consultation and we will walk you through the system to get your offer in compromise accepted if you are a credible candidate for the program.
We only file offers in compromise if you are a suitable candidates.
Remember, offers in compromises are not for all people. You must speak to true tax experts to make sure you qualify and you should never give your money to any firm unless you speak to the person and you truly understand how IRS will accept your financial statement and accept the offer in compromise.
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