by Fresh Start Tax | Oct 25, 2018 | Tax Help
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There are various means of paying back taxes to IRS. As former IRS agents we will explain your options. A tax settlement may be in your future.
As a former IRS agent and teaching instructor with IRS you should know as a general rule someone with more experience will work your IRS collection case.
That person will have a lot of experience looking for assets and more carefully evaluating your current financial statement.
Your current financial statement holds the key to tax negotiation with the Internal Revenue Service.
Success comes by knowing the system and understanding what it takes to close an IRS case.
IRS takes a closer look at all cases large dollar especially the financial statements, the IRS is looking for the ability of the taxpayer to pay the back tax. As a former IRS agent this was part of my job.
One of the first tasks of IRS is to make sure all back tax returns are filed and current in the system.
IRS will not close out any open taxpayer inventory case unless all back tax returns are filed and the taxpayer is current on estimated tax payments or their withholding is up-to-date.
IRS is a stickler on this because they don’t want the problem of the back tax debt recurring.
So, how will IRS work your case? I Owe The IRS, What Is The Next Step
The Internal Revenue Service will ask the taxpayer to fill out an IRS form 433A.
You can find that on our site or on the government site. IRS will expect that form to be fully completed fully documented along with copies of the last six months bank statements, copies of all monthly expenditures, bills and a copy of pay stubs.
IRS will conduct a thorough review on that financial statement. That financial statement holds the key to success on your case therefore the filling out the documentation the analysis and what goes on this statement is paramount.
The internal revenue service can go through great lengths to do due diligence on your case. They have many search engines at their disposal.
They will check Department of motor vehicle, records public records, credit reports, insurance policies and a plethora of other information found on internal systems used by different federal and state government agencies.
IRS knows much more about you than you can possibly imagine. You must make sure you still out your financial statement truthfully and accurately. That’s why it is best a true tax professional provide the necessary tax help to resolve your problem.
After this review of the financial statement the Internal Revenue Service generally has various buckets of closing programs that the taxpayer can be put into as a result of their current financial statement.
The importance of filling out your financial statement and giving it to IRS is the key to success and failure.
I could never tell you how important the financial statement as it will determine the outcome with Internal Revenue Service.
Bucket One.
Currently uncollectible or hardship cases
If the Internal Revenue Service looks at your current financial statement and determines that your expenses exceed your income and you fall within the necessary means test, IRS can place your case in this non-collectible status.
There is good news and bad news within the status.
The good news is IRS will probably suspend your case between one and three years and kick it out for review a couple of years later, the bad news is the penalties and interest still run and the debt gets larger.
Bucket Two.
Installment agreements or monthly payments
If after the Internal Revenue Service looks at your current financial statement and they determine that you have more income than the necessary standards of meeting tests, IRS will ask for a monthly payment based on that financial statement. Hiring a tax professional can assure that IRS does not grab more money than necessary on or review of your financial statement. There are different monthly installment agreements and we will review with you your options upon your free consultation.
Bucket Three.
Offer in Compromise
This is called the pennies on a dollar program that you see advertised on TV however the offer in compromise is not for everyone.
I am a former IRS agent and teacher of the offer in compromise.
Approximately 32,000 taxpayers a year can settle their debt for pennies on the dollar, the average settlement is $9500 a year and I caution and warn taxpayers who submit offers in compromise to go through the IRS pre-qualifier tool to find out if they can truly settle their tax debt.
As a former IRS agent I carefully will walk through your financial statement and if you have any chance of being accepted for the offer I will walk you through the program and submit the offer in compromise.
Bucket Four.
Statute of limitations
IRS has 10 years to collect on their back tax debt, the period starts from the date of the assessment. The date of the assessment is the time that IRS had to put your case on the computer at the start the billing process. Various factors will extend the statute such as bankruptcy, the filing of the CDP, or the filing of offer but as a general rule after the 10 year date of assessment date your case goes away by federal statute,
Bucket Five
Bankruptcy.
Yes, Bankruptcy, many taxpayers are unaware that you could file a bankruptcy, a chapter 7 the discharge debt.
As a general rule the taxes have to be three years or older, assessed for more than 240 days and the tax returns have to be filed for at least two years. there are also different chapters in bankruptcy such as an 11 and 13 that a taxpayer can be qualified by speaking to a true bankruptcy expert.
When you call our office we will walk you through the various programs after review of your current financial statement. when calling our office you do speak to true IRS tax experts.
Call us for a free initial tax consultation and we will walk you through the process of dealing with the Internal Revenue Service.
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by Fresh Start Tax | Oct 24, 2018 | Tax Help
We are national tax debt experts for those who owe federal payroll tax debt. We are the fast, friendly and affordable tax firm that has been servicing the nation since 1982.
Our office has over 200 years of total IRS work experience and we are true experts and how to settle your federal payroll tax debt with Internal Revenue Service.
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We are available for free initial tax consultation. We are the fast friendly and affordable tax firm.
I am a former IRS Agent and teaching instructor of the Offer Program when formerly employed at the IRS.
We know all the systems, settlement formulas and all the methodology to get you affordable IRS tax debt relief including trust fund debt problem.
We should be able to make sure we can reach a reasonable settlement on your payroll tax liability and you can continue to operate your business without fear and worry from the Internal Revenue Service.
Please keep in mind the Internal Revenue Service will conduct a full compliance check to make sure not only your business, company or corporation is current but also your individual taxes are up-to-date.
IRS does not want to seize your business for back taxes due on payroll taxes, however 941 payroll taxes are a big concern for the IRS.
You my ask why payroll tax that is a big concern for IRS, it simply because those are trust fund taxes that is money held in trust and is not an imposition to collect taxes from a company, it’s simply returning to IRS what you have withheld from employees and matched their Social Security.
IRS has an FTD program which is called the federal tax deposit alert which warns local offices of companies that are failing to file federal tax deposits. As a former IRS agent I worked this program.
Just be advised that IRS does keep a task force available on large companies that are making federal tax deposits.
The Process of receiving a Payroll Tax Debt Settlement
The Internal Revenue Service will want to fully review your company or corporation before you can obtain in IRS payroll tax settlement.
You will need to provide IRS with the current financial statement along with proof that all payroll tax deposits and 941 tax forms have been filed.
Many times IRS will want a personal or individual financial statement for more responsible persons. For most company’s of the IRS payroll tax settlement may come in three forms.
After IRS reviews your current financial statement the Internal Revenue Service may determine that you are a hardship candidate, monthly payment agreement candidate or an offer in compromise candidate and IRS payroll settlement.
Why have Fresh Start Tax contact the IRS:
You never have to talk with the Internal Revenue Service on these tax matters;
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You know your case will be handled and resolved as fast as possible.
Other Factors To Consider
IRS has the right to sell your complete inventory at public auction;
IRS can seize all your accounts receivables;
IRS can hold you personally responsible for this tax;
IRS has the right to lock the doors of your business.
Steps to take to work out an affordable payment plan with the Internal Revenue Service:
Immediately stay current on all payroll tax deposits to show the IRS good faith;
Be prepared to give the IRS a current financial statement;
Make sure your personal tax liabilities are filed and paid;
Have all documentation on the financial statement prepared for the IRS.
If you do not pay your Payroll Taxes IRS can collect them from you individually
To encourage prompt payment of withheld income and employment taxes, including social security taxes, railroad retirement taxes, or collected excise taxes, Congress passed a law that provides for the TFRP.( trust fund recovery penalty )
These payroll taxes are called trust fund taxes because you actually hold the employee’s money in trust until you make a federal tax deposit in that amount.
The TFRP may apply to you if these unpaid trust fund taxes cannot be immediately collected from the business.
The business does not have to have stopped operating in order for the TFRP to be assessed
BE CAREFUL Who can be Responsible for the TFRP
The TFRP may be assessed against any person who:
Is responsible for collecting or paying withheld income and employment taxes, or for paying collected excise taxes, and
Willfully fails to collect or pay them.
A responsible person is a person or group of people who has the duty to perform and the power to direct the collecting, accounting, and paying of trust fund taxes. This person may be:
An officer or an employee of a corporation,
A member or employee of a partnership,
A corporate director or shareholder,
A member of a board of trustees of a nonprofit organization,
Another person with authority and control over funds to direct their disbursement,
Another corporation or third-party payer,
Payroll Service Providers (PSP) ore responsible parties within a PSP
Professional Employer Organizations (PEO) or responsible parties within a PEO, or
Responsible parties within the common law employer (client of PSP/PEO).
For wilfulness to exist, the responsible person:
Must have been, or should have been, aware of the outstanding taxes and either intentionally disregarded the law or was plainly indifferent to its requirements (no evil intent or bad motive is required).
Using available funds to pay other creditors when the business is unable to pay the employment taxes is an indication of willfulness. You will be asked to complete an interview in order to determine the full scope of your duties and responsibilities.
Responsibility is based on whether an individual exercised independent judgment with respect to the financial affairs of the business.
An employee is not a responsible person if the employee’s function was solely to pay the bills as directed by a superior, rather than to determine which creditors would or would not be paid.
Figuring the Trust Fund Amount
The amount of the penalty is equal to the unpaid balance of the trust fund tax. The penalty is computed based on:
The unpaid income taxes withheld, plus
The employee’s portion of the withheld FICA taxes. For collected taxes, the penalty is based on the unpaid amount of collected excise taxes.
Assessing the TFRP. If the IRS determines that you are a responsible person, we will provide you a letter stating that we plan to assess the TFRP against you. You have 60 days (75 days if this letter is addressed to you outside the United States) from the date of this letter to appeal our proposal.
The letter will explain your appeal rights. Refer to Publication 5, Your Appeal Rights and How to Prepare a Protest if You Don’t Agree (PDF), for a clear outline of the appeals process. If you do not respond to our letter, we will assess the penalty against you and send you a Notice and Demand for Payment.
Once we assert the penalty, the IRS can take collection action against your personal assets. For instance, we can file a federal tax lien or take levy or seizure action.
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by Fresh Start Tax | Oct 17, 2018 | Tax Help
One call to our firm and we can tell you how to solve your IRS problem the different programs available by IRS.
Since 1982 we have resolved thousands of cases by telling taxpayers the truth about the tax resolution industry.
Members of our team are former IRS agents and managers who have over 206 years of professional tax experience and over 100 years of working directly for the Internal Revenue Service.
We are the true tax experts, we have worked thousands of cases.
Call us today for a free initial tax consultation and hear the truth about the ways to settle with IRS from true tax debt experts.
Being former IRS agents gives us a unique advantage over the competition because we know every system, every strategy and every methodology that IRS can employ.
Good results do not happen by accident good results come by working thousands of cases and having years of experience.
The general myth that is in the public today is that you can settle for pennies on the dollar.
While that is true you must be a true qualified candidate for the IRS offer in compromise program to settle back tax debt.
So here is the process to determine how you can dispose of an IRS tax debt.
First and foremost the IRS will require a current financial statement and that is generally on a form 433F or 433A depending on where your cases in the IRS system. You can download the forms on our website.
IRS will expect that financial statement to be documented fully including bank statements, pay stubs, copy of all expenses and any other document that applies in your particular situation.
The Internal Revenue Service conducts a mini audit on your financial statement.
Since IRS spends so much time reviewing your case using the financial statement we understand the system to put you in the best spotlight with IRS.
We spend a lot of time reviewing your financial statement and making adjustments were possible to get you the best result.
Full compliance check. A full compliance check is a must when dealing with the Internal Revenue Service.
It is of utmost importance for you to know that the Internal Revenue Service will conduct a full compliance check which means that Internal Revenue Service will make sure all your tax returns are filed, up to date, and you are currently are making estimate payments or have sufficient withholding being taken out in the year you call IRS so you will not incur a problem again.
IRS does not like repeat and habitual offenders.
Tax Return Status.
If you have back tax returns that you need to file to get current to comply with the IRS requirements we can have our former IRS agents who know every single tax law option to ensure that you will pay the lowest amount by law file your returns and get them on official record .
Many people say, well I don’t have sufficient records to prepare my tax returns?
That is not a problem for us, we can pull back IRS transcripts to find out what your income for the past six years and we can reconstruct your tax return based on IRS reconstructive methods and still ensure you pay the lowest amount by law. IRS will expect the last six years of tax returns be filed.
If you have not filed your back tax your call us today and we will walk you through the process of getting right with IRS. We have never had a tax return prepared by our firm audited by the Internal Revenue Service to date.
Options to close out a tax debt case. Owing back federal and state taxes.
1 . You can pay the tax liability in full and if you need a couple of weeks or a couple of months IRS will entertain that and allow you time enough to cut them a check.
As a general rule we file a power of attorney, speak to the Internal Revenue Service and let them know of the full payment date. Many times the Internal Revenue Service will not file a federal tax lien.
2. You can make a payment plan or installment plan.
There are various payment plan options available and when you call our office we will review your current financial statement and walk you through the various programs the internal revenue has to pay them.
Approximately 6.5 million taxpayers a year sign up for an IRS payment plan or installment agreement. IRS has various types of installment arrangements.
Payment plans are based on your current financial statement and your ability to pay. IRS will also take an online payment if you meet and fit the criteria.
3. Your case can be put in a currently not collectible or hardship.
If you have more expenses and income and you live the means test of the national standard program , IRS can temporarily suspend your case. That suspension could last one to three years. IRS will re-review the case in a period of time. The downside to this program is that penalties and interest still run, the upside is that IRS is off your back for a period in season of time.
Approximately 40% of all open cases and the IRS collection queue are currently in a hardship or not collectible.
4. You can file a bankruptcy to help stop and delay IRS.
As a general rule chapter 7, Chapter 11, and Chapter 13 may apply to certain cases. We can review those options with you.
5. The statute of limitations.
IRS has 10 years to collect back taxes from the day your taxes as assessed. The day your taxes assessed means the day IRS puts your tax return onto their computer system for the first time. The general statute of limitations runs 10 years from that date of assessment. There are actions that extend the statute of limitations such as filing of a collection due process, bankruptcy, or litigation and there are other factors.
6. The offer in compromise.
IRS has a very specific procedure to settle your debt for pennies on the dollar.
When you call our office we will let you know after review of your current financial statement whether you can settle your debt for pennies on the dollar through the offer in compromise program.
Approximately 70,000 offers are files each year and 32,000 are accepted for settlement of $9500.
There is a pre-qualifier tool for the offer in compromise. you can either walk to the pre-qualifier tool by yourself or have us review your current case and let you know if you have the ability to settle your debt through this federal IRS tax relief program.
When you use our company you will never have to talk to IRS.
We handle all communication we treat you with dignity respect and most of our clients become more friends.
If you are having a problem paying your back tax debt you can call our office and speak to true IRS tax experts you have over 200 years of direct professional work experience and over 100 years working at Internal Revenue Service.
When you call our office you will speak to true IRS tax experts who have worked thousands of cases.
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by Fresh Start Tax | Oct 16, 2018 | Tax Help
We are a local South Florida firm that are tax experts in IRS debt relief. Since 1982 we have been practicing right here in South Florida.
Parts of our team are former IRS agents and managers who have over 206 years of professional tax experience and over 100 years of working directly for the Internal Revenue Service and the local South Florida offices.
As a general rule there are five options you have if you owe back tax debt.
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We are the true tax experts, we have worked thousands of cases. Being former IRS agents gives us a unique advantage over the competition because we know every system, every strategy and every methodology that IRS can employ.
Use our experience to benefit you.
The general myth that is in the public today is that you can settle for pennies on the dollar.
While that is true you must be a true qualified candidate for the IRS offer in compromise program to settle back tax debt.
So here is the process to determine how you can dispose of an IRS tax debt.
First and foremost the IRS will require a current financial statement and that is generally on a form 433F or 433A depending on where your cases in the IRS system. You can download the forms on our website.
IRS will expect that financial statement to be documented fully including bank statements, pay stubs, copy of all expenses and any other document that applies in your particular situation. The Internal Revenue Service conducts a mini audit on your financial statement. Since IRS spends so much time reviewing your case using the financial statement we understand the system to put you in the best spotlight with IRS. We spend a lot of time reviewing your financial statement and making adjustments were possible to get you the best result.
Full compliance check.
It is of utmost importance for you to know that the Internal Revenue Service will conduct a full compliance check which means that Internal Revenue Service will make sure all your tax returns are filed, up to date, and you are currently are making estimate payments or have sufficient withholding being taken out in the year you call IRS so you will not incur a problem again. IRS does not like repeat and habitual offenders.
Tax Return Status.
If you have back tax returns that you need to file to get current to comply with the IRS requirements we can have our former IRS agents who know every single tax law option to ensure that you will pay the lowest amount by law file your returns and get them on official record .
Many people say, well I don’t have sufficient records to prepare my tax returns?
That is not a problem for us, we can pull back IRS transcripts to find out what your income for the past six years and we can reconstruct your tax return based on IRS reconstructive methods and still ensure you pay the lowest amount by law.
There are five general options to close out a tax debt case.
1. You can pay the tax liability in full and if you need a couple of weeks or a couple of months IRS will entertain that and allow you time enough to cut them a check. As a general rule we file a power of attorney, speak to the Internal Revenue Service and let them know of the full payment date.
2. You can make a payment plan.
There are various payment plan options available and when you call our office we will review your current financial statement and walk you through the various programs the internal revenue has to pay them.
Payment plans are based on your current financial statement and your ability to pay. IRS will also take an online payment if you meet and fit the criteria.
3. Your case can be put in a currently not collectible or hardship.
If you have more expenses and income and you live the means test of the national standard program , IRS can temporarily suspend your case. That suspension could last one to three years. IRS will re-review the case in a period of time. The downside to this program is that penalties and interest still run, the upside is that IRS is off your back for a period in season of time.
4. You can file a bankruptcy to help stop and delay IRS.
As a general rule chapter 7, Chapter 11, and Chapter 13 may apply to certain cases. We can review those options with you.
5. The statute of limitations.
IRS has 10 years to collect back taxes from the day your taxes as assessed. The day your taxes assessed means the day IRS puts your tax return onto their computer system for the first time. The general statute of limitations runs 10 years from that date of assessment. There are actions that extend the statute of limitations such as filing of a collection due process, bankruptcy, or litigation and there are other factors.
When you use our company you will never have to talk to IRS.
We handle all communication we treat you with dignity respect and most of our clients become more friends.
If you are having a problem paying your back tax debt you can call our office and speak to true IRS tax experts you have over 200 years of direct professional work experience and over 100 years working at Internal Revenue Service.
When you call our office you will speak to true IRS tax experts who have worked thousands of cases.
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by Fresh Start Tax | Oct 9, 2018 | Tax Help
If you have unpaid back taxes and you need true affordable professional help call us today. Since 1982 resolving thousands of taxpayer cases.
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If you have unpaid back taxes with the Internal Revenue Service and the tax help your various options you have to seek IRS debt relief.
Before you settle with the Internal Revenue Service they would like to see a current financial statement on IRS form 433a.
After a careful review of your current financial statement and the confirming documents you will submit which will include pay stubs in the last three months bank statements, IRS generally have three buckets of closing your open IRS collection case and settling your tax debt with the Internal Revenue Service.
General methods of closing after that review of your current financial statement IRS will include either placing you into a currently not collectible hardship situation, ask you for a monthly payment agreement or you could possibly qualify for an offer in compromise.
After review of your current financial statement we will make recommendations about the quickest, most affordable way to settle your debt with the Internal Revenue Service.
We have settled thousands of cases. We know the ins and outs of the IRS system.
Thousands of people who are seeking IRS tax debt relief for unpaid taxes have not filed back tax returns and many of them have not filed for years. Here’s a special note of interest for those people who have not filed back taxes.
MORE THAN 6 YEARS, SPECIAL NOTE:
Some of the things that you need to know from former IRS agents
Being a former IRS and being in the tax resolution business for over 40 years, this is a question that I have been asked hundreds and hundreds of times by taxpayers who have not filed multiple back tax years.
If you need any help in this area contact us today for free initial tax consultation and speak to former IRS agents.
We can file all your back tax returns and workout effective tax settlement. We know all the IRS systems for immediate and permanent IRS tax relief.
IRS Policy Statement 5-133
Delinquent returns—enforcement of filing requirements
Taxpayers failing to file tax returns due will be requested to prepare and file all such returns except in instances where there is an indication that the taxpayer’s failure to file the required return or returns was willful or if there is any other indication of fraud.
All delinquent returns submitted by a taxpayer, whether upon his/her own initiative or at the request of a Service representative, will be accepted.
However, if indications of wilfulness or fraud exist, the special procedures for handling such returns must be followed.
Where it is determined that required returns have not been filed, the extent to which compliance for prior years will be enforced will be determined by reference to factors ensuring compliance and evenhanded administration of staffing and other Service resources.
Factors to be taken into account include, but are not limited to:
- prior history of noncompliance,
existence of income from illegal sources,
effect upon voluntary compliance, anticipated revenue, and
collectibility, in relation to the time and effort required to determine tax due.
consideration will also be given any special circumstances existing in the case of a particular taxpayer, class of taxpayer, or industry, or which may be peculiar to the class of tax involved.
Normally, application of the above criteria will result in enforcement of delinquency procedures for not more than six (6) years.
Enforcement beyond such period will not be undertaken without prior managerial approval.
Also, if delinquency procedures are not to be enforced for the full six-year period of delinquency, prior managerial approval must be secured.
PLEASE BEWARE, IRS CAN FILE FOR YOU.
When IRS files your tax return you will pay the highest amount allowed by law.
26 U.S. Code § 6020 – Returns prepared for or executed by Secretary
(a) Preparation of return by Secretary
If any person shall fail to make a return required by this title or by regulations prescribed thereunder, but shall consent to disclose all information necessary for the preparation thereof, then, and in that case, the Secretary may prepare such return, which, being signed by such person, may be received by the Secretary as the return of such person.
(b) Execution of return by Secretary
(1) Authority of Secretary to execute return
If any person fails to make any return required by any internal revenue law or regulation made thereunder at the time prescribed therefore, or makes, willfully or otherwise, a false or fraudulent return, the Secretary shall make such return from his own knowledge and from such information as he can obtain through testimony or otherwise.
(2) Status of returns
Any return so made and subscribed by the Secretary shall be prima facie good and sufficient for all legal purposes
When IRS prepares these tax returns they will allow you single with no exemptions dependence or deductions. You will pay the highest amount allowed by law.
You can undo this process by filing an original tax return in reducing your tax liability.
Don’t be afraid to file your back tax returns.
At some point in time IRS is going to catch up with you and most often it is better for you to contact them before they contact you.
As a former IRS agent you will find that IRS has little mercy on those who have purposely been avoiding filing and paying back taxes.
Contact us today and we can get you back in the system worry free. When you call our office you will speak to a true IRS tax expert in a Christian saved by grace.
So if you have any unfiled, back, delinquent tax returns call us today because we know the system. We are true IRS experts in this matter.
A side note, IRS keeps all records on file for six years. They have IRS source documentation to be able to show all 1099 and W-2 income from third-party sources.
You should also know that IRS can reconstruct your tax returns based on knowing where you lived and how much rent you paid.
Call us today for free initial tax consultation and we will walk through the process if you have unpaid back taxes and need to seek different IRS tax debt options.
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