by Fresh Start Tax | Jan 7, 2013 | Tax Levy and Wage Garnishments
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You can stop a IRS tax levy in its tracks. Whether the IRS filed a tax levy or you are in Notice or Letter status, a IRS tax levy can be either released, removed or the IRS tax levy may be stopped.
If you want to STOP a IRS levy you will need to take the following steps:
IRS must close your case off of the CADE 2 computer system and must have a method of closure.
There are 3 general closing methods and your current financial statement ( the IRS form 433A or 433F ) will determine how the IRS proceeds to close your case or stop the IRS tax levy.
You must make sure a tax professional prepares the financial statement so the IRS does not have there way with you. As a Former IRS agent I would love when taxpayers were not represented. the only way to make sure that the IRS is acting in good faith is to have a seasoned tax professional fight this.
To stop the IRS levy you must call IRS by the last date found on the L-1058 letter or notice. IRS will send the levy out at the end of the term of the L-1058.
If you have already been levied call us today and we can start the process of immediate levy removal.
Whether you have been levied or not you will need to proceed and do the following.
1. Make sure all tax returns are filed and up to date,
2. Prepare a 433F with all documentation and be prepared to fax that to the IRS.
3. Have a exist strategy. How are you going to deal with the IRS.
Options in closing your case with the IRS. After the IRS has reviewed your case the IRS will place your case in one of three closing modules.
1. a Tax Current Hardship,
2. an Installment Payment, or
3. consider a filing an offer in compromise.
Before the IRS can Levy they must:
IRS sends a series of Notices and Letters before they can legally send out a IRS Tax Levy.
IRS usually can only levy only after these three ( 3) requirements are met:
1. The IRS has assessed the tax and sent you a notice and demand for payment,
2. You the taxpayer or the representative have neglected or refused to pay the tax and,
3. The IRS sends 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.
Service of the Tax Levy Notice
IRS has options on method of service of a tax 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.
What is Tax Levy
A levy is a legal seizure of your property to satisfy a tax debt.
Tax Levies are different from liens.
A federal tax lien is a claim used as security for the tax debt, while a levy actually takes the property to satisfy the tax debt.
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 or example, the IRS can:
a. Seize and sell property that you hold (such as your car, boat, or house), or
b. The IRS 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 etc……
Other actions the IRS can take:
a. Filing a Notice of Federal Tax Lien,
b. Seize State Tax Refunds,
c. Offsetting a refund to which you are entitled.
What is a Federal Tax Lien
The federal tax lien is a legal claim to your property, including property that you acquire after the lien arises.
The federal tax lien arises automatically when you fail to pay in full the taxes you owe within ten days after we send our first notice of taxes owed and demand for payment, and we make an assessment of the tax.
The government also may file a Notice of Federal Tax Lien in the public records.
The Notice of Federal Tax Lien publicly notifies your creditors that the IRS has a claim against all your property, including property acquired by you after the Notice of Federal Tax Lien is filed.
The filing of a Notice of Federal Tax Lien will appear on your credit report and may harm your credit rating.
Once a federal tax lien arises, the IRS generally cannot release the lien until the taxes, penalties, interest, and recording fees are paid in full or until the IRS may no longer legally collect the tax.
How to STOP a IRS Tax Levy – Former IRS Agent, Instructor
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by Fresh Start Tax | Oct 27, 2012 | IRS Notice or Letter, IRS Tax Advice, IRS Tax Debt, IRS Tax Experts, IRS Tax Problem, Tax Help
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by Fresh Start Tax | Jul 18, 2012 | Offer in Compromise, Tax Settlements
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The IRS has rejected your Offer in Compromise as to Collectibility, what can I do?
If you submit an Offer in Compromise as to Collectibility and the IRS rejects it, all is not lost!
If the IRS (Collection Division) rejects your Offer in Compromise, ask them why it was rejected.
If the Offer in Compromise was rejected because you have not filed all of your tax returns, ask what years need to be filed and then request additional time to file the tax returns.
If the Offer in Compromise was rejected because of additional information that the IRS wants, provide that information to the IRS.
Don’t ignore the IRS. If you need more time to obtain the information, inform the IRS that you are in the process of obtaining the information, but you need more time.
If the Offer in Compromise was rejected because the amount offered was not adequate, ask that the IRS provide you the amount of an acceptable offer and how it was computed.
Review the computations. If you agree with the computations, inform the IRS that you will be immediately submitting an “Amended Offer” for the higher amount as computed by the IRS.
If you do not agree with the IRS’s computation of an acceptable offer, file an appeal for the rejected offer.
In the appeal explain the part of the IRS’s computation of the acceptable offer that you do not agree with. If there is a dispute as to the value of assets, provide the current appraisals with the protest. If income or expenses are in dispute, provide documentation for what you believe are the correct amounts.
When the case is in Appeals, your case will be reviewed by an Appeals Officer or a Settlement Officer. If he or she requests additional information, provide it. Explain your situation. Don’ t tell him that you don’t have the funds for the offer; the Appeals Officer or the Settlement Officer already knows that.
Most of the times, you have to fund your offer from loans from relatives; or make monthly payments from your current income.
When the Appeals Officer or Settlement Officer has computed what he believes is an acceptable offer, review the computations.
If you agree with the amount of the acceptable offer, the Appeals Officer or the Settlement Officer will request that you submit an “Amended Offer” that he or she will process.
If the amount of the unpaid liability exceeds $50,000.00, Area Counsel will have to concur with the amount that “Amended Offer.”
If you don’t agree with the amount of the acceptable offer as computed by the Appeals Officer or the Settlement Officer, their is no further appeals other than by requesting “Post Appeals Mediation” in a few selected Appeals Offices through out the nation.
Thus, you should not be too quick not to reject the Appeals Officer or the Settlement Officer’s computation of an acceptable offer.
For example, your unpaid tax liability is $780,000.00; you offered $35,000.00; but the Appeals Officer or the Settlement Officer computed the acceptable offer in the amount of $100,000.00.
The Appeals Officer or the Settlement Officer wants an additional $65,000.00 for an acceptable offer; but you should not lose sight of the fact that by paying $100,000.00 your unpaid tax liability of $780,000.00 would be forgiven by the IRS for a payment of $100,000.00.
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Offer in Compromise Rejected? File OIC Appeal, Former IRS Agent Instructors, Managers
by steve | Jun 23, 2011 | IRS Tax Advice, Tax News, Tax Settlements
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3. IRS requires a current financial statement. We will secure a required 433-F (IRS financial statement), verify the income and expenses and work out a settlement agreement. IRS will require a closing settlement method for each case.
IRS Settlement Agreements/ Tax Debt Programs can be in different forms:
a. Hardship Settlements. Cases usually go into a 3 year suspended status because of an inability to pay. This is also called currently noncollectable. Your case will go into a hardship status because you do not have the income coming in to meet your current expenses. The IRS will use the National Standards Program to assess hardship.
b. Payment Agreements. Cases can be closed with agreed upon monthly installment payments to the IRS. We will review the different programs IRS uses to find you the lowest possible amount required.
c. Offer in Compromise /IRS Settlements / Tax Debt Settlement Programs. There are three types of OICs:
The IRS may accept an Offer in Compromise based on three grounds:
1. Doubt as to Collectibility – Doubt exists that the taxpayer could ever pay the full amount of tax liability owed within the remainder of the statutory period for collection.
2. Doubt as to Liability – A legitimate doubt exists that the assessed tax liability is correct. Possible reasons to submit a doubt as to liability offer include:
(1) the examiner made a mistake interpreting the law,
(2) the examiner failed to consider the taxpayer’s evidence or
(3) the taxpayer has new evidence.
3. Effective Tax Administration – There is no doubt that the tax is correct and there is potential to collect the full amount of the tax owed, but an exceptional circumstance exists that would allow the IRS to consider an OIC. To be eligible for compromise on this basis, a taxpayer must demonstrate that the collection of the tax would create an economic hardship or would be unfair and inequitable.
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by steve | Dec 2, 2010 | IRS Tax Advice
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Generally, the Statute of Limitation on a IRS Tax Lien is 10 years from the original date of assessment. You can find the date of assessment on the Federal Tax Lien itself. Remember, it has nothing to do with the tax year but the date of assessment. Each tax period has its own statue.
Be Advised: Certain actions may extend the statute of limitations. You should have Fresh Start Tax review your IRS case history. Below are the most common:
1. A filing of an offer in compromise.
2. A bankruptcy filing
3. You signed a form 900 waiver given to you by the IRS.
There are other factors that can be involved and each case must be reviewed and a determination made. If the statute has expired we can get your levy released within a 10 day period of time.
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