| Anyone can have a problem with the IRS. The thing to | | | | more than three years, don't just run to the phone and |
| remember is that most of these problems can be | | | | call them. Of course, honesty is the best policy. So, if |
| resolved with a fair amount of ease. The main thing to | | | | they contact you, be honest, but wait for them to |
| remember is never to procrastinate if the IRS has | | | | contact you. There is a chance they never will. |
| contacted you about a problem. Ignoring IRS appeals | | | | If you make a deal with the IRS, keep it. You do not |
| on a tax problem is the wrong thing to do. Instead, | | | | want to default on a promise of payment to the IRS. |
| contact the IRS as soon as you know the problem | | | | They have some very brutal means of collection like |
| exists and ask them how you might work it out. You | | | | garnishing wages, seizing property, and bank liens. If |
| can do this directly or through a tax attorney. The | | | | you have negotiated a deal through a tax attorney or |
| wisest course, certainly, is always to use a lawyer. | | | | resolution team, it was the best deal you could get. |
| If you hire an attorney or tax resolution team, don't set | | | | Anything after you default on that deal is going to be |
| your hopes too high. While lawyers and tax resolution | | | | dramatically worse. Be smart, and pay off the IRS like |
| teams can best negotiate a settlement on your behalf, | | | | you said you would. |
| they cannot work miracles. Very few taxpayers ever | | | | Hire a tax attorney. Tax attorneys are best suited for |
| simply have their debt forgiven or erased by the IRS. | | | | negotiating on your behalf. The IRS Agents will |
| The best you can hope for is an installment plan or an | | | | negotiate the best deal that they can for the federal |
| Offer in Compromise. In either case, you are going to | | | | government, so you need someone to counter that by |
| have to pay the IRS before it is all over. Then, you'll | | | | negotiating the best deal that they can for you. A tax |
| have to pay your lawyer and/or tax resolution team, | | | | attorney has experience in negotiating all sorts of |
| too. | | | | terms with the IRS and they must maintain your client |
| If you know that you owe the IRS back taxes for | | | | confidentiality at all times. |