| Death and Taxes: Benjamin Franklin said that the only | | | | do in this situation is to get help. |
| two things we can be sure of are death and taxes. | | | | The Best Help: If you feel like you penalties and |
| Each day, Taxpayers all across America are | | | | interest are unjust, you may qualify for penalty |
| discovering just how true that statement is. If you're | | | | abatement. This is a program that the IRS offers that |
| behind on your taxes, it's only a matter of time before | | | | can remove a portion of the penalties and interest, as |
| the IRS catches up to you. And if you think the debt is | | | | long as you can prove that you had a "reasonable |
| the most of your worries, you probably haven't even | | | | cause" to not pay them. These include natural disaster, |
| thought about the penalties and interest. | | | | serious illness to family member, death of a family |
| Penalties and Interest? If you are late filing, each month | | | | member, and more. |
| that passes tacks on an interest rate of 5%. That can | | | | Who Can I Trust? If you need assistance getting this |
| rise up to 25%. Interest for unpaid taxes is 6% per | | | | issue resolved, you'll probably hear from several tax |
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| you don't file. In the IRS Hitman business, I've seen | | | | something as delicate as your finances is never easy. |
| people with $50,000 dollars of tax debt that started at | | | | Some companies out there are built on empty |
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| there? | | | | Bureau and Dun and Bradstreet. |
| Between a Rock and a Hard Place: You may already | | | | Crunch Time: With interest and penalties, time is |
| be dealing with a situation like this. Maybe you missed | | | | everything. You need to get your tax issue resolved |
| a few years of filing. Maybe you knew you were | | | | as soon as possible. It's not going to go away. So don't |
| going to owe and you didn't have the money to pay | | | | be afraid to get the help you need. It's about time you |
| so you just didn't file. But whatever the reason, you've | | | | got back to living a normal, debt-free life. |
| fallen into a world of trouble. The best thing for you to | | | | Now you have the smoking gun...Use it! |