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Guide to IRS Statute of Limitations (CSED)

IRS statute of limitations

IRS Statute of Limitations and the Collection Statute Expiration Date (CSED) The collection power of the IRS is restricted by a statute of limitations on taxes.  This powerful restriction gives the IRS up to 10 years to collect a tax.   Once the 10-year period expires, the tax is no longer enforceable and it simply goes […]

How to Avoid IRS Trouble

How to avoid IRS trouble

The thought of IRS trouble, “red flags” and audits are enough to worry any business owner.  In this podcast, we talk about how to avoid IRS tax problems, and what to do if they arise.     In the podcast, we cover a variety of topics including: Organizing your business for tax preparation Tax calendar […]

IRS Hardship Program: Currently Not Collectible

IRS Hardship Program

We regularly meet with clients of our accounting firm who owe taxes to the IRS that they cannot afford to pay due to a financial hardship.  Sometimes it is a tax bill for one year.  Frequently it is a tax bill for multiple years. The IRS offers a number of solutions that provide tax relief […]

Resolve Your Tax Debt To Save Your Passport

If I owe taxes can I get a passport?

Can You Get a Passport If You Owe Back Taxes to the IRS? If you owe significant tax debt, you may be in for a surprise. The State Department will revoke your passport, or not issue you a new passport, if you owe a significant tax debt to the IRS.  Therefore, taxpayers with tax debts and […]

IRS Negotiation: Resolving a Tax Debt

IRS Negotiation

Negotiation with the IRS to Settle a Tax Debt IRS negotiation of tax debts is a fundamental part of our tax practice.  Typically, tax debt negotiation is required when the taxpayer owes taxes, penalties and interest to the IRS that they cannot afford to pay.   A tax debt can be for one year or for […]

Trust Fund Recovery Penalty

trust fund recovery penalty

The Trust Fund Recovery Penalty is a very severe set of rules that are meant to encourage voluntary compliance with our payroll tax laws. Payroll taxes includes the income tax and Federal Insurance Contributions Act (“FICA”) taxes that are withheld from every employee’s paycheck.  It also includes the employer portion of FICA.  The business pays […]

Guide to IRS Payment Plans or Installment Agreements

trust fund recovery penalty

The Basics of IRS Payment Plans or Installment Agreements IRS installment agreements, also called IRS payment plans, are offered to taxpayers looking for a way to pay their tax to the government in monthly amounts.  Installment agreements are among the most popular programs requested by clients at our Atlanta CPA firm. There are several variations […]

Federal Tax Lien: How to Solve the Problem

Tax lien

IRS Tax Liens What is a Tax Lien? A tax lien is a claim by the IRS that taxes are owed and they intend to collect these taxes.  It is legal claim by the IRS against your property.  The lien attaches to your property until the tax is paid. The purpose of a tax lien […]

Tax Debts: Post-Covid Update

In response to the economic fallout from COVID-19, the IRS suspended attempts to collect back taxes through liens, levies, seizures and other methods. We have learned that the IRS is now restarting the collection of back taxes. There are already more than 25 million taxpayers in America that are in trouble with the IRS, and […]

IRS Tax Relief in 2021

IRS Payment Plans, Tax Liens, Tax Transcripts and More:  Navigating the Tax Relief Maze. IRS tax relief includes more than just resolving back taxes.  It includes filing missing returns, reconstructing accounting records, interpreting the statute of limitations, analyzing arcane IRS transcripts and the pain and embarrassment of dealing with the IRS.  Which way should you […]