Stand Up to the IRS Blog

Know Your Appeal Rights? If you've received s Final Notice of Intent to Levy from the IRS, it's time for decisive action. Notice 1058 is your last warning before the Service seizes your assets. Learn more.

Do you have a Trust Fund meeting scheduled with your Revenue Officer? Here's a quick tip to help.

As small business owners, we have a lot to keep track of. And with so much going on in our personal and professional lives, it's easy to let the two blend together. Some things must be kept separate, however, and money is at the top of the list.

Listening to ads and talking to representatives from “Offer Mill” tax resolution companies can be confusing for people in crisis mode searching for tax relief. Find out why the Offer in Compromise may NOT be the right fit for you.

Although it may seem like the Service makes its own rules, there are laws that protect taxpayers from the long arm of the IRS Collection Division. One law the IRS must adhere to is the ten-year collection statute.

A common surprise for our small business clients is that we ask them to provide us with personal financial information to resolve their business tax debt. Naturally, this creates apprehension.

In most cases that I've seen, the IRS comes up with a much higher ability to pay than the taxpayer. The discrepancy is often due to the implementation of IRS' Collection Information Standards. They're used to limit monthly expenses.

A major component of the IRS collection system is the Deadline Date. IRS Revenue Officers typically agree to deadline dates 30 days out. Here are a few tips.

Can't afford a tax pro. The Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) list contains the contact information of organizations in every state that offer low to no cost assistance to Individual taxpayers (not businesses) that cannot afford representation.

Owe payroll tax? You may be able to reduce the Federal Tax Deposit (FTD) penalty charged to your business for making your EFTPS deposits late. Under the authority of the Internal Revenue Code, a you may designate deposits within a 941 reporting period.