Essentially, you will prove your financial hardship with the documentation which supports the entries you provide on the Form 433A which the IRS will request of you. This information can be used for a Penalty Abatement Request, to prove Uncollectible Status or to induce acceptance of an Offer in Compromise. For starters, you must diligently […]
Powers of IRS Revenue Officers
When the IRS audits you they send an IRS Agent to investigate. When you owe taxes, the IRS sends a Revenue Officer to collect. This article deals with IRS tax debts and the powers of IRS Revenue Officers. Before they contact you about your file, the IRS Revenue Officer has already done an extensive background […]
Tax Attorney
If it appears that you need to hire a representative to help you against the IRS there are many options. Who you choose will be a process of elimination. There are generally 3 types of persons who can represent you before the IRS: Attorneys, CPA’s & Enrolled Agents. An Enrolled Agent generally is an expert […]
Why won’t the IRS help me?
Dealing with the IRS is made more frustrating by the complete lack of help you will receive from the IRS employees. The publications they print are hard-to-follow and offer no guidance. Any letter you receive from them is packed with methods to pay but little advice on how to fight. The reason for this is […]
10th Circuit Banshee Assaults Late-filed Returns
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals just dismantled bankruptcy law for late-filed returns. When you don’t prepare your own return and the IRS has evidence that you owe taxes they can assess the tax against you without your agreement under 26 USC § 6020(b). This assessment is called a “Substitute for Return” (SFR). But, this is […]
