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Tax Resolution
There is a way out, and it starts with filing
Unfiled returns and unpaid balances feel permanent. They are not. Almost every case has a defined, legal path to resolution — the hard part is starting it.
We have seen worse, and we are not here to judge
People fall behind for ordinary reasons. A business went through a bad stretch. Someone got sick. A preparer disappeared mid-year. A divorce made the paperwork impossible. The balance grew, the letters got louder, and it became easier not to open them.
The escalation is mechanical, not personal — and it can be interrupted. What it cannot be is outrun.
How resolution works
Compliance comes first. The IRS will not negotiate with a taxpayer who has unfiled returns, so the opening move is always to file what is missing — often several years at once, frequently reducing the balance in the process because a substitute return the IRS filed for you allowed no deductions at all.
Once you are compliant, the options open up: a streamlined instalment agreement, a partial-pay arrangement, currently-not-collectible status, penalty abatement, innocent spouse relief, or an Offer in Compromise if the financial analysis genuinely supports one.
Included
What you get
Full account reconstruction
Every year, every balance, every penalty and every collection action, laid out in one document so you can see the whole picture.
Back return preparation
We prepare and file the missing years. Filing voluntarily nearly always beats the substitute returns the IRS prepares on your behalf.
Collection holds
Where grounds exist we request holds on levy and garnishment action while the case is worked.
Instalment agreements
Streamlined, non-streamlined and partial-pay arrangements sized to what you can actually afford.
Offer in Compromise analysis
An honest assessment of whether you qualify before you spend money pursuing one — most people who are told they qualify do not.
Penalty abatement
First-time abatement and reasonable cause. Penalties and interest are often a third or more of the balance.
Why it matters
What changes for you
Balances frequently shrink
Between properly prepared back returns, penalty abatement and correcting IRS-prepared substitutes, the final number is often materially lower than the notice.
A realistic plan, not a sales pitch
We will tell you plainly if an Offer in Compromise will not fly for you. Firms that promise "pennies on the dollar" to everyone are selling, not advising.
It ends
Every case we take has a defined finish line — filed, agreed, and closed — and we tell you where it is from the start.
The process
How the engagement runs
01
Confidential review
Tell us what you know. We pull the transcripts and find out what they know, which is usually different.
02
Get compliant
File the missing years. Nothing can be negotiated until this is done.
03
Negotiate
We propose the resolution the financials actually support and take it through to agreement.
04
Stay out
Withholding and estimated payments set correctly, so the next year does not start a new cycle.
Questions
Tax Resolution & Back Taxes, answered
Still not sure? Ask us directly — the first conversation costs nothing and we will tell you honestly whether this is what you need.
IRS policy generally treats six years of filed returns as the threshold for compliance, though the facts of your case can change that. We confirm the exact requirement from your transcripts rather than assuming.
Sometimes — but far less often than advertising suggests. An Offer in Compromise is a mathematical test of your assets and future income. We run that test first and tell you honestly whether you pass. If you do not, there are other routes that do work.
Often, yes. Establishing a collection alternative, demonstrating hardship or correcting an erroneous assessment can all lift a levy. Speed matters enormously here — call the same day you receive the notice.
For failing to file or failing to pay, criminal prosecution is very rare and is reserved for deliberate evasion rather than people who fell behind. Coming forward voluntarily, before the IRS contacts you, is also the single strongest fact in your favour.
Related
Often needed alongside this
IRS & California FTB Representation
An Enrolled Agent holds unlimited rights of practice before the Internal Revenue Service. Sign a Form 2848 and every letter, every call and every deadline becomes ours to manage.
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Individual & Business Tax Preparation
Every return we file is prepared by a licensed professional, reviewed by a second set of eyes, and walked through with you before it is signed. No surprises in April, no letters in October.
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Bookkeeping & Monthly Close
Reconciled every month, closed on a schedule, and delivered with a short note explaining what changed. Not a shoebox reconstructed in March.
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Let’s talk about your tax resolution & back taxes.
A thirty-minute call, no charge, and a fixed quote before anything begins. If we are not the right firm for this, we will tell you that too.