Professional Tax Services With IRS Representation

A tax preparer's job is mainly to complete and file returns. "Tax professional" is a looser label that covers preparers, CPAs, and Enrolled Agents, among others. An Enrolled Agent is licensed by the U.S. Treasury Department specifically for tax work and has unlimited practice rights before the IRS. That license is what lets an EA step in for you in audits, collections, appeals, and resolution cases, not just prepare the paperwork.

Yes, in any state and on any federal tax matter. Once you sign Form 2848, we become your point of contact: we take the IRS calls, answer notices, handle audits, file appeals, negotiate payment arrangements, and submit resolution requests. Before any of that, we review your transcripts and documents to decide which path makes sense for you.

Read every page, circle the response date, and file it with your tax records. Then don't sit on it. Missed deadlines narrow your options and can bring more penalties or collection. The notice number (usually top right, like CP14 or CP2000) tells you what the IRS thinks is wrong, which year it's about, and what it wants from you. Send it to us with the return for that year and we'll tell you whether to agree, push back, or pay.

For some taxpayers, yes, through an Offer in Compromise. The IRS weighs your income, expenses, assets, future earning potential, and how current your filings are. Offers aren't for everyone, and they need complete, accurate financial documentation. We screen your numbers first so you don't pay an application fee for an offer that has no real chance of acceptance.

You pay the balance in monthly amounts instead of all at once. The IRS looks at how much you owe, whether your returns are filed, your payment history, and what you can afford. Interest and certain penalties keep running until the balance is paid. A plan that works leaves room for rent, groceries, payroll, and the other expenses you can't skip, so we build the proposal around those first.

Yes. The sooner you act, the better, because the IRS can prepare a substitute return from the income it knows about, which usually leaves out deductions and credits and overstates what you owe. Filing accurate returns replaces that inflated number with the real one. We plan the filings together with any collection case, since the IRS generally requires current filings before approving a payment plan or other relief.

After the required notices and deadlines pass, the IRS can take part of every paycheck or freeze the money in your bank account. It's one of the most serious steps it takes. We review the notice history, contact the IRS, provide the financial information it needs, and push for a release paired with a payment plan, hardship status, or another resolution. Speed matters, especially with a bank levy, which has a 21 day hold before the funds are sent.

Recent IRS notices, returns you've filed and a list of the ones you haven't, your income details (wages or business revenue), bank and asset information, a monthly expense list, and any earlier IRS letters. Business owners should add payroll records and Form 941 filings. With that in hand, we can map your filing status, total balance, collection risk, and likely options in the first conversation.