3 ways that an IRS levy will surprise you

If you owe the IRS back taxes, the IRS is required to give you a 30 day notice before they can start to levy and seize your property.  This warning of levy action is required by law (Section 6330 of the Internal Revenue Code).
The final IRS warning letter will have the words “Final Notice of [...]

Collection due process appeals: Stop the IRS collection machinery, negotiate one on one

If you owe the IRS back taxes, it is not always enough to just be “right” when negotiating with the government.
You need to be right, but you also need to be in the right place and working with the right IRS person.  This increases the likelihood of a fair and impartial review of your case.
Getting to the [...]

IRS auditor giving you trouble? Where else can you turn?

It is common to feel like you are not getting a fair shake from an IRS auditor.   Frustration mounts with perceptions that the auditor is unreasonable.  No matter what you do, the auditor cannot be satisfied.  You are told you owe money to the IRS, and you know you don’t.
There is good news – [...]

Reopening IRS audits – are they really final?

I have seen a stream of new calls from readers who went through an IRS audit and are receiving IRS collection notices for amounts they probably do not owe.
Although they disagreed with the audit, they did not understand the need to take the dispute to IRS appeals or Tax Court.  As a result, the audit [...]

Four ways to handle disagreements with IRS auditors

A common problem with IRS audits is not seeing eye to eye with the auditor. The auditor sees the case narrowly, while you see the big picture.  You know you incurred that expense or did not have unreported income, but the auditor’s criteria is difficult to satisfy.
Here are some ways to get problem IRS audits [...]