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Getting information from the IRS without waking the beast

By Howard S. Levy, Esq., Automated Collection Service, Bankruptcy and the IRS, IRS Collection Problems, Statute of limitations on collections

You know you owed money to the IRS, but things have been quiet for years. You now want to know where you stand. But you don't want to wake the sleeping giant to find out. Fortunately, there is a solution: The IRS Practitioner Priority Service. The IRS Practitioner Priority Service is a phone line that the IRS has made available to tax professionals, like attorneys and CPAs, to ask questions about their clients' accounts. The nice part is that our calls to the IRS Practitioner Priority Service are made "under the IRS radar." The IRS representatives that staff the Practitioner ... Read More

IRS requesting a periodic review your installment agreement?

By Howard S. Levy, Esq., Installment agreements, IRS Financial Statements

Without warning, it appears in the mail: An IRS notice (CP 522P) informing you that they want to conduct a review your installment agreement. And even worse, the notice threatens that the IRS will terminate your agreement if you do not act in 10 days. Your heart feels like it wants to skip a beat; maybe some panic and IRS anxiety sets in. You have been making your monthly installment payments on time. You have not incurred any new tax liabilities. And you have filed and paid all of your most recent taxes, as the terms of the installment agreement require. In other words, you ... Read More

What causes the IRS to sue you to collect unpaid taxes?

By Howard S. Levy, Esq., IRS Seizures, Revenue Officers, Statute of limitations on collections

You may not realize it, but most every effort the IRS will make to collect a tax debt from you will be done without suing you. For example, no court filings or lawsuits are necessary for the IRS to levy your wages or bank account wages. And the IRS can place a lien on your house or business on their own, no judge, jury, lawsuit or outside court review necessary. How about the authority of high-level IRS collection agents, like Revenue Officers? Do they need to sue you to take your car, retirement account, or business equipment? IRS Revenue Officers have far-reaching powers of ... Read More

Inside the head of IRS auditors: Understanding how they think and act

By Howard S. Levy, Esq., IRS Audits

You went to the the mailbox - a day just like any other day, and there it was: A letter from the IRS stating that your taxes have been selected for audit. The letter provides a date for you to meet with an IRS auditor, and a laundry list of information she wants you to bring, possibly including documentation verifying your claim to deductions on your tax return. How do IRS auditors go about their job - how do they think? What are you in for if you go? (By the way, you do have the option of retaining a professional to go for you so you can sit it out.) Well, IRS auditors are ... Read More

Tax debt during retirement: How the IRS responds

By Howard S. Levy, Esq., IRS levies and property seizures, IRS Seizures, Retirement accounts and the IRS

The plan was to retire, payoff your house, maybe travel, devote more time to hobbies, and spend time with the family. Then some mistakes were made in paying your taxes - maybe from a business you owned - and the IRS came calling. Tax liens were filed on your house, ruining your credit. To make matters worse, you are always looking over your shoulder, fearful that the IRS will levy your wages, social security or retirement. Some retirement, huh? Let's separate the myths from the facts so you can make it through the golden years intact and with some peace from the IRS. Here are ... Read More