Unfiled returns Archives - Howard Levy is a Cincinnati tax attorney with the experience to find solutions to your IRS problems.

IRS audit reconsideration: How to set the record straight

By Howard S. Levy, Esq., IRS Audits, Substitute returns, Unfiled returns

The IRS audited your tax return, got it wrong, and now they are sending you bills to collect a tax that you do not owe. Maybe the IRS didn't have your correct address, and you never received their notice of the audit, and as a result were not able to participate. Or maybe you had poor communications with an IRS auditor, who rejected your records and your truth, and made changes to your tax return that you know are wrong. And to make matters worse, the IRS is now sending notices of intent to levy your property and is trying to force you to pay these taxes. If the IRS would just hear ... Read More

Fear the IRS closing down your business? It’s not as likely as you think

By Howard S. Levy, Esq., IRS Collection Problems, IRS levies and property seizures, IRS Seizures, Property Exempt from Collection, Revenue Officers, Unfiled returns

You worked your whole life to get to this point, a business that belongs to you, making your own decisions, working your trade and sharing expertise. But then things suddenly got a little out of control, and you got behind paying the IRS. Maybe it started with one bad year, and you thought you could get a handle on it and get caught up soon. But tomorrow never came, and the damage continued to snowball year after year. Now the IRS is owed more than you can ever pay. And you fear losing your business and all that you worked for, and having nothing for retirement. Fear not, it ... Read More

5 signs that the IRS is about to levy your wages or bank account

By Howard S. Levy, Esq., Automated Collection Service, IRS levies and property seizures, IRS Seizures, Revenue Officers, Substitute returns, Unfiled returns

It's what keeps you going from month to month - your wages, and the money in your bank account. You need it to pay your bills, provide for your family, keep a roof over your head, food on the table, make your car payment. But at the same time, you owe back taxes to the IRS, and are looking over your shoulder, concerned that the IRS may strike and clean you out. If any of these 10 signs are true, then your fears are real, and you are indeed at risk for an IRS levy on your wages or bank account: 1. Has the IRS sent you a Final Notice of Intent to Levy and Notice of Rights to an Appeals ... Read More

Getting the IRS to release a levy when your tax returns are unfiled

By Howard S. Levy, Esq., Automated Collection Service, Economic hardship and the IRS, IRS Appeals, IRS Financial Statements, Tax Court, Unfiled returns

When the IRS levies your wages or accounts, it is usually to get your attention. There is something the IRS wants that you have not provided - it could be a financial statement, estimated tax payments, or getting in compliance on unfiled tax returns. And to get the levy released, the IRS is usually going to condition it on, say, getting your unfiled tax returns in first. The IRS tells you that they operate on a "compliance first, levy release second" basis. But what if you cannot get the unfiled tax returns prepared quickly enough to get the levy released when you need it, which is ... Read More

IRS Taxpayer Advocate: An ally on the inside

By Howard S. Levy, Esq., Automated Collection Service, IRS Collection Problems, IRS levies and property seizures, Revenue Officers, Unfiled returns

When all of your efforts at resolution with the IRS have failed, and your frustrations have reached a boiling point, intervention from the IRS Taxpayer Advocate can help. The IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service is just that - an independent operation inside the IRS charged with solving taxpayer problems and advocating on their behalf to the IRS. When your IRS situation is dire, when everything else has failed, when the IRS is not responding or listening, or are not following their own guidelines or legal procedures - that is the time to bring in the IRS Taxpayer Advocate. In other words, ... Read More