TAX DEBT RESOLUTION
There is a real set of collection alternatives, and there is an industry built on misrepresenting them. The firm’s position is straightforward: the alternatives are worth pursuing, and most taxpayers do not qualify for the one they have heard advertised.
Owe more than you can pay?
There are real programs and a whole industry misrepresenting them. Find out which one your finances actually support.
Scheduling does not create an attorney-client relationship. No such relationship exists until the firm has run a conflicts check and both sides have signed a written engagement agreement.
THE ALTERNATIVES
Installment agreement
pay the liability over time. Several varieties, with different disclosure requirements and different consequences for lien filing.
Partial-pay installment agreement
pay what the financial analysis supports over the remaining collection period, with the balance expiring by operation of the statute.
Currently not collectible
collection suspended where paying would leave the taxpayer unable to meet basic living expenses. Not forgiveness; the liability persists and the clock continues.
Offer in compromise
settlement for less than the full liability, available where reasonable collection potential is genuinely below the amount owed. It is a financial test, applied strictly.
STRUCTURE MATTERS AS MUCH AS THE PROGRAM
Which alternative is chosen affects lien filing, disclosure obligations, and how the remaining collection statute runs. Those consequences are frequently more significant than the monthly payment, and they are the part most often ignored.
WHAT THE FIRM WILL TELL YOU
Whether the financial analysis supports the outcome you are hoping for, before you engage the firm to pursue it. An offer that will not be accepted costs time the collection statute does not refund.
This firm is a law practice. It is not a tax-relief call center, and it does not quote settlement percentages before reviewing a financial picture.
The detailed procedure is set out in Collection Alternatives. Enforcement and appeal rights are described on the liens and levies page.
This firm is a law practice. It does not quote settlement percentages before reading a financial picture.
HOW AN ENGAGEMENT BEGINS
Book a free consultation
Thirty minutes, no charge. Bring the notice — we read it together on that call.
The deadline is identified
Which notice it is, what it asserts, and which forums are still open behind it.
Conflicts check and written engagement
Scope and fee agreed in writing before any work begins.
HOW A CONTROVERSY RESOLVES
The firm takes over
Correspondence with the Service runs through the firm. You stop answering.
The position is built and pressed
Records, authority, and the argument — pressed at the earliest stage that will take it, because that is the cheapest place to win.
Resolution
Closed at examination, settled at Appeals on the hazards, or tried. The firm does not hand the file to anyone to reach the last of those.
The first question is what the financial analysis actually supports. Contact the firm through the contact page or call (561) 529-5873. Representative engagements are described on the Experience page.