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You Don't Have to Live with Tax Woes When You Live in Sacramento
If 2017 is anything like 2015 for the IRS, they will process over 150 million tax returns (1). That year, they sent over 1.5 million notices of error in individual returns alone (2). Errors were the types of things that any of us can make - calculation errors, transcription errors, errors in the number and amount of exemptions and standard or itemized deduction errors. In those cases, the individuals filed their taxes and hopefully the errors the IRS found were in the taxpayers. However, chances are at least some of the taxpayers who received notices were found to owe additional taxes.
The IRS also reported that over 29 million returns owed taxes at the time of filing (3). Why should you care about these numbers? Chances are if you are one of the 1.5 million people who were has an error in your taxes, you received a letter notifying you of the error, if you were found to owe additional taxes and you didn't have the money to pay the additional taxes owed, you were then thrown into a stressful situation that needed to be resolved; or worse, if you ignored the notices from the IRS, your situation might have escalated into something that is nothing short of a nightmare.
Perhaps Benjamin Franklin was thinking about taxes when he first thought of one of many quotes he is attributed to have written "An ounce of medicine is worth a pound of cure" as it certainly applies in these instances - if those 1.5 million tax returns had been prepared by a professional, the IRS most likely would not have found any errors or at the very least the number of errors would have been vastly reduced. A tax professional can also help taxpayers that find themselves owing and incapable of paying at the time of filing before it becomes a nightmare that could include wage garnishments, bank levies, liens or property seizures.
Failure to File
Filing your tax return is required by law. If you believe your situation precludes you from needing to file, and the IRS has sent you notice of a missing return, your best bet is to contact the IRS and explain why you haven't filed. Otherwise, you should file the missing tax return. If you have moved since the time return was due, check to ensure you use the residence and tax returns from the time periods that weren't filed. If you don't respond to the IRS for whatever reason, a Substitute for Return could have been filed for the missing return (The IRS assesses tax for the missing year based on what information they have). Without you to supply the correct information to compute your tax, the amount of taxes assessed on the Substitute for Return may indicate you owe far more than you do.

National Tax Attorney
Our staff at National Tax Attorney can handle your case no matter what your tax issue might be. If you failed to file, we can help you file the right form and, if you owe taxes, we can negotiate for reduced penalties and interest. In the instance that a Substitute for Return has been filed and you disagree with the amount the IRS says you owe, an audit reconsideration would be appropriate to dispute the tax owed. However, the IRS will not negotiate with anyone who is not current in filing all past due returns. Make sure your compromise all the delinquent returns you have.

Notification of an Intent to Levy
IRS Staff have a responsibility to collect revenue owed them and they have several ways in which to accomplish this. They may take a portion of your paycheck (garnishment) or take all the money in your bank account. Like a ball rolling downhill, once the process is started and the further down the road it gets, the more difficult it becomes to stop.
Bank Levies
When you are suffering a financial crisis, and you simply can't pay anything, you are still on the hook to pay back everything you owe plus whatever penalties, fees and interest they assess. Under the procedures of a bank levy, whatever money you have in your account is remanded to the Treasury after 21 days and applied toward your back taxes.
Wage Garnishment
Each time the IRS wants to take money from your bank account, they have to give notice to your bank and wait 21 days for receipt of the money but that is not how it works when your wages are garnished. Tax authorities can have your employer deduct money from your pay check until all taxes, penalties and interest owed are completely paid off without your permission. When a wage levy is processed, you are left with an allocation of your pay that is deemed to give you a basic means of financial support. A process that could affect every aspect of your daily life leaving you seeking to find enough money to meet rent, utility payments and your other daily needs.
The Process of Turning Things Around
We know tax law and we know your rights. Our professional staff will listen to you and will find a way to make things work.

Your Options as a Taxpayer

An option we can exercise on your behalf is to request the taxing authority establish a payment schedule for the taxes owed. The IRS is then allowed 30 days after receipt of the form to reply. If approved, the IRS will send a notice detailing the terms of the agreement as well as any special provisions the IRS will require in order for them to move forward with the request. We are often also able to work with the IRS to get penalties and interest reduced.

Offers of Compromise

With an offer in compromise (OIC) you offer to pay the Internal Revenue Service an amount of money that you feel you can afford to pay with a minimum amount of hardship. There are very specific criteria under which the an OIC will be accepted by the IRS such as the amount offered by a taxpayer should be at a minimum equal to what the taxpayer has the potential to pay. That amount is called your Reasonable Collection Potential (RCP). To determine your RCP, the IRS will look at your assets and what the IRS figures your anticipated future income will be and then deducts for your anticipated living expenses. We guarantee our Offer in Compromise will be 100% correct or we will pay the penalties! Get the tax relief you need - call us today.
At National Tax Attorney we have the right combination of experienced staff that will allow us to resolve your tax debt and who can show you how to avoid future confrontations with the IRS. If you give us a call and tell us your IRS woes, our staff at National Tax Attorney can get you where you need to be.

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