Payroll Tax Personal Civil Penalty (IRC 6672)

Your business has an employment or 941 payroll tax liability.  You've successfully secured a formal Installment Agreement or CNC status with the IRS to satisfy the payroll tax.  But, you've now got a Civil Penalty (IRC 6672) assessment against you personally and need to resolve you need to resolve that too.  What do you do?

If you've hired a company t...

IRS Publication 1, Your Rights as a Taxpayer is a must read if you have fallen behind with your federal taxes.  It is a quick two pages, but contains some great information and answers some common questions such as:

Will the IRS think I'm guilty if I hire a professional to represent me?

IRS Pub 1, #9 states that "Taxpayers have the right to retain an authorized representa...

Fresh Start Tax Relief is happy to work with your CPA or accountant to help you resolve your tax debt.  Many of my past clients have had a trusted tax advisor for years.  But that person didn't have the knowledge or experience to resolve their IRS back taxes efficiently and effectively. 

With help from Fresh Start Tax Relief, you and your trusty accountant can resolve your back taxes without ...

Free Tax Resolution Help

Fresh Start Tax Relief has put together five free tax resolution guides to help answer your questions and get you started resolving your federal back tax liabilities.  Get them before you pay anyone to help you fix your back tax problem. 

Your IRS tax debt could be easier than you think to resolve.  You may be able to set up a formal installment agreement with the IRS...

Fresh Start Tax Relief's service includes obtaining IRS Account Transcripts for our clients.  We then review and analyze the transcripts to help determine penalty and interest amounts, compliance and threat of enforced collection actions such as bank levies and wage garnishments.

You can get started on your own investigation and compliance check by ordering your own transcripts online.  Get th...

Execute Your Tax Resolution Plan

You've heard it before.  Ideas are a dime a dozen, execution is priceless.

Keep this in mind when resolving your IRS tax debt.  Whether you hire a professional to represent you in front of the IRS or you're doing it yourself, you will need to execute your part of the strategic plan to resolve your tax liabilities.

You can have the perfect strategy to fix your back ...

A client recently sent me an email asking me to review his request to the IRS for penalty relief.  The first thing I notices is that his written request was for penalties covering two separate tax years.

The first piece of advice I gave him was to submit a separate request for each year.  Send them about a week or two apart.  And, mail each request via US Mail Certified Receipt. 

Separate re...

Did you know that the IRS may accept your request for penalty relief due to Reliance on the Advice of a Tax Advisor?  This reasoning for the abatement of IRS penalties generally relates to the Accuracy-Related Penalty.

Read more about it in the Internal Revenue Manual section 20.1.1.3.3.4.3 – Advice from a Tax Advisor.

A tax resolution company with a strong online presence recently reiterated its base fee of $1,500 in a blog post.  The blog went on to list fees for services based on different taxpayer situations.  The fees range from $750 to $5,500.

Fresh Start Tax Relief's fee is $499, no matter what your situation.  Contact us today to find out how we can help you resolve your IRS back tax problem for good...

Fresh Start Tax Relief is able to research and investigate our clients' IRS collection cases using IRS form 8821, Tax Information Authorization to request relevant information from the Service.  This helps us determine the best resolution strategy for your specific situation. 

Along with our research and investigation results from your case, we consider your Collection Potential (using form I...