Tax Relief Blog

If you've received IRS Notice CP90 or IRS Notice 1058, it's time to act.  Each is a Final Notice of Intent to Levy and Your Right to a Hearing.  This means that you have 30 days to Appeal the possible levy action and if ignored, about 45 days before the IRS reaches into your bank account and/or garnishes your wages.

The most difficult part of most things in life is getting started.  Fresh Start Tax Relief makes it easy to get started and on your way to resolving and reducing your IRS back ta...

You're probably aware that the IRS charges large penalties to those that fail to file and pay their taxes on time.  Most of our clients have penalties assessed against them and would like to get them removed.  They just don't know how.

At Fresh Start Tax Relief we investigate our clients IRS case to determine the total penalty amounts assessed, the types of penalties assessed and the periods the penalties have been assessed.  We also tell our clients how to request the removal of their penal...

During a recent consultation with a client, I advised her that she could resolve her IRS tax debt with a phone call and explained how to do it.  She asked me why other "tax professionals" she had talked to told her that she couldn't set up her resolution with the IRS with a phone call.  I didn't have an answer for her.

Salesman for tax resolution companies will tell a struggling taxpayer a lot of different things to get money sent their way.  The truth is that most personal IRS back tax deb...

When you're requesting the removal of IRS penalties, there are a few things that you should do beforehand.  The first priority when resolving and reducing your IRS tax debt is gaining compliance.  It's a good idea to be in tax compliance before you request the removal of penalties.  The IRS likes to see that the problem that caused you to fall out of tax compliance and accrue the penalty has been fixed.  It is difficult to sell the IRS a reasonable cause abatement request when you are still n...