Tax Relief Blog

If you recently had an IRS tax lien filed against, you've likely received several phone calls and letters from companies wanting to help you resolve your back taxes.  A lot of these companies use scare tactics to get you to hire them.  All of them, to some extent, are betting on you sticking your head in the sand to avoid dealing with the IRS. 

They don't want you to research your resolution ...

Most of the large tax resolution companies that scammed people out of millions of dollars are gone.  Tax Masters, American Tax Relief and a few others no longer exist.  The scary thing about tax resolution companies these days is whether or not they will be around tomorrow and their fees.

Fresh Start's parent company, M&M Financial Consulting, Inc., will be celebrating 10 years in business in ...

The IRS Offer in Compromise is a great tax resolution program, if you qualify for it.  If you hire a professional to prepare and negotiate an IRS OIC for you, it will likely cost a lot of money. 

The Offer in Compromise process takes months.  This means that the initial fee you pay a tax resolution company may not be your last.

Fresh Start Tax Relief will tell you whether or not your best re...

A big question amongst those of you with back taxes owed to the IRS is regarding the cost of IRS representation.  Just about everyone would hire a professional if the price was right. 

If you talk to five different tax resolution companies and get a fee quote from each of them, you'll likely end up with five different resolution strategies with five different fees.  Both the resolution strate...