Calm, structured representation in response to IRS notices, audits, liens, levies, and unresolved tax exposure. Conducted by an Enrolled Agent licensed by the U.S. Treasury — authorized to represent clients before the IRS in all 50 states.
Takes about two minutes. Confidential. No commitment beyond the initial assessment.
Whether a notice arrived last week or has been sitting unopened for months, the path starts the same way. Each step takes only a few minutes.
Tell us the basics of what you're facing so your first conversation is focused and useful.
Start the SurveyChoose a time for a confidential conversation. We review what you've received and outline the appropriate response.
Book Your CallShare notices, letters, and documents privately through our secure client portal — not by email.
Set Up Your Portal AccountStart with Step One. After you submit the survey, you'll be guided to Step Two and then Step Three.
Some IRS deadlines — such as the window to request a Collection Due Process hearing after a final notice of intent to levy — are short and strictly enforced. If you have a levy or final notice, start today.
Tax resolution is what happens when something has gone wrong, fallen behind, or quietly accumulated to the point where the IRS or a state agency has issued correspondence, opened an examination, or initiated collection action.
It is not the same as filing a return. It requires a different posture, a different cadence, and a different kind of advocate — someone licensed to speak for you before the agency, who understands the statutes, the procedures, and the leverage points that determine outcomes.
We handle these situations with the same disposition we bring to all of our work: deliberate, structured, and grounded. No urgency theatre. No panic. Just the right next move, executed correctly.
Whether you've received a notice, are facing an examination, or are carrying exposure you've known about for a while and never addressed — we can step in, take ownership, and chart a defensible path forward.
CP-series notices, balance-due letters, math error corrections, identity verification requests, and correspondence audits — read carefully, responded to correctly, and on time.
Correspondence, office, and field audits. We prepare the response, control the scope, manage the document production, and represent you throughout — so you don't speak directly to the examiner.
Structured payment plans negotiated with the IRS for outstanding balances — including streamlined, partial-pay, and non-streamlined arrangements based on what your situation supports.
For qualifying situations where the full liability is not reasonably collectible — pursued through Form 656 with the supporting financial analysis the IRS requires to consider it seriously.
First-time abatement and reasonable-cause requests for failure-to-file, failure-to-pay, and accuracy-related penalties — pursued where the facts support it and abandoned where they don't.
Response to federal tax liens, bank levies, and wage garnishments — including release requests, subordination, and withdrawal where appropriate.
For situations of genuine economic hardship, requesting CNC status pauses collection activity while financial circumstances are documented.
Defense against personal liability assessment under §6672 for unpaid payroll taxes — including responsible-party analysis and willfulness arguments where applicable.
Form 8857 petitions for relief from joint liability when the other spouse is responsible for the understatement or underpayment, including innocent spouse, separation of liability, and equitable relief claims.
Reconstruction and filing of prior-year returns — often the prerequisite to negotiating any resolution. Done correctly so they become assets, not new exposure.
Three categories of professionals can represent taxpayers before the IRS without restriction: attorneys, CPAs, and Enrolled Agents. Of the three, Enrolled Agents are specifically and exclusively credentialed by the U.S. Treasury for tax practice.
Enrolled Agents are licensed directly by the U.S. Department of the Treasury — not by individual states. The credential carries full representation authority nationwide.
Unlike state-licensed practitioners, an Enrolled Agent can represent clients before the IRS in any state without local re-licensure.
The EA credential is granted only after demonstrating comprehensive tax-law competency — the only credential where tax is the entire practice, not one of several specialties.
Enrolled Agents are required to maintain ongoing tax education annually — meaning the knowledge base stays current with the code, not frozen in time.
Tax resolution work has phases. We move through them in order, with calm — never letting urgency drive a decision that should be made with full information.
We file Form 2848 (Power of Attorney) so the IRS sends correspondence to us. We obtain your transcripts directly from the agency, which gives us an authoritative picture of what's actually on file — not what you remember.
With the transcripts in hand, we identify what's been assessed, what's been filed, what's missing, and what resolution paths are actually available. Strategy follows from facts, not from assumptions.
Before negotiating any resolution, all required returns must be filed. We handle that — current year and prior-year reconstructions — so the file is in posture for resolution.
The actual resolution work — installment agreements, offers, penalty requests, audit response. We handle the agency communication; you provide the information we need and stay out of direct contact.
Once resolved, we make sure the conditions that created the exposure are addressed — usually with ongoing bookkeeping, planning, and compliance work, so the same problem doesn't repeat.
This is for you if any of the following sound familiar:
Looking for routine annual tax preparation and no outstanding IRS or state issue? Our accounting and tax services are the better starting point.
IRS tax resolution is the process of resolving an unresolved tax problem with the IRS, such as an unpaid balance, an audit, a lien or levy, or unfiled returns, through professional representation. An Enrolled Agent files a power of attorney, reviews your IRS transcripts, and pursues the appropriate resolution on your behalf, such as an installment agreement, penalty abatement, or offer in compromise.
Tax preparation reports what happened in a given year. Tax resolution is representation: it addresses what the IRS has already assessed, requested, or begun to collect. It calls for a different process, a different cadence, and a practitioner authorized to speak for you before the agency.
Attorneys, Certified Public Accountants, and Enrolled Agents can represent taxpayers before the IRS. Enrolled Agents are licensed directly by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, so their authority to represent clients applies in all 50 states without state-by-state licensing.
Do not ignore it, and do not respond or send payment before you understand it. Find the response date printed on the notice, gather the letter and any related returns, and start with a confidential review. Some IRS deadlines, such as the window to request a Collection Due Process hearing after a final notice of intent to levy, are short and strictly enforced.
Often there are options, but the right one depends on the facts. Once a power of attorney is on file, we can communicate with the IRS on your behalf and pursue paths such as a levy release, an installment agreement, or currently not collectible status where you qualify. We cannot guarantee a specific outcome, and the IRS decides each request on its merits.
Unfiled returns are common and are usually the first thing to address. The IRS generally will not consider most resolution options until required returns are filed, so we reconstruct and file prior-year returns first, using IRS transcripts to keep them accurate.
The survey gives us the basics of your situation so your first call is productive. You then schedule your IRS Situation Call and create your account on our secure client portal, where you can share notices and documents privately. On the call, we review your situation and outline the next steps, including how we obtain your IRS transcripts.
Fees depend on the scope of the matter: the number of tax years, the type of notice or collection action, and whether returns must be filed first. We review your situation before discussing an engagement so the scope and fee reflect what your case actually requires.
Yes. We work virtually with clients nationwide, and Enrolled Agent authority to represent taxpayers before the IRS applies in all 50 states. Representation before state tax agencies is governed by each state's own rules, which we confirm during your review.
The first step is a confidential conversation to understand the situation, pull the relevant transcripts, and outline what an appropriate response looks like. No commitment to engage beyond that initial assessment.
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