The US economy has been slow to recover from the recession, and as a result, many American homeowners have lost their jobs and are unable to find new employment. These same folks, some out of work indefinitely, are struggling to pay their bills and keep a roof over their head. Households who find themselves this far underwater and unable to pay their mortgage may feel forced to consider home foreclosure
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If you are receiving calls and mail from the IRS, the last thing you want to do is ignore them! IRS problems grow with time and will only get worse. Don’t let penalties and interest add onto the debt you owe. Start tackling your IRS problems now by acknowledging your tax problems and taking action to resolve them.
If you owe back taxes to the IRS take the first step in clearing
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According to U.S. Census figures, the nation’s poverty rate in 2010 reached 15 percent, the highest level in 17 years. More than 46 million Americans are now considered to be living below the poverty line which comes out to 2.6 million more than in 2009, when the poverty level was 14.3 percent (and the largest number in the 52 years the Census Bureau has been tracking it!!) Those living in
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Today’s Tax Resolution Tip:
If you’ve taken the first step in resolving your unsettled back taxes you have admitted you have a tax problem and need tax help. But where to go for help? There are many firms and individuals claiming to resolve your tax problems forever. However, you need to make sure any tax assistance you seek is relevant to your individual tax problem.
If you are considering hiring a Certified
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“When Bad Things Happen to Good People” is an appropriate title for the recent episode of Business Day TV with Terry Bradshaw featuring an interview with the leaders of Tax Resolution Services, Co.

This special episode acknowledges the poor economic realities currently facing many Americans, some for the first time and often through no fault of their own. Negative life altering events such as job loss, death of a loved one
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For anyone with outstanding tax debt, I wanted to provide additional information to the IRS’s advisory list of Ten Tips for Taxpayers Who Owe Back Taxes or Have Other Tax Debt newsletter published a few weeks ago. The IRS’ objectives on this subject are simple; collect every cent of taxes owed as soon as possible. In order to achieve this, the IRS has made the payment process easy by widely
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The IRS newsletter Ten Tips for Taxpayers Who Owe Back Taxes or Have Other Tax Debt published a few weeks back, alerted Americans seeking tax debt relief there are ten options available to pay off their outstanding tax debt. These new IRS programs and policies are an effort to get delinquent taxpayers to avoid additional fines penalties or tax liens by making easy payment methods available such as a
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Foreign Bank Account Report (FBAR) violators be warned that time is running out to report offshore bank accounts.
The time to file is now!

The second (and possibly the last) IRS amnesty program is set to expire on August 31, 2011. We had a recent press release hit about this called Tick, Tock, Tax – IRS Amnesty Program’s August 31st Deadline is Approaching Fast.
With no replacement program on the horizon,
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The tax attorney services we provide would be of no help to the major tax cheater in the article below.
A Barbados national who has lived in cities across the United States was charged with fraudulently obtaining more than $10 million from the United States in federal income tax refunds by filing hundreds of bogus tax returns claiming refunds totaling more than $120 million from 2007 to 2011.
Andrew J. Watts,
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Tax Problems Affect 1 out of 6 Americans – If You Need Tax Help, You’re Not Alone!
1 in 6 Americans has a tax problem; that’s approximately 26 million people! In this video, shot at Tax Resolution Services headquarters, I talk about how terrifying IRS tax stress can be and how scared people are with their overwhelming tax problems. I see this happening in my practice every day. The IRS is
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Investment adviser and former USB AG banker was indicted for helping wealthy Americans hide unclaimed money from the IRS in offshore accounts. The USB AG bank, not included in the indictment, is a Swiss global financial services company headquartered in Basel and Zürich, Switzerland. Martin Lack, a Swiss resident, is accused of assisting 9 U.S. clients in transferring monies to undeclared foreign accounts. In an article by David Voreacos of
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The reason I got into this business was to help people with their tax issues. Our clients found that dealing with the IRS directly often made their situation harder to resolve and more difficult to understand.  The nature of tax problems is inherently complicated and we sought to simplify that process by providing expert guidance that resulted in getting the best possible tax settlement on behalf of our clients.
Tax Resolution
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This month I came across a couple of interesting articles from my StumbleUpon I wanted to share with you. Here is a recap of tax news covering topics on all things tax, from news on Innocent Spouse relief, giving to charity, tax scams and more celebrities tax problems.
IRS does ‘the right thing’ for the ‘innocent spouse’ – Michelle Singletary discusses the IRS and their decision to remove the two-year limitation
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I came across an article called Individual Taxation: Digest of Recent Developments that summarizes recent changes and developments on individual taxation. The article goes into a good amount of detail to outline both last and this year’s tax regulation changes that will affect individual consumers. I highlighted some “best of’s” from the individual taxation article below. It is important to keep informed on tax law changes as most of these changes in taxation
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The Government Wants Your Money – was a timely theme for this old interview I did with Fox Business News’ Brian Sullivan (see the video below). Our candid discussion outlined policy changes within the IRS and their stepped up enforcement efforts in the name of tax collection. While the country is slowly digging out of a deep economic hole, it’s not surprising to see the IRS building a solid foundation
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