Like all scams out there, if it’s too good to be true, it probably isn’t true. There are many tax scams making extraordinary claims like clearing your IRS back taxes in full. While tax help is available, make sure you investigate and ensure it is the kind of help you need. For help with seeking out the tax help you need, check out our tax attorney services.
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As the founder of Tax Resolution Services and as a Certified Tax Resolution Specialist, I have helped many individuals get out of tax debt. In the IRS Question Corner article below, I explain more about the IRS Offer in Compromise, a program designed to help consumers pay off tax debt, especially when they are under a serious financial strain. One note about the Offer in Compromise program, it is not
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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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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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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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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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Celebrity rapper and actor Ja Rule was sentenced to 28 months in prison and ordered to pay 1.1 million dollars in unpaid taxes on Monday. Ja Rule was quoted by the Associated Press as saying; “I was a young man who made a lot of money — I’m getting a little choked up — I didn’t know how to deal with these finances, and I didn’t have people to guide
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Like an emergency facility does for an incoming patient, we deal with our client’s immediate tax problems by assessing their individual situation and then taking the necessary steps to relieve their burden of stressful tax related issues. I talked about this (see video below) at Tax Resolution Services, Co. headquarters but wanted to expand on it more here on our Tax Resolution University blog.
The current economic climate has contributed to
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At Tax Resolution Services we are constantly seeking the best options for clients who are settling back tax debt.  Some people have heard about the Offer in Compromise program – a tax settlement program between the consumer and the IRS – but don’t know all the facts about it.  Below is a great question by a tax client that addresses most people’s concerns about the Offer in Compromise program and
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Actor Wesley Snipes’ request for an appeal for a 3-year prison term was rejected by the Supreme Court in the beginning of June. Snipes was sentenced to prison until 2013 after his 2008 trial conviction of three misdemeanor charges of willful failure to file income tax returns from 1999 to 2001. Tax Resolution first blogged about Snipes’ IRS tax problems here.
If you owe money to the IRS, especially $25,000 or
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Tax questions from people facing tax problems are common in our office.  Here is a question from a person owing back taxes and our advice on what can be done.
Question: I closed my business a year ago, and then I took some bad advice. I just found out I owe a lot in back taxes, and I’m feeling hopeless and helpless. What can I do?

Answer: Let me first assure
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Many of our clients at Tax Resolution Services inquire about the Offer in Compromise program - a program established by the IRS to help consumers settle tax debt, usually at a fraction of what they owe.  What most people don’t know is that the Offer in Compromise is a privilege set forth by the IRS and that a person needs to qualify for this program.  How does someone qualify?   Read more from the IRS Question Corner of
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One of the most effective ways to eliminate back taxes is through the Expiration of Back Taxes: Statute of Limitations on IRS Collections tax resolution option. This option is particularly useful for eliminating tax debt if the back taxes have been assessed against you years ago.
You may be surprised to hear that it is a fact that the IRS is prohibited, by law, from collecting on expired back taxes.
Generally, the
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Owe the IRS back taxes?  Whether you are a celebrity owing millions or a citizen owing thousands, the key to settling back taxes once and for all is to seek help from a tax professional.  Even Sharon Osbourne, wife of famous rock star Ozzy, admitted that upon hearing there was a tax lien on her house, she enlisted professional help for her back taxes owed.  Smart woman!
Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, the rock star couple-turned-reality TV
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Check out this week’s edition of Tax Help News Round Up – bringing you news for anything and everything tax! At Tax Resolution Services, Co. we offer expert tax help not only by fighting on your behalf to settle back taxes and resolve any IRS debt, but we strive to educate consumers on tax news and developments to be aware of. The tax world is not stagnant – just because
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