Tax practitioners who would like to develop skills to prevent and or resolve IRS collections are invited to join tax expert Eva Rosenberg, aka TaxMama® and yours truly for a complimentary webcast titled: “IRS Practice – Overview of Collection Issues. This course (part of the IRS Practice Series) provides an overview of the collections process and explores the numerous collection issues a practitioner may encounter including the
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Happy Friday! Countdown to tax day: 4 days
Last minute tax filers take note: the most common reasons for refund delays are because of preventable mistakes on the tax return. I thought information from this previous post and interview archive from the Midday Sunday Fox 11 with host Tony Valdez program could provide some help for those still scrambling to finish their tax returns. The trick to avoiding errors on your
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Some of you may still be deciding whether to hire a tax professional or purchase tax preparation software. In this informative video, (one part of a series that came from my appearance on the Midday Sunday Fox 11 with host Tony Valdez program), I offer the following tax help tips:

When tax preparation software works
Know when it’s time to hire a tax professional
When it’s time to hire a tax resolution specialist

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On the run up to tax day, I will continue posting client success stories and testimonials. The purpose is to remind taxpayers with IRS tax debt issues they are not alone. Often through these client’ stories, which may be similar to their own, struggling taxpayers will be inspired to take the first steps and get tax help.
It’s rewarding when we get the best IRS tax settlement for our clients that
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It’s one thing to say you’re a “tax resolution specialist” but it’s another to back up that designation with formal credentials. At Tax Resolution Services, Co., (TRS), we require that all of our Tax Attorneys, CPAs and Enrolled Agents meet additional educational, experience, and examination requirements prescribed by the American Society of Tax Problem Solvers (www.ASTPS.org) making them Certified Tax Resolution Specialists (CTRS).
Founded in 1998, Tax Resolution Services, Co. is
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What a great week here at Tax Resolution Services, Co. (TRS)! This Wednesday, our firm received great news that President, Brian Compton was named the Gold Winner for the Business Development Executive of the Year category in the second annual 2012 Best in Biz Awards. I am very proud of Brian and it’s great to see him recognized for his outstanding leadership as one of the top executive in his
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In addition to solving IRS tax problems, Tax Resolution Services, Co. was honored last month with two American Business awards (aka the Stevie awards) for our work in the tax resolution industry.  I was honored with a bronze Stevie Award for Maverick of the Year and my colleague and Tax Resolution Services’ President, Brian Compton received a silver Stevie as Executive of the Year in Accounting, Banking and Financial Services.
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Last month Eva Rosenberg, the TaxMama® and I led a free Webcast by CPE Link for Tax Practitioners focusing on the topic of Collection Issues. As part of the Team TaxMama Faculty I’m excited to be back with Eva Rosenberg teaching this Wednesday, June 6th from 9-11am for another Live Webcast as part of the IRS Practice Series.
In this week’s Live Webcast, “6 Simple Steps to an Offer-in-Compromise: Completing Form 656”
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The May 21st IRS announcement offering flexibility to the Offer in Compromise Program (OIC) is BIG NEWS as it could provide tax relief to many financially distressed taxpayers like never before. The erecent Forbes articles Are Tax Collectors the New Men in Black? and New IRS Offer in Compromise Policies discuss the IRS changes of two criteria: the financial analysis used to determine who qualifies for an Offer in Compromise
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For over fourteen years, my firm, Tax Resolution Services, Inc., has provided tax relief services to great people who were badly in need of tax help.
In the latest Tax Man episode, I sit down with a Tax Resolution Services client, Dan R to ask him how he reacted after receiving his first IRS audit notification in the mail.

Dan was overwhelmed because he didn’t know what to do and were to
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The IRS announced this week it changed some of the rules that govern the Offer in Compromise (OIC) program – more flexibility meaning more folks can qualify.  An article in Reuters entitled IRS Widens Taxpayer Debt Forgiveness Program and in Accounting Today entitled IRS Makes Offer in Compromise Program More Flexible outline these changes aimed at giving more American taxpayers flexibility to repay their tax debt as part of the
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The National Association of Tax Resolution Companies (NATRC) inaugural conference in Washington D.C., May 20-21 had several important agenda items. Perhaps the most important was the discussion on how to best regulate companies using deceptive and misleading advertising practices to lure in vulnerable consumers looking to resolve their IRS tax issues.
These companies, called lead aggregators/generators, hook unwitting consumers by promising IRS debt relief for “pennies on the dollar” then hand
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The National Association of Tax Resolution Companies (NATRC) Inagural Conference held in Washington D.C., May 20-21 ended today, but not without some exciting highlights. There was a great turn out; about 45 members including attorneys, EA’s and CPAs representing over 30 tax resolution companies from all over the country.
The goal with the NATRC is to see fair and reasonable regulation of the tax resolution industry and to restore a
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For fourteen years, I have helped people just like you solve IRS tax problems including IRS audits and having no money to pay off back tax debt. For those currently needing IRS relief, I’m happy to announce that you are in luck; the Tax Man is here with a new tax help video series.

The purpose of this Tax Man video series was to give taxpayers in need of tax relief
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Going through a divorce is difficult enough. Settling financial matters with your ex (or soon to be ex-spouse) can be tough to accomplish…but in order to avoid future IRS tax issues; necessary. To help with divorce and IRS stress, I wanted to share a Reuters article called Tax Planning for The Divorcing and the Newly Divorced provides information on the most common tax planning questions so couples can begin to
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