Credit Suisse Group, the second largest bank in Switzerland, announced last Tuesday, November 8 that it was handing over to the IRS the names of offshore bank account holders suspected of tax evasion. Credit Suisse, (the second Swiss bank in the last two years) caved under IRS pressure to collect from financial institutions signifying, quite possibly, the beginning of the end of tax shelters.
Given the aggressive nature of US tax
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Retired and on a fixed income, our client Carol and her husband ended up owing the IRS $18,000 after a bad real estate situation.  With no options, Carol started to do some research and discovered the great help Tax Resolution Services had done for others in her situation. Tax Resolution Services negotiated with the IRS and Carol and her husband’s IRS debt was reduced to $5300. To hear Carol’s personal
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On his new channel, GBTV, multi-media personality Glenn Beck gives a rousing “thumbs up” to Tax Resolution Services as the best firm in the business to settle back tax issues. Beck, no fan of the IRS and never shy to share his opinion, concludes that the IRS is the most brutal collection agency on the planet. They can shut your business down without a court order.

Glenn Beck’s main points include:

You
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Our client Bill was incredibly ill and racked up three years of failure to file his tax returns. All said and done, Bill owed the IRS $66,000 dollars in taxes, penalties and fines. With nowhere to run and no means to pay the full amount, Bill turned to Tax Resolution Services for help.  The Tax Resolution Services team was able to step in and help Bill to clear his debt
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A recent press release cites the contribution I made to an article written by Tax Analysts Document Service, Tax Debt Representation Industry Continues to Act in the Shadows. The article was about the criticism lodged against the tax negotiation-resolution industry. In this article, I was quoted as an ethical industry expert, responding to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) incorrect “one-size-fits-all” approach to regulations.
Certainly, there are some firms, whose questionable business practices
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As a self employed individual trying to make it, Sharon ran into huge IRS problems when she fell behind on her quarterly estimated tax payments. The penalties were horrific and in the end Sharon ended up owing around $93,000 dollars in back taxes and fines. That’s when Sharon decided to call Brian at Tax Resolution Services.  TRS stepped in to take over Sharon’s dealing with the IRS and we were
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With states scrambling to generate more revenue to balance their budgets, California Governor Jerry Brown upped the ante by signing a bill on October 4th, 2011 that aggressively goes after the state’s top tax delinquent citizens by denying their driver’s license and publishing their names for public view.
Celebrities are not above the Hall of Shame —the state’s list of top tax debtors include  Halsey Minor, one of the founders
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These are challenging financial times for many people. What makes this economic recession so unique is that it has gone on for so long and transcended so many income levels. In it’s wake, it has left an increasing number of consumers more financially vulnerable than ever before. These tax distressed individuals, fearful and often not sure what to do have avoided delinquent tax issues and are finding themselves on the
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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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I contributed to a recent article written by Tax Analysts Document Service regarding the unscrupulous practices of some tax negotiation-resolution firms (the article was called Tax Debt Representation Industry Continues to Operate in the Shadows).  I talked about the reality that some tax resolution firms  have negatively affected not only vulnerable taxpayers but also damaged the reputation of the viable tax debt representation industry and set the Federal Trade Commission
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I am so honored to announce that this is the second year in a row that Tax Resolution Services, Co. has ranked on the Inc. Magazine’s 500|5000 list as one of the fastest growing private companies in America.
TRS ranked No. 1,467 out of 5,000 company profiles for our significant accomplishments as a tax resolution firm. Our position on the list was based on the company’s three-year sales growth of 191%.
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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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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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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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