IRS help and tax resolution in Kendall

An IRS problem almost never starts as fraud. It starts as a year that got away: a contractor who had a bad quarter and skipped a payroll deposit, a restaurant that fell behind on sales tax during a slow summer, a family that didn’t file because they knew they owed and couldn’t pay, a business owner who ignored the first letter because it was confusing. Then the notices escalate, interest compounds, and eventually there’s a lien or a levy. At that point, people call the number on the billboard.

Don’t. The “tax relief” companies that advertise on Kendall Drive are sales organizations; the work is subcontracted, and the promises (“pennies on the dollar”) are often untrue for your facts. A licensed CPA can represent you before the IRS, speak to the agent directly under a power of attorney, and resolve the matter — and we tell you honestly up front what outcome is realistic.

IRS and Florida problems we resolve for Kendall clients

• IRS letters and notices — CP2000 income mismatches, CP14 balance due, CP504 and LT11 intent-to-levy letters, and the rest. We read it, tell you what it actually means, and respond.
• Unfiled returns — multiple years of personal or business returns prepared and filed at once, including reconstructing records when they’re missing.
• Back taxes you can’t pay — installment agreements, partial-pay agreements, currently-not-collectible status, and offers in compromise when you qualify.
• Payroll tax debt — unpaid 941 deposits and the trust-fund recovery penalty that can attach personally to the owner. Time-sensitive; call early.
• Audits and examinations — correspondence audits and in-person examinations of personal and business returns. We represent you; you don’t attend unless you want to.
• Penalty abatement — first-time abatement and reasonable-cause requests that remove failure-to-file and failure-to-pay penalties.
• Liens and levies — lien withdrawal and release, levy release on bank accounts and wages, and stopping a levy that is about to hit.
• Florida Department of Revenue — sales tax audits, unfiled DR-15s, and reemployment tax assessments, which are common for Kendall restaurants, contractors, and retailers.

How the process works

1. Free, confidential consultation at our Kendall office or by phone. Bring the letters.
2. Power of attorney (Form 2848). From here, the IRS talks to us. The calls and letters to you stop.
3. Investigation. We pull your IRS transcripts to see exactly what’s filed, what’s owed, and what the IRS thinks it knows.
4. Compliance first. Unfiled returns get filed, because the IRS won’t negotiate until you’re current.
5. Resolution. We propose and negotiate the plan that fits your finances — and we tell you the realistic range before we start.

Honest expectations

Not everyone qualifies for an offer in compromise, and anyone who promises one before seeing your financials is selling something. What almost everyone can get is: the levy stopped, the penalties reduced, a payment plan you can live with, and the problem contained so it stops growing. For a lot of Kendall families and businesses, that alone is the difference between keeping the business and losing it.

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