The IRS will not help with your back taxes
If a person knows that he owes money to the IRS, then once the IRS fires off their first shot of notice, a debtor should know that it might, as well, be the last one. Then the IRS will follow up with emptying your bank accounts and capturing 30-75% of your future checks. Once this happens there will be some basic things everyone should remember.
Do not panic. Get help with your back taxes.
An IRS help with back taxes is not difficult to find. When the IRS sends their final notice of intent, a lot of people try to deal with it on their own instead of getting a help of a back taxes attorney. Your attorney will know how to negotiate the best deal and help prevent future problems with your back taxes.
Delay Collections.
IRS levies and tax liens are direct consequences of a poor communication between a taxpayer and the IRS. Every experienced attorney can fix that. Once a person hires a professional to deal with his problems on his behalf, a professional can be able to get his client some more time before the actual battle with the IRS. That way they will have time to come up with a way to defend against IRS’s tax lawyers.
Go in the “Currently not collectible” group.
The IRS knows that there are some things that can limit their power of collecting back taxes from their debtors. If a person is terminally or chronically ill, indigent or suffering from other serious diseases, then his tax attorney can help in determining whether his client fits the factors, and request that his client obtains this designation.
Negotiate a repayment plan.
The IRS loves this option. Negotiating a repayment plan is something that is the most common response to your complaint. A tax attorney’s job is to negotiate the best deal in his client’s favor and provide him with some IRS tax relief. This is not the best option for a client as there will be some interests and penalties until a debt vanishes entirely, but will keep a client off IRS levies and wage garnishment threats.