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What options do I have now that the IRS has filed an Arizona Notice of Federal Tax lien?

Arizona Notice of Federal Tax Lien – IRS

If you want to sell an Arizona asset that has a tax lien, the IRS will discharge the property so that you can sell your property free of the tax lien.  All of the proceeds of this sale must go towards the AZ tax debt.  If you want to get a loan on real estate you can request a subordination which leaves the tax lien on the property but allows the creditor to be ahead of the claim that the IRS has with the tax lien.  The process of the loan must be applied to the tax debt.  A withdrawal of the tax lien eliminates the public notice of federal tax lien and gives creditors assurance that the IRS has no claim against the asset.

If you are considering selling an asset in Arizona or borrowing against an asset and have an IRS tax lien, consider a free initial consultation with Scott Allen E.A. of Tax Debt Advisors.  Tax Debt Advisors has the expertise to work with the IRS on your behalf.  Call 480-926-9300 to schedule your appointment.

 

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Who do you call when you need Gilbert Arizona Tax Debt Reduction

Gilbert Arizona Tax Debt Reduction

Tax debt reduction in Gilbert AZ is a reality but only when you are able to file and full pay on time your current taxes.  Often clients will seek tax debt reduction but have not developed their “tax muscles” sufficiently to stay current.  All settlements with the IRS will be voided out if you do not continue to file and full pay on time.  Anyone can get in trouble with the IRS—there are situations in life that cannot be avoided.  But it is another matter to be able to break the cycle of getting back in trouble.  IRS statistics show that almost 80% of installment arrangements are voided out due to non-compliance with filing and paying on time within the first year.

Scott Allen E.A. has the expertise to not only get you the best settlement allowed by law but also to help you get back into compliance and stay there.  Scott offers a free consultation for Gilbert AZ taxpayers and can be reached at 480-926-9300.  He will make your appointment worth your time and be ready to discuss your possible Gilbert Arizona Tax Debt Reduction.  Come prepared with all recent IRS notices and Scott will put your mind at ease.

 

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Call Scott Allen E.A. before you meet with an Appeals Officer in Scottsdale AZ

Scottsdale AZ IRS Appeals Officer

If you have filed an Appeal to a previous IRS determination that you disagree with, you will be meeting with an Appeals Officer.  This is your last and best chance to get the settlement you are seeking.  This is a critical time to get Scottsdale AZ IRS help from a professional with expertise in meeting with Appeals Officers.  Scott Allen E.A. is the right guy.  He offers a free consultation and will make sure you are seeking the right IRS settlement option.

Since Scott Allen E.A. has worked with most if not all of the Appeals Officers in the Scottsdale AZ area, he knows what their “hot buttons” are.  This is one time when having a good relationship with the IRS Appeals Officer is more important than the arguments Scott will be making on your behalf.  Appeals Officers want to get a quick settlement and move on to the next case.  That is what makes them look good to their managers and prevents the Appeals Office from being clogged up with unresolved cases.  Contact Scott Allen E.A. to schedule a free consultation at 480-926-9300.  He will make your appointment a great day for you!

 

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Work with Scott Allen E.A. if you receive a Phoenix AZ Notice for a Collection Due Process Appeal.

Phoenix AZ IRS Notice for a CDP

The Collection Due Process Appeal was enacted by Congress to allow taxpayers to have a remedy to their disagreement with an IRS agent or Revenue Officer.  The IRS Appeals Office is an independent branch of the IRS that will review your case to determine if you have been treated fairly.  A Phoenix Arizona IRS Appeals Officer has the authority to overrule previous IRS collection actions.  Taxpayers have 30 days to file an Appeal after the Final Notice is received.

The Appeals Office is more willing to find a solution to the taxes being disputed.  Scott Allen E.A. has expertise in negotiating with the Appeals Office.  Scott Allen E.A. of Arizona will meet with you at no cost to evaluate your dispute and will advise you what he can negotiate with the IRS.  Call Scott today at 480-926-9300 and he will make today a great day for you!

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Dostoevsky and the IRS

Those with a Gilbert AZ IRS Problem

Let us review a few quotes from the famous Russian novelist and see how they might apply to your Gilbert AZ IRS problem.

 

But first let us share a brief biography of Fyodor Dostoevsky.

 

Fyodor Dostoevsky is renowned as one of the world’s greatest novelists and literary psychologists.  Born in Moscow in 1821, the son of a doctor, Dostoevsky was educated first at home and then at a boarding school.  When he was a young boy, his father sent him to the St Petersburg Academy of Military Engineering, from which he graduated in 1843.  Dostoevsky had long been interested in writing and he immediately resigned from his position in the military to devote himself to writing.

 

Dostoevsky’s early view of the world was shaped by his experience with social injustice.  At the age of twenty-six, Dostoevsky became active in socialist circles, largely because of his opposition to the institution of serfdom.  His political opinions were influenced by his experiences as a young boy—his father was murdered by his own serfs while Dostoevsky was away at school.  Another experience that greatly affected Dostoevsky, and found its way into his writing, was the time he spent in prison.

 

Dostoevsky wrote with genuine compassion for the poor.  Rather than just exhorting the rich and powerful to do something for those humiliated by poverty, oppression, and insult, he endeavored to find some shred of dignity in them and revealed their inner worth.  Yet even as he made himself the novelist of the poor and the insulted, he had to fight his own battles against debt and oppression.

 

In 1846, Dostoevsky found himself in debt to an unscrupulous publisher and just three years later, he was arrested for working with a group that planned to publish illegal articles calling for political reform.  In the middle of the 19th century, Russia was ruled by the reactionary Nicholas the First, who had crushed an uprising against him on his very first day as Tsar in December 1825 and thereafter set out to silence every voice of dissent.

On April 23, 1849, Dostoevsky was arrested for his participation in a group that illegally printed and distributed socialist propaganda.  After spending eight months in prison, Dostoevsky was sentenced to death for membership in the group and was led, with other members of the group, to be shot.  But the execution turned out to be a mere show, meant to punish the prisoners psychologically.  Just as he and others were to be shot, a horseman rode up at the last second with a reprieve from the Czar.  Dostoevsky then spent four years at a labor camp in Siberia, followed by four years of forced military service.

Dostoevsky never forgot his four years in a Siberian prison.  He never forgot the filth, stench, chains, cockroaches and the loathing he endured from his “lowborn” fellow convicts.  But prison became the crucible in which Dostoevsky re-forged his own soul.  Almost miraculously, he emerged from it with a renewed faith in the teachings of Christ and the value of common people—even convicts.  He was released from prison in 1854.

 

In 1857, Dostoevsky married Mariya Dmitriyevna Isayeva.  In 1859, he returned to St. Petersburg a full 10 years after he left it.  There he launched a new journal with his brother Mikhail and published a book about his ordeal in Siberia.  By 1865 he had reached the height of his powers and needed all the internal strength he could muster.  He was faced with the death of his brother and of his own tubercular wife whom he had married seven years before.  During this time he struggled with poverty, epilepsy, and an addiction to gambling.

 

In 1867, he married a second time to Anna Grigoryevna Snitkina, who helped him with his medical challenges and served as his stenographer for his novel, The Brothers Karamazov, which is one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century, and remains the capstone of Dostoevsky’s achievement today.  Dostoevsky died in 1881, only a year after The Brothers Karamazov was published.

 

The Brothers Karamazov is Dostoevsky’s deepest and most complex examination of crucial philosophical questions dealing with the human condition.  In it, he addresses the conflict between faith and doubt, the problem of free will, and the question of moral responsibility.

 

Dostoevsky Quotes

 

  • One must love life before loving its meaning.  When the love of life ceases, no meaning can console us.

 

This is without question my favorite quote.  It perhaps has influenced me in how I live my life differently than before.  I grew up thinking that if one knew the meaning of life, that would be enough to love life.  From Dostoevsky I learned that the exact opposite is true.  We must first love life and if we don’t then it has no meaning or what we thought was the meaning of life cannot console us or bring us happiness.

 

A serious problem with the IRS can rob us of loving life as much as any of life’s challenges.  I have seen marriages and families break up, homes lost, credit destroyed, and the list goes on and on.  I have also seen the amazing change that comes over a client once their IRS problem is resolved.  Now food taste better, Disneyland is fun, sleep is deep and relaxing, hobbies are enjoyable and sex is satisfying.

 

It is critical that you choose the right person with the expertise to resolve your IRS problem.  May I recommend Scott Allen E.A. to be your IRS resolution professional.   Scott personally derives great satisfaction from helping clients get their love of life back.  He looks forward going to work each day.  Once you get your love of life back, its meaning will be restored back to you.

  • Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.  To love someone means to see him as God intended him.

 

Many of our clients feel like they are criminals or committed an evil act.  This is not true.  Scott Allen E.A. will tell you the difference between a criminal act and a negligent act.  In most cases your IRS problem is a traffic ticket, not a hit and run.  Once you know that Scott understands who you are, you will know that you have come to the right person to resolve you IRS tax debt.

 

  • Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.

 

Happiness comes as you resolve your Gilbert AZ IRS problem.  Those who have never had a serious IRS problem can never have the same level of happiness as one who has not experienced personally a difficult IRS matter.  It is the relief of pain that brings happiness, not the absence of pain.

 

  • One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man’s laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man.

 

Scott Allen E.A. is a very funny professional on purpose.  What a person laughs at and the way they laugh reveals a lot about a person.  It is also one of Scott’s ways of putting your mind at ease.  A good laugh triggers a release of pent up emotions.  And Gilbert AZ IRS problems can be a very emotional event.

 

Scott Allen E.A. is available for a free consultation.  Contact Scott at 480-926-9300 and put your mind at ease.

Print off this blog and bring it with you at the initial consultation and receive $75.00 off any IRS resolution work we do.  One blog offer per client.

 

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IRS tax help for the Arizona Construction Industry

Arizona IRS Tax Help

There is only on germ or virus is more contagious than any other to the construction industry—that is virus of bad IRS advice pass amount your own peers.  If you want accurate information that you can rely on get it from a professional in another field that specializes in that subject.

Most construction professionals get into trouble with the IRS due to bad advice, especially in the areas of independent contractor/employee issues, the structuring of their business, and what they can take as business and personal deductions, and the lack of making no estimated tax payments towards current year tax liabilities or claiming exempt on their W-2 withholdings.

We can help Arizona construction industry professionals in the following specialties:

Electricians, Concrete Workers, Plumbers, Roofer, Dry Wall and Plaster Workers, Architects, Inspectors, Project Managers, Landscapers, Painters, Glazers, Framers, Tile and Flooring Workers. 

Why is the IRS making the construction industry a target for IRS audits?  First, is the lack of filing tax returns.  The construction industry has the lowest compliance rate among all the professions.  Second, lack of making tax payments in the form of estimated taxes or having withholdings on W-2’s wages.  Employers in the construction industry typically want to pay their workers as if there were independent contractors.  Hence, no withholdings are being paid by the employers and the workers fail to pay estimated taxes.

If you receive a notice of being audited by the IRS—take it very seriously, get professional help.  If one year has significant changes that produce additional revenue to the IRS, it is highly probably that the audit will be expanded to other years.  The IRS knows that bad practices regarding IRS matters are very contagious in the construction community.  Call me today for a free initial confidential consultation.

Scott Allen E. A. – Tax Debt Advisors, Inc

IRS tax help for the Arizona Construction Industry from Tax Debt Advisors, Inc

Mesa, Apache Junction, Avondale, Buckeye, Carefree, Cave Creek, Chandler, El Mirage, Fountain Hills, Gila Bend, Gilbert, Glendale, Goodyear, Komatke, Litchfield Park, Luke AFB, Paradise Valley, Peoria, Phoenix, Queen Creek, Scottsdale, Sun City, Sun Lakes, Surprise, Tempe, Tolleson, Waddell, Whitman, Wickenburg, Youngstown, Flagstaff, Tucson, Payson, Winslow, Sierra Vista, Page, Prescott, Globe, Yuma, Lake Havasu City, Kingman

 

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What will IRS do when they find out I have not filed back tax returns? From Tax Debt Advisors, Inc.

Back Tax Returns in Phoenix AZ

Eventually, the IRS will compare income reported by 3rd party payers and match them against your social security number and prepare substitute tax returns if you have unfiled back tax returns in Phoenix AZ.  These returns allow the IRS to take action against you like liens, levies and garnishments.  Substitute returns give no credit for any deductions or cost basis which will greatly overstate the tax as well as the interest and penalties for late filing.  The IRS doesn’t punish for non-payment (1/2% per month) as much as for non-filing (5% per month).   Consider not filing back tax returns in Phoenix AZ like ignoring dealing with cancer—time will only make it worse.  The time to face non filing is now.  You will have more time to gather important tax information if you file on your own before the IRS knocks on your door.  Recently the IRS has demanded tax returns to be filed in as little as three days to avoid levies on bank accounts or garnishment of wages.   Call me for a free confidential initial consultation to determine the best way to get your back tax returns in Phoenix AZ filed and settled.

Scott Allen, E.A. – Tax Debt Advisors, Inc always helping with back tax returns in Phoenix AZ

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My Offer in compromise was rejected, can I appeal? From Tax Debt Advisors, Inc.

IRS Offer in Compromise Rejected

Sadly, most of the offers that are filed by the large “offer in compromise mills” were never legitimate Offers.  I don’t need to mention any names but if you see them on TV or on the Radio and the person doing the work is in another state or only one state for the whole nation, you should be leery—get a second opinion.  Even better call me for your second opinion, FIRST!

Let’s assume you have a valid offer that was filed by someone other than me.  Why are you calling me?  If you can’t get the company to return your phone calls, or suggest that they file and appeal, it is probably not a valid Offer and the company that filed your Offer knows that.  I suggest you file a complaint to the attorney general in the state and get someone else to review your Offer.

Many Offers that were valid when submitted are no longer valid when the time for determination of validity is completed several months later.  If that is the case, you are out of luck and you should not file an appeal.  However, assuming your Offer is still valid, an appeal should be promptly filed within 30 days of the official rejection letter on IRS Form 13711.

If you Offer was rejected because of a neglect on the part of your representative during the Offer process, it is unlikely the Appeals process will work and a new Offer will have to be submitted.

I don’t want to sound negative but less the truth is less than 5% of the rejected Offers I have reviewed were ever valid—NOT EVEN ON THE DATE THEY WERE SUBMITTED!  If this is the case, I will review four other settlement options and together we will decide which one is best for you—THAT WILL WORK!

Scott Allen, E.A. – Tax Debt Advisors, Inc for filing successful IRS Offer in Compromise in the Phoenix Arizona area

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taxdebtadvisors.com – What will get the IRS off my back?

I need the IRS off my back

The IRS will leave you alone when the following has occurred:

1)      You prove that you have insufficient equity in any real or personal property.  If you have no equity in your car or home the IRS isn’t interested in taking it from you.

2)      If you are on a payment plan and current on your payments the IRS will stay off your back.

3)      If you are appealing an IRS decision, collection action will cease until a decision has be made by the Appeals Office.

4)      If you have filed an offer in compromise that is deemed processible, the IRS will leave you alone.

5)      If you have filed an innocent spouse claim, collection ceases as long as it is pending.

6)      If you file a bankruptcy, collection action stops until your bankruptcy is over.

7)      If you are classified as currently not collectible, collection action stops as long as you maintain that status.

Don’t just assume that you have no acceptable settlement options once you have been contacted by the IRS.  We can assess quickly what options are available to you and even more important, get you that settlement with the IRS.  Scott Allen EA is here in Mesa Arizona to represent you.

Scott Allen E. A.

Tax Debt Advisors, Inc

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Stop IRS Action — My word against the IRS—Who loses?—You

Stop IRS Action now!

You know you filed the return, your remember putting it in the mail slot.  But the IRS claims they never got it.  The same might be true with your Collection Due Process Appeal, Innocent Spouse claim, offer in compromise or your Collection Information Statement—Form 433A.

This doesn’t happen that often but when it does, it can be devastating.  So how do your protect your self from a disaster.

1)      File your return at the IRS office nearest you.  When you give the person at the counter your return, ask them to date stamp a copy of the return that you brought with you.  If the IRS loses your return, you now have proof that you filed it and the date it was filed.

2)      Avoid putting more than one return in an envelope if you have to mail a return.  Putting more than one return in an envelope increases the likelihood that one will be misplaced or ignored.  Sounds silly but it works.  My father learned this 45 years ago when did a tax return for a retired janitor from the Ogden, Utah IRS office.  He explained how things were being processed and handled by IRS employees.  His suggestion has proved very valuable over the years.

3)      If you must mail something, send it certified mail return receipt requested.  When you get the signed proof of delivery, staple it to a copy of what was sent.  This is not proof that you sent it, it is only proof you sent something, but the IRS Appeals office will accept it as proof even if  a Revenue Officer does not.

Scott Allen E. A. can stop IRS action in Mesa Arizona today for you if you find yourself in trouble with them. Don’t delay the call!

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