The focus of my practice is to help taxpayers, from all over the USA, with IRS issues. One issue a lot of taxpayers have is late or nonpayment of tax. Often clients feel if they don't open letters from the IRS, the problem will go away. Unfortunately, the problem does not go away, it only gets worse.
When clients get brave enough to open a letter, often it is Letter 11, the Final IRS Notice. This leaves them shaking in their boots, calling me for help.
The first thing that needs to be done is to file the Form 12153 within 30 days of the date on Letter 11. Filing this form will cause the following to take place:
* The IRS will Cease all collection action against the taxpayer for the tax periods in question.
* The taxpayer's case is forwarded to Appeals
* The taxpayer has the right to go the Tax Court if the taxpayer cannot work out an arrangement with Appeals
* The taxpayer has additional time to prepare any missing returns and sort out the proposal for resolving the outstanding tax debt.
Most taxpayers don't realize the seriousness of the need to file the appeal and miss a valuable opportunity.
If you have any questions about IRS issues, please feel free to contact me at 702-469-9426 or cstevens@numbercruncherllc.tax
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