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Partial Payment Installment Agreements: Pay Less Than You Owe Over Time
Most partial payment installment agreement cases take between three and twelve months to fully resolve, depending on the complexity of your situation,…
Tax Debt and Your Passport: How the IRS Can Revoke It (and How to Stop That)
Most passport revocation tax debt cases take between three and twelve months to fully resolve, depending on the complexity of your situation, how quic…
IRS Statute of Limitations on Tax Debt: When Does the IRS Have to Stop?
Most irs statute of limitations cases take between three and twelve months to fully resolve, depending on the complexity of your situation, how quickl…
How to Respond to an IRS CP2000 Notice Without Overpaying
Most cp2000 notice cases take between three and twelve months to fully resolve, depending on the complexity of your situation, how quickly you provide…
Collection Due Process (CDP) Hearings: Your Right to Fight IRS Collection
Most collection due process hearing cases take between three and twelve months to fully resolve, depending on the complexity of your situation, how qu…
Payroll Tax Problems: How the IRS Pursues Business Owners for 941 Taxes
Most payroll tax problems cases take between three and twelve months to fully resolve, depending on the complexity of your situation, how quickly you…
IRS Trust Fund Recovery Penalty: Personal Liability for Payroll Taxes
Most trust fund recovery penalty cases take between three and twelve months to fully resolve, depending on the complexity of your situation, how quick…
Innocent Spouse Relief: How to Escape Your Spouse's Tax Debt
Most innocent spouse relief cases take between three and twelve months to fully resolve, depending on the complexity of your situation, how quickly yo…
IRS Fresh Start Program: What It Actually Is and How to Use It
Most irs fresh start program cases take between three and twelve months to fully resolve, depending on the complexity of your situation, how quickly y…
Unfiled Tax Returns: How to Get Back Into Compliance Without Panic
Most unfiled tax returns cases take between three and twelve months to fully resolve, depending on the complexity of your situation, how quickly you p…
What to Do When You Owe Back Taxes: Your 2026 Resolution Roadmap
Most owe back taxes cases take between three and twelve months to fully resolve, depending on the complexity of your situation, how quickly you provid…
IRS Notice of Federal Tax Lien: What It Means and How to Remove It
Most federal tax lien cases take between three and twelve months to fully resolve, depending on the complexity of your situation, how quickly you prov…
How to Survive an IRS Audit: What to Expect and How to Protect Yourself
Most irs audit cases take between three and twelve months to fully resolve, depending on the complexity of your situation, how quickly you provide doc…
First-Time Penalty Abatement: Do You Qualify and How to Request It
Most first time penalty abatement cases take between three and twelve months to fully resolve, depending on the complexity of your situation, how quic…
IRS Penalty Abatement: How to Remove Failure-to-File and Failure-to-Pay Penalties
Most irs penalty abatement cases take between three and twelve months to fully resolve, depending on the complexity of your situation, how quickly you…
IRS Installment Agreements: Every Payment Plan Option Explained
Most irs installment agreement cases take between three and twelve months to fully resolve, depending on the complexity of your situation, how quickly…
Currently Not Collectible (CNC) Status: How to Pause IRS Collections When You Can't Pay
Most currently not collectible cases take between three and twelve months to fully resolve, depending on the complexity of your situation, how quickly…
IRS Bank Levy Explained: How to Release a Frozen Account Fast
Most irs bank levy cases take between three and twelve months to fully resolve, depending on the complexity of your situation, how quickly you provide…
How to Stop IRS Wage Garnishment: A Step-by-Step Guide for 2026
Most stop wage garnishment cases take between three and twelve months to fully resolve, depending on the complexity of your situation, how quickly you…
What Is an IRS Offer in Compromise? The Complete 2026 Guide to Settling Tax Debt for Less
Most offer in compromise cases take between three and twelve months to fully resolve, depending on the complexity of your situation, how quickly you p…
Besicorp Group v. Commissioner (2d Cir. 2026): The Second Circuit Kills the Warner Rule and Demands Real CDP Penalty Verification
The Second Circuit's June 29, 2026 ruling in Besicorp Group v. Commissioner establishes that IRS Appeals Officers must independently verify supervisor…
Thomas Goldstein, SCOTUSblog Co-Founder and Supreme Court Veteran, Convicted of Tax Evasion and Mortgage Fraud
A federal jury convicted prominent Supreme Court attorney and SCOTUSblog co-founder Thomas C. Goldstein on February 26, 2026, of tax evasion, assistin…
Novak v. Commissioner (T.C. Memo. 2026-52): When "My Finances Changed" Isn't Enough — The Tax Court on Installment Agreements and Federal Tax Liens
In Novak v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2026-52, the Tax Court upheld the IRS's rejection of a millionaire taxpayer's installment agreement request and s…
Tiffany Williams Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for $600 Million ERC Tax Credit Fraud Scheme
A Brooklyn tax preparer was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for orchestrating a fraud scheme that filed more than 8,000 false returns claimin…
Tax Lien in Minneapolis, MN: What Minneapolis Taxpayers Need to Know
Installment Agreement in Nashville, TN: What Nashville Taxpayers Need to Know
Wage Garnishment in Denver, CO: What Denver Taxpayers Need to Know
Hee v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2026-53: When a Business Owner's Personal Expenses Become Taxable Dividends — and Civil Fraud
In Hee v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2026-53, the Tax Court sustained multi-year tax deficiencies and 75% civil fraud penalties under § 6663 against a c…
Jasmeika Simon Sentenced to Federal Prison for Preparing Hundreds of False Tax Returns
On June 16, 2026, Milwaukee tax preparer Jasmeika Simon was sentenced to federal prison for filing over 300 false tax returns using fabricated credits…
