Collection Options – Wagner Tax Law

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Anticipating Tax Litigators…And the IRS (Part 2 of 2): Tax Strategy Tips

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has had a long backlog that, due in ...

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Working With Taxing Authorities During The Coronavirus Pandemic

The recently imposed social distancing measures that are critical and essential to our nation’s ba...

March 9, 2020Kathleen (Splett) PfutzenreuterCategories: Appeals, Claim For Refund, Collection Issues, Collection Options, Employment Taxes, Kathleen (Splett) Pfutzenreuter, Levy, Liens, Offer In Compromise, Penalties, Trust Fund Recovery PenaltyTags: doubt as to liability, employment taxes, fica taxes, Internal Revenue Service, personal assessment, TFRP, Trust Fund Recovery Penalty, withholding taxes

How to Appeal the Trust Fund Recovery Penalty After the Appeal Period has Passed: Offer in Compromise, Doubt as to Liability

There are many reasons businesses fall behind on paying their federal tax liabilities. Falling behin...

October 1, 2019Kathleen (Splett) PfutzenreuterCategories: Accounting, Appeals, Audits, Claim For Refund, Collection Issues, Collection Options, Installment Agreements, Kathleen (Splett) Pfutzenreuter, Levy, Liens, Offer In Compromise, Penalties, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, U.S. Tax Court, UncategorizedTags: Audit, collection, federal tax attorney, federal tax lawyer, how to understand a letter from the irs, how to understand irs process, IRS appeal, irs appeals, IRS audit, IRS collections, IRS court, IRS litigation, irs tax road map, Minnesota Tax Attorney, Minnesota Tax Lawyer, united states tax court

IRS Taxpayer Roadmap

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) recently released the above “su...

January 24, 2019Kathleen (Splett) PfutzenreuterCategories: Appeals, Collection Issues, Collection Options, Federal District Court, Internal Revenue Service, Kathleen (Splett) Pfutzenreuter, Levy, LiensTags: department of justice foreclosure, district of minnesota, doj foreclosure, enforced collection action, federal tax attorney, federal tax lawyer, irs foreclosure, lax lien, minnesota tax, Minnesota Tax Attorney, Minnesota Tax Lawyer, tax levy, united states federal district court

Can the IRS Can Foreclose on My Home?

Yes. If you owe money to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the IRS has many tools it may use to co...

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Can The IRS Really Seize My Assets Without Telling Me First?

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) can utilize its jeopardy levy function (i.e., taking a taxpayer�...

October 3, 2018Kathleen (Splett) PfutzenreuterCategories: Collection Issues, Collection Options, Installment Agreements, Kathleen (Splett) Pfutzenreuter, Levy, Offer In CompromiseTags: Benjamin Wagner, employee tax issues, employee tax levy, employee tax levy exemption, employer tax issues, employer tax levy, installment agreement, Internal Revenue Service, irs collection tools, irs levy, Kathleen Splett, levy exemption, Metro MN Tax Lawyer, Minneapolis Tax Attorney, Minneapolis Tax Lawyer, minnesota tax, MN Tax Attorney, Offer in Compromise, resolution of irs debt, st. paul tax, st. paul tax attorney, st. paul tax lawyer, tax levy, twin cities tax, Twin Cities Tax Attorney, wage levy

How Does an Employer Comply with an IRS Wage Levy?

When an individual has outstanding federal tax liabilities, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has a...

April 3, 2018Kathleen (Splett) PfutzenreuterCategories: Accounting, Appeals, Audits, Ben Wagner, Collection Issues, Collection Options, FBAR, Kathleen (Splett) Pfutzenreuter, Levy, Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program, Penalties, UncategorizedTags: 2011 OVD Program, 2012 OVD Program, civil penalties offshore voluntary disclosure program, civil penalties OVDP, criminal penalties internal revenue service, criminal penalties IRS, criminal penalties offshore voluntary disclosure program, criminal penalties OVDP, end date OVDP, FBAR, FBAR controversey, FBAR disclosure, FBAR dispute, FBAR penalties, FBAR program, federal tax, federal tax attorney, federal tax lawyer, foreign assets, Foreign Bank Account Reporting, foreign bank accounts, increase FBAR, inflation FBAR, Internal Revenue Service, IRS attorney, irs lawyer, IRS tax attorney, irs tax lawyer, IRS', Metro MN Tax Lawyer, Minneapolis Tax Attorney, Minneapolis Tax Lawyer, minnesota tax, MN Tax Attorney, offshore volunary disclosure, offshore voluntary disclosure program ends, OVDP, penalties assets abroad, penalties foreign assets, penalties foreign bank accounts, penalties money abroad, requirements for offshore voluntary disclosure, requirements for OVDP, st. paul tax, st. paul tax attorney, tax attorney, Twin Cities Tax Attorney

Recent Announcements: The IRS to End Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program on September 28, 2018; FinCEN Increases FBAR Penalties to Reflect Inflation

Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program Ends September 28, 2018 The IRS recently announced that it wil...

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IRS Adopts The In-Person Approach

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had an interesting New Year’s resolution for 2018: more in-pers...

February 15, 2018Kathleen (Splett) PfutzenreuterCategories: Accounting, Appeals, Audits, Collection Issues, Collection Options, Installment Agreements, Kathleen (Splett) Pfutzenreuter, Liens, UncategorizedTags: installment agreement test criteria, Internal Revenue Service, IRS', long term payment plan, new streamlined installment agreement, payment plan, streamlined installment agreements

IRS Tests Expanded Streamlined Installment Agreement Program

New IRS Test Criteria for Streamlined Installment Agreements: Liabilities Up to $100,000 Eligible fo...

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The IRS Adds Passport Revocation To Its Collections Arsenal

On January 16, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a press release emphasizing that taxp...

August 21, 2016Guest Contributor – Thomas M. ReganCategories: Bankruptcy, Collection Issues, Collection Options, Tom ReganTags: Bankruptcy, Colson, late returns, SFR, substitute for return

Late Returns and Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy

If you want the chance to discharge your individual income taxes in bankruptcy, in Minnesota, file y...

March 2, 2014Guest Contributor – Thomas M. ReganCategories: Collection Options, Offer In CompromiseTags: DATC, DATL, ETA, offer amount, Offer in Compromise, partial payment installment agreement, rejected offer

Offer in Compromise – Is It An Option?

We regularly receive calls from people who tried to resolve their tax obligations through an Offer i...

February 9, 2014Guest Contributor – Thomas M. ReganCategories: Collection Issues, Collection Options, Installment Agreements, Offer In CompromiseTags: Bankruptcy, currently not collectible, Innocent Spouse, installment agreement, IRS', Offer in Compromise, options, owe, payment plan, streamlined, taxes

I Owe the IRS Money – What Can I Do?

We often receive telephone calls and e-mails from individuals and businesses who have been contacted...

September 18, 2013Guest Contributor – Mike O'BrienCategories: Collection Options, Innocent Spouse ReliefTags: Form 8857, innocent spouse proposed regulations, Innocent Spouse Relief, innocent spouse statute of limitations, irc section 6015, irc section 6015(f), refund innocent spouse relief, Request for Innocent Spouse Relief

IRS Finalizes Procedures for Equitable Relief Under IRC Section 6015

On September 16, 2013, the IRS issued Revenue Procedure 2013-34, which establishes new rules for eva...

August 26, 2013Guest Contributor – Mike O'BrienCategories: Claim For Refund, Collection Options, Innocent Spouse ReliefTags: Form 8857, innocent spouse proposed regulations, Innocent Spouse Relief, innocent spouse statute of limitations, irc section 6015, irc section 6015(f), refund innocent spouse relief, Request for Innocent Spouse Relief

IRS Clarifies Innocent Spouse Statute of Limitations

In a previous blog article, we addressed the courts invalidating the Internal Revenue Service’s (I...

January 24, 2013Guest Contributor – Thomas M. ReganCategories: Collection Issues, Collection Options, Offer In CompromiseTags: Effective Tax Administration, Effective Tax Administration Offer, ETA, ETA Offer, Offer in Compromise, Taxpayer Advocate, Taxpayer Advocate Report to Congress