If you or your business is in trouble with the IRS, the best time to seek legal advice about your situation is right now! Time and time again, people come to see us after they have received numerous notices from the IRS and have done nothing with them. They sit at home and lose sleep.
The most effective way to resolve unpaid tax collection problems is to respond to official notices promptly and with substance, and the safest way to do so this with the help of an experienced lawyer. Otherwise, the risk that your bank accounts or other assets might be seized and your business premises padlocked increases every day.
You may have already fallen for one of those TV ads or mailings that promise you the moon, like they have a magic wand that can make your problems go away overnight! They can’t but a lawyer can help you navigate the appeal process and successfully negotiate a solution to get out of your tax problem.
Contact the law firm of Eno, Boulay, Martin & Donahue in Lowell to learn about your options for resolving federal tax collection problems through settlement, realistic payment plans, abatement procedures, offer in compromise, or defense of disputed tax liabilities.
We represent businesses and individuals who face such bare-knuckles tax collection tactics as asset seizure, bank levy, business interruption, or wage garnishment as a result of any of the following problems:
- Failure to file federal income taxes
- Unpaid payroll taxes or other necessary withholdings
- Early withdrawal of IRA or pension assets without paying withholding tax
- Responsible person liability for unpaid business or corporate taxes
- IRS liens on real estate
- Failure to appear or cooperate with tax audit procedures
- Failure to respond to a notice of unpaid taxes
In the ideal situation, we can intervene on our client's behalf to deal directly with an IRS settlement officer to work out a resolution you can live with before the IRS reaches into your bank account. If you have already experienced an IRS levy on your bank account we can go to work to restore the status quo while we negotiate a payment plan or offer in compromise that you can live with.
The IRS is generally easier to deal with before it has helped itself to your personal or business assets, but it is by no means impossible to salvage a desperate tax collection situation even after a levy or seizure has taken place. As a taxpayer you do have rights that may require the help of an attorney.
If you are in business and have pay roll taxes owed see our EBM&D Special Report: “How you Can Protect Your Business from the IRS.”
We help business and individual clients in both Massachusetts and New Hampshire. To learn how we can help resolve your tax collection problems, contact an attorney at Eno, Boulay, Martin & Donahue in Lowell.
