Uncle Sam offering US taxpayers first time penalty abatement in 2025. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) does offer relief from tax...

I have great news for you if you or your client owe the IRS. The IRS does not have forever to collect on that debt from your client! This means with your help they don't have to take that debt to the grave if they can't pay it. But here is the catch, you need to know how the tax law works to ensure that does not happen. On the flip side, if the IRS owes your client, the client does not have forever to claim that refund. There are rules for how long the IRS has to assess tax o

When you start a business or launch a new service offering you are eager to help everyone that you possibly can. We take on work that we can't manage alone because it is not easily identifiable. If you are reading this you are probably fairly new to doing tax representation work. Tax representation is a unique service offering. The workflow and communication process is much different than tax preparation. Understanding the journey that a taxpayer goes through is key to creat

When you become a tax professional you have more decisions to make than what you may realize. If you're reading this you are most likely an Enrolled Agent and looking for guidance on your career path. Some of the decisions you need to make are who will you serve, why, and how. Last week we began determining some of those things. If you missed that article or podcast you can still check them out. Getting them said aloud as well as written down with confidence is what we are w

A question I often get is, "what exactly is tax representation?" Initially I would think to myself," what? How do you not know?" But...

Have you ever heard of a couple getting in legal trouble due to back taxes? Maybe you remember the summer of 2013. When the Real...