Mary E. King Law Blog

While IRS Tax Liens are not as serious as a levies, they are a warning shot across the bow and if action is not taken to satisfy the IRS, a levy or wage garnishment may be in the works. A lien will prevent a property owner from selling their home until the amount in question has been paid, or the lien has been removed by a court order. The way it works is should the property owner sell their property, the IRS will take the money owed from the amount from the sale. Obviously this will... Read More

IRS wage garnishment can be stopped in essentially two ways; Either solve your tax problem or to cancel or delay the effects of the wage levy. Obviously it's better to resolve the IRS problem than to delay it however often an individuals situation may require some actions to delay or negate the wage garnishment, giving the troubled taxpayer time to resolve the tax issues.... Read More

While it is true taxpayers that qualify for the Offer In Compromise program may qualify to settle their tax debt, every situation is different and will have different outcomes. An attorney would need to know all of the details of your individual tax debt problem to decide if your case would qualify for the offer in compromise program. Even if your particular case does not meet the criteria required by the IRS to enter the OIC program, there are many other tax settlement programs available that y... Read More

A experienced tax attorney can help for a variety of tax and business issues. In addition to the obvious need of legal help when facing IRS collections, a tax lawyer can also help companies structure themselves to best tax advantage allowing for the minimum taxes and greatest legal protections of any possible future tax dispute with the IRS or state government.... Read More

Taxes get the distinction of being called delinquent by the IRS under a specific set of circumstances. Once the due date of an tax liability assessment has passed or the time allowed for tax appeals has expired. Once this designation has been assigned to the back taxes the amount of delinquent taxes will be targeted by the IRS for collection procedures.... Read More

Many people from all walks of life can end up with unwanted attention from the Internal Revenue Service. From the average Joe to self employed professionals to officers in large corporations. Even the odd politician here and there ends up in the spotlight for serious tax problems.Further more tax problems also come in all shapes and sizes with many causes – everything from not filling, filling incorrectly, owing back taxes, payroll tax problems or even criminal tax evasion.... Read More

It works like this, if the taxpayer fails to respond to the IRS or attempt to pay the back tax debt, the IRS may turn the heat up by filing a tax lien on the taxpayers property. Once a lien has been filed the taxpayer cannot sell their property until the IRS has been paid in full or otherwise releases the lien. ... Read More

Of all of the methods the IRS can employ to collect on back tax debt none are worse than the Wage Levy. Also called wage garnishment, an IRS wage levy is when the Internal Revenue Service forcibly takes or “levies” up to 85% of your wages prior to writing your paycheck. Many people have a hard enough time making ends meet with their full check and will find it impossible to get by with most of the check gone.... Read More

Only a Tax lawyer will have the experience in achieving tax settlements. While a CPA may be familiar with some tax settlement programs, they will not have a full understanding of the and ins and outs of the various programs. Tax laws and codes are complex and many times change yearly.... Read More

Learn The Truth About The OIC Program By now, most troubled taxpayers looking for a way to resolve their IRS debt have seen commercials from large tax debt relief services claiming taxpayers paid tens of thousands of dollars by paying only pennies on the dollar. Reactions to these commercials by taxpayers vary from "Wow I wont have to pay all this tax debt" to "It's scam no one really gets out of paying that much money to the IRS".... Read More