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Tax Resolution Services for Self-Employed Taxpayers

Every IRS problem resolves through a small set of official programs. The work is matching the right one to your income, assets, statute dates and compliance, not forcing your case into whatever a call center sells. Here is the full menu, each explained in plain English.

Offer in Compromise

Settle federal tax debt for less than the balance when your assets and income can't cover it before the collection statute runs. How qualification, Reasonable Collection Potential and the 5-year compliance condition actually work.

IRS Back Taxes & Unfiled Returns

Get missing years filed, replace inflated Substitute-for-Return assessments with real numbers, and understand the 10-year collection clock before choosing a resolution.

Penalty Abatement

Remove failure-to-file and failure-to-pay penalties, plus the interest on them, through First-Time Abatement or reasonable cause. Usually the first thing worth checking.

Installment Agreements

Monthly payment plans that stop levies and halve the late-payment penalty: guaranteed, streamlined and partial-pay variants, and how the self-employed keep them from defaulting.

Wage Garnishment & Levy Release

What to do before and after the IRS takes a paycheck or freezes a bank account: the 30-day hearing window, the 21-day bank levy rule, and the recognized release paths.

Currently Not Collectible Status

Pause IRS collection entirely when paying would leave you unable to cover basic living expenses, while the collection statute keeps running in your favor.

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