IRS INVESTIGATION AND ANALYSIS

Our In-House Investigation is the foundation to building your Personalized Tax Resolution Strategy. CTR’s Attorneys will analyze the tax liabilities against your current financial situation to custom tailor and pre-qualify you for the most suitable Tax Resolution Programs available through the IRS

Step 1

Immediately File Power of Attorney (Form 2848)) with the IRS Central Authorization Unit (CAF Unit). Moving forward, this permits us to handle all communications and negotiations within the various departments of the IRS. This releases you from having to communicate with the IRS directly, which is usually a frightening endeavor. We want to send a clear message to the IRS that you are serious about resolving your outstanding liability.

Step 2

We request a “Stay of Enforcement” with the Collection division that is handling your case. The Fact is, your liability is now in collections, and quite possibly assigned to an IRS Revenue Officer. If you don’t communicate to the IRS that you are working on resolving your situation, the collection division will enforce collections through levies, garnishments, seizures of income and property belonging to you.

Step 3

Request IRS Master File:  Once we have established our authority with the IRS, we request a copy of your IRS Master File. This file is a complete written history of you as a taxpayer from the IRS’s perspective. We then evaluate the IRS Transcripts showing exactly what you owe, what penalties have been assessed, where the penalties were applied, and how much interest has accrued. The transcripts, account records, and income information allows us to fully understand your financial situation through the eyes of the IRS and use this as leverage in your case when proposing a settlement offer.

Step 4

Verbal Conference with IRS Collections:  Through this verbal exchange, our attorneys are able to obtain, clarify and question all of the information we have previously received in writing. We will reach out to any division or IRS employee that is handling the Collection or Audit of your case. We will introduce ourselves as the solution and provide the IRS with a detailed plan as to how we will assist in your compliance and when we will provide a final resolution proposal for your outstanding liability. Our Goal is to ensure the IRS will not use enforced collections activities as we work to resolve your case.

Step 5

Financial Collection Information Statement:  We will prepare an IRS form 433 Financial Collection Information Statement. This statement allows us to understand your entire financial situation for Past, Present and Future Income and any necessary living expenses. In order to analyze your personal financial situation, we tailored a Questionnaire to answer the required information on IRS Form 433, and to collect any additional facts to help strengthen the defense of your case.