Unpaid taxes are the most difficult debts to discharge, however credit-yogi’s tax lawyers specialize in difficult cases. The IRS may pursue unpaid taxes going back as far as three years, and has a statute of limitations of ten years to execute enforced collection actions to have these taxes paid. There are payment plan options that can be arranged to stretch out payments on this debt and possibly even delay the start of those payments. The IRS is generally agreeable to those options. There are only two ways to reduce the amount owed rather than paying it in full. One is to propose an Offer in Compromise to the IRS, persuading them to take what they can get rather than pursue funds that you may never be able to provide. The other way, painful and damaging though it is, is to declare bankruptcy. Additionally, the criteria for bankruptcy and IRS tax debt are very specific and should be carefully considered under the guidance of a professional.
Your options are better for the types of IRS tax debt generated by penalties and interest. Your first consideration is to seek IRS penalty abatement. Penalties based on intentional fraud are almost impossible to obtain relief from. However, penalties based on tax calculation inaccuracies, underpaying estimated taxes, taxes assigned incorrectly by the IRS, and late filing or failure to file may well be excused if appropriate proof is given to the IRS that the fault was not intentional fraud. A professional in IRS tax debt relief can provide help in this area.
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Interest debts are a moving target so long as there is outstanding debt. The best way to bring down interest owed is to get as much of the debt as possible paid off as early as possible. Otherwise interest will continue to accrue. Obtaining prompt IRS penalty abatement will have an immediate effect on the compilation of interest debt, as the interest would have been accrued on the penalty owed as well as the taxes owed. In addition, if a penalty is abated by the IRS because you were able to prove that it did not involve an intentional effort to defraud the IRS, interest charged on that penalty before the abatement may be waived. Again, a professional in the field of IRS tax debt relief can be of great assistance in this area.
To find the best possible plan to handle your tax debt, keep in mind all of the options that exist to handle these three types of debt in different ways. Your long term solution may well be a combination of plans rather than a single plan.
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