The agency talks to us, not to you.
An IRS letter is not a verdict — it’s the opening of a process, and it’s a process our CPAs and Enrolled Agents work in every season. With a power of attorney on file, the calls, deadlines, and correspondence come to the firm.
From first notice to final resolution.
Notice Response
Most notices are narrower than they read. We decode what’s actually being asked, respond with documentation, and keep a small issue from becoming a large one through silence or panic.
Exam & Audit Representation
Correspondence, office, and field examinations handled by licensed representatives — organized records, controlled scope, and you never sitting across the table alone.
Balances & Resolution
Installment agreements, penalty abatement where the facts support it, and honest assessment of the offer-in-compromise route — which is real, but rarer than late-night radio suggests.
Unfiled Years
Compliance first: back returns prepared in the right order, substitute-for-return assessments corrected with actual figures, and the account brought to where resolution is possible.
IRS matters, answered.
I just got an IRS notice. What should I do first?
Read the deadline, then don’t ignore it — and don’t call the number in a panic either. Most notices are automated and specific: a mismatch, a proposed change, a balance. Send us a copy through the portal; the response is usually documentation, not drama. What turns small notices into large problems is silence.
What does a power of attorney let you actually do?
Form 2848 authorizes us to speak with the IRS on your behalf for the specified matters and years: receive copies of correspondence, get transcripts, respond to the examiner, and negotiate resolution. You stay informed and in control of decisions — you just stop being the one on hold.
Are those ‘settle for pennies on the dollar’ ads real?
The offer-in-compromise program is real; the advertising math usually isn’t. Offers are accepted when the numbers show the IRS genuinely can’t collect more — a calculation, not a negotiation trick. When your facts fit, we pursue it; when they don’t, an installment agreement or penalty abatement is usually the honest path, and we’ll tell you which it is.
One firm, one ledger.
Engagements here are designed to feed each other. These are the ones this work most often runs alongside — and published minimums for all of them are on the pricing page.
Compliance First
Resolution starts with filed returns. Back years prepared in the right order.
Tax Preparation →Records That Survive an Exam
Reconciled books and source documents are what turn an audit into a short conversation.
Bookkeeping →Stop the Repeat
Most notices trace to a structural problem. Planning is how it stops recurring.
Tax Planning →Ready when you are. Virtual or in-office.
Every tax return prepared and signed by a licensed CPA or IRS Enrolled Agent. Everything runs through the secure portal and e-signature.
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