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WHEN DEALING WITH THE IRS, EXPERIENCE
IS CRITICAL.
PUT MY 25 YEARS OF TAX LAW EXPERIENCE
TO WORK FOR YOU
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WELCOME. I am San Diego tax attorney
RICHARD CARPENTER.
Since 1984, I have successfully
assisted more than one thousand clients with resolving their
IRS and California tax disputes and tax problems. My San Diego
law practice is limited to IRS and California civil tax and criminal
tax controversy defense. Each client receives my direct,
personal attention.
If you are involved in an IRS or California tax dispute, I can help
you.
I. HIGHLY QUALIFIED SAN DIEGO TAX ATTORNEY
I have 25 years of tax law
experience in San Diego and top credentials.
I am Certified as a Tax Law
Specialist by the State Bar of California. This is the highest
designation available to a California tax attorney. Also,
Martindale-Hubbell has awarded me an "AV"
rating. This is the highest and most prestigious rating
available to any U.S. attorney for legal skills and ethics.
For the past 16 years, I have also been a part-time tax
law professor at the University of San Diego School
of Law teaching both Criminal Tax Fraud and Tax
Court Litigation classes. I am the author of 14
published tax law articles, including some of
the leading articles in the U.S. in resolving civil
and criminal tax disputes.
I have been recognized as one of the Top San Diego County Attorneys in 2007 and 2009 by the San Diego Daily Transcript legal newspaper and was also named a "Super Lawyer" in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
II. TYPES OF TAX PROBLEMS HANDLED IN SAN DIEGO
A. IRS TAX PROBLEMS
I help clients with the following IRS tax issues:
- IRS Audit Representation
- IRS Criminal Tax defense
- IRS Tax Court representation
- Settle Back Tax Debt to IRS
- IRS Offer In Compromise settlements
- Stop IRS Levy
- Obtain IRS Wage Levy Releases
- Stop IRS Enforced Collection Action
- End IRS Wage Garnishment
- Arrange IRS Installment Agreements
- IRS Revenue Officer representation
- Preparing Late or Delinquent Income Tax Returns
- IRS Penalty Abatement
- IRS Appeal Division help
- Trust Fund Penalty Defense
- Innocent Spouse Relief
- Collection Due Process ("CDP") Appeals
- Defense of offshore bank accounts / offshore credit cards
- W-2G gambling tax issues
- Any IRS Tax Issues
B. CALIFORNIA TAX PROBLEMS
I also help clients with the following California tax issues:
- Stop FTB Levy
- Arrange Franchise Tax Board ("FTB") Installment Agreement
- FTB Audit representation
- Preparing Delinquent California Income Tax Returns
- FTB Offer In Compromise
- Any Franchise Tax Board ("FTB") Tax Issue
- All California Employment Development Department ("EDD") Tax Issues
- EDD Audit representation
- EDD Payroll Tax disputes
- EDD Offer In Compromise
- All CA SBE (State Board of Equalization) Sales Tax issues
- CA SBE (State Board of Equalization) Sales Tax Audit representation
- California Criminal Tax representation
- Settle Back Tax Debt to CA FTB, EDD and/or SBE
III. DEDICATED TO DEFENDING TAXPAYERS
Unlike some San Diego tax controversy defense
attorneys, I did not start out my legal career as an IRS
attorney using the Tax Code against honest taxpayers. I also
did not start out my legal career as a federal prosecutor
working to put good people in prison for some mistakes on
their tax returns. Instead, I have devoted my entire 25
year legal career helping to defend hardworking, family-oriented
taxpayers against the far and powerful reaches of the Internal
Revenue Service and I am proud of that accomplishment. Being
an effective San Diego tax attorney is a mindset
and I have had that tax defense mindset for my entire 25
year legal career.
IV. WARNING
Tax law is very complex. Thus, it is very important that you hire only an experienced, State Bar Certified, San Diego tax attorney to represent you and that you carefully
review their background before you hire them. I recommend a minimum of 15 years of tax controversy defense experience. Don't be fooled by those "tax-help" company websites. As you may have already noticed, many of those websites intentionally avoid listing the background of the tax person who will be working on your case because he / she is either a novice attorney, or worse yet, only an enrolled agent or accountant.
Successfully solving tax law problems
requires skill, plus San Diego tax law knowledge and many years of experience.
There
is no such thing as a routine call or letter to the IRS.
I will tailor each communication
to the IRS precisely to your specific tax defense plan. Each communication
to the IRS means something and it is very important that
nothing is overlooked or taken for granted.
V. RESULTS
RESULTS . . . that's the bottom
line ... what every client is looking for. Despite
my strong record of favorable client outcomes during the
past 25 years, I refrain from making any case result promises
to you over the internet without knowing the complete facts
of your case. Each tax case is different. Instead, if you
retain me as your tax attorney, I promise to carefully
listen to you about your specific tax situation, to fully
educate you about the unique intricacies of your particular tax case,
to meticulously perform my work, and to provide the IRS
and/or the Court with the most advantageous position of
your case. Over the past 25 years, this attention-to-detail
approach has benefited my clients greatly.
EXPERT GUIDANCE ... During the past 25 years, many attorneys and CPA's have looked to San Diego Tax Attorney Richard Carpenter for expert guidance in helping their clients resolve serious tax problems with the IRS. For a complete description of my background, please click here.
VI. HELP IS AVAILABLE TO YOU ...
If you are serious about resolving your tax problem, I can
help you. Please call me at (619) 696-8607 to discuss your tax situation in complete confidence. Put my 25 years of tax law experience to work for you.
Certified
Tax Law Specialist