DO YOU OWE BACK TAX?

If you have fallen behind with paying your income taxes, you are not alone. With the slow San Diego economy, it has become very difficult for many San Diego taxpayers to keep up with their income taxes to the IRS and the California Franchise Tax Board. Also, many San Diego taxpayers have become delinquent with filing their required income tax returns too. These are all serious problems that requires your immediate attention. If you are in this situation- unpaid income taxes and/or unfiled tax returns, it is very important that you immediately contact me, San Diego tax attorney Richard Carpenter, for assistance. I help San Diego taxpayers. Put my 27 years of tax law experience to work for you.

The Internal Revenue Code gives IRS Revenue Officers tremendous power to collect past due tax, interest and penalties from a late-paying taxpayer. The IRS can levy against a taxpayer's wages, bank accounts, retirement plans, escrow accounts and accounts receivable. The IRS also has the power to seize taxpayer assets and sell them off to pay outstanding amounts due. Be advised that the IRS regularly files tax liens against taxpayers who can't fully pay their tax obligations, and these tax liens show up on a taxpayer's credit report and adversely affect their ability to obtain any form of future credit.

WARNING: The IRS is hiring thousands of new agents nationwide - including in their San Diego and San Marcos offices. This means that more San Diego taxpayers will be to subject to greater IRS pressure.

WARNING: The State of California is also in severe financial crisis. This means that those San Diego taxpayers who are delinquent on their California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) income taxes will be subject to greater CA FTB pressure from increased tax levies.

If you owe back taxes and are the subject of an IRS tax collection effort, or have other tax problems, San Diego tax attorney Richard Carpenter can help you.

TYPES OF PROBLEMS HANDLED:

I help clients who owe back taxes to the IRS with these problems:

• Arrange IRS Installment Agreement/ Wage Levy Release
• IRS Offer In Compromise settlements (for additional information on this website about Offers in Compromise, please click here)
• IRS Revenue Officer representation
• Collection Due Process ("CDP") Appeals

DID YOU KNOW THAT ...

• An assessment must first be made before the IRS is permitted to take collection action.
• Every Revenue Officers has wide latitude in deciding what collection action is taken against a taxpayer.
• Negotiation skills plan an important part in successfully resolving an IRS collection matter.
• The IRS must provide a taxpayer with at least 30 day written notice before being allowed to levy.
• The IRS can hold an individual taxpayer personally liable for a large portion of a corporation's nonpayment of payroll taxes.
• The IRS can issue a Summons requiring a taxpayer to personally appear to provide testimony and documentation concerning their assets.
• A tax lien is a public record that the taxpayer owes money to the IRS or California.
• The IRS generally has only 10 years from an assessment to collect delinquent taxes.
• Under limited circumstances, a taxpayer can discharge income taxes in bankruptcy.

SAN DIEGO TAX LAWYER RICHARD CARPENTER CAN HELP BY ...

• Setting a game plan which provides the most effective solution to a taxpayer's IRS collection matter. 
• Defending against any IRS attempt to hold a taxpayer personally liable for a corporation's nonpayment of payroll taxes. 
• Communicating directly with the Revenue Officer, so that a taxpayer never has to meet with him/her.
• Determining whether an Offer-In-Compromise is a taxpayer's best option. (Note: please see my separate Offer-In-Compromise section for additional details.)
• Determining whether a monthly repayment plan allowing a taxpayer time to "catch up" is the best option.
• Utilizing, when appropriate, a taxpayer's Collection Appeal Rights and Collection Due Process hearing rights.

RICHARD CARPENTER's EXPERIENCE ...

     Since 1984, I have successfully represented thousands of clients in resolving their IRS tax disputes. While the circumstances of every IRS collection matter differ, there are certain proven techniques that I use to obtain the best possible results for a taxpayer.

     I am a part-time tax law professor, a Certified Tax Law Specialist, and the author of 14 published articles, one of which is a leading article concerning IRS Collections ("GET THE BEST DEAL FOR CLIENTS FROM THE IRS COLLECTION DIVISION", published in Taxation For Accountants, August 1998 issue, and republished in Taxation For Lawyers, September/October 1998 issue).

I have been recognized as one of the Top San Diego County Attorneys in 2007, 2009 and 2010 by the San Diego Daily Transcript legal newspaper and was also named a "Super Lawyer" in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.

     Unlike some 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 27 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 tax controversy defense attorney is a mindset and I have had that tax defense mindset for my entire 27 year legal career.

Don't be fooled by some of those "tax help" companies who advertised on the TV and radio. Many of these "tax help firms" have thousands of consumer complaints.

1) On August 23, 2010, the California Attorney General filed a $34 million dollar lawsuit against the Sacramento based tax help company Roni Deutch, the Tax Lady. The Attorney General alleges that Tax Lady Roni Deutch "engaged" in a heartless scheme that swindled people with tax problems... she promises to signigicantly reduce their IRS tax debts... but providing little or no help." (See the California Attorney General website http://www.ag.ca.gov for additional details.)

2) On May 13,2010, the Attorney General of Texas charged Tax Masters with multiple violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. According to their Attorney General, "a state investigation and nearly 1,000 customer complaints indicate that the defendants (Tax Masters) routinely misled customers about the nature of their tax resolution service agreements." See the Attorney General of Texas website for additional details.

3) As reported by the Wall Street Journal, J.K. Harris, a South Carolina based tax help company - was sued by the Attorney General from 18 different states after it was found that this company didn't get consumers the tax relief it promised. According to the North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper, "many consumers paid J.K. Harris for tax help and got nothing but headaches in return." The Massachussetts Attorney General Martha Coakley also stated that J.K. Harris "took advantage of people who paid for tax assistance and, in some instances, profited by taking their money and not giving them any help at all. (See the Wall Street Journal tax report column on July 23 2009 for additional details.)

EXPERT GUIDANCE ... During the past 27 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.

HELP IS AVAILABLE TO YOU ...

I understand how a tax problem can take hold of your life and affect your ability to sleep at night. If you are serious about resolving your tax problem, I can help you. Please call me, San Diego tax attorney Richard Carpenter at (619) 696-8607 to discuss your tax situation in complete confidence. Put my 27 years of tax law experience to work for you.

Hire A "Super Lawyer" To Resolve Your Tax Problems.
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RICHARD CARPENTER SAN DIEGO TAX ATTORNEY 406 Ninth Ave., Suite 213 San Diego, CA 92101 --------------

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