I am in receipt of an IRS letter demanding my client pay monies for an accepted Offer in Compromise. The IRS letter stated the Offer in Compromise was settled for a certain amount and my client must start making payments or the Offer will be in default. For illustration’s sake the IRS claims the offer was $10,000 and my client must make 5 $2,000 payments starting now or the Offer in Compromise will be in default.
The IRS letter is fraudulent.
The Offer in Compromise was already settled for $5,000 and has been paid in full. The IRS knows that. The IRS letter was simply another fraudulent act by an unsupervised, untrained IRS employee. It is just one more IRS attempt to frighten a taxpayer and to get more money for the IRS. The IRS employee could have simply looked up the Offer number and the payments to see the Offer was paid in full however the IRS employee chose to write a fraudulent letter.
So, what can we learn from this?
Do not attempt to negotiate with the IRS on your own. You are dealing with a organization that does not follow its own rules. The IRS will try to separate you from your representative and tell you your representative is not competent. That way the IRS can now get more money from you. We have seen that happen a few times.
In the case above we have already handled the issue and will be escalating it to the proper channels. At times we must file a formal complaint against an IRS agent to the proper authorities. Yes, they do investigate those complaints. We have had positive results in those cases
What’s the moral of all this?
If you get a letter don’t overreact. Obtain some professional help. Don’t handle it yourself! Call Philip Garnett Tax Resolution to get some experience help here. Don’ t let the IRS destroy you!
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