If you owe the IRS or are being audited by the IRS or a State tax agency, you have the right to represent yourself or you may authorize someone to represent you before the IRS in connection with a federal tax matter. If you choose to have someone represent you, your representative must be an individual authorized to practice before the IRS. You can appoint our Enrolled Agents (E.A.) to solve the tax problem for you. EAs must take and pass an examination administered by the IRS. In addition, they have required continuing education hours each year to maintain their EA certification. EAs can handle tax examinations of individuals and small businesses.

If it is necessary to contact the IRS on your behalf, we will need to submit a power of attorney to authorize us for this representation. The Form 2848, Power of Attorney and Declaration of Representative, will be used for this purpose. Your signature on the Form 2848 allows us to represent you before the IRS and to receive your tax information only for the matter(s) and tax year(s)/period(s) specified on the Form 2848.

In tax controversies, who represents you is very important!

The IRS is entitled to examine a taxpayer’s books and records. It is even entitled to tour the taxpayer’s business premises, at a reasonable time. But the IRS is not entitled to interview a taxpayer. Taxpayers tend to be chatty in talking with Revenue Agents. They try to talk themselves out of problems, real or imagined, invariably with the opposite result.

Let our Enrolled Agents help you to resolve your tax controversies to benefit you.

Our EAs are the best at handling such tax issues as:

• investigation into IRS letters
• setting up installment agreements with the IRS
• proposing an offer in compromise to the IRS
• determining if estimated tax payments are necessary (and how much)
• working with the IRS to reduce penalties and interest if possible
• finding out what information the IRS has recorded for each year of concern