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Choosing an IRS Tax Debt Relief Firm

May 26, 2011

Michael Sullivan, co-founder of Fresh Start Tax, was a former IRS Agent who worked in the IRS Collection Division. One of his jobs during his tenure with the IRS was an instructor that taught the Offer in Compromise Program or as some call it the IRS Tax Settlement Program in the Local, District and Regional offices of the Internal Revenue Service.

Sullivan has worked thousands of IRS cases since 1973 and is a true IRS Tax Expert. He is published and can be heard on the radio as well as the web. Fresh Start Tax's firm has over 163 years of professional tax experience.

Immediate and Permanent IRS Tax Relief Is Finally Here

May 09, 2011

Fresh Start Tax, LLC announces that Immediate and Permanent IRS Tax Relief is Finally Here!

Fresh Start Tax, LLC is one of the nation's leading professional tax resolution firms. Since 1982, the principles of the company, Michael Sullivan and Steve Jacob, have been getting their clients quality tax settlements. Immediate and permanent relief from IRS Problems is their expertise.

Get Immediate Release of IRS Levy/Garnishment -- New Streamline Process

Mar 15, 2011

Fresh Start Tax, LLC has announced its new streamline program of getting IRS Levy/Garnishments procured in a fast, easy, and simple way.

The IRS serves about 3.8 million tax levies each year. These levies are IRS seizures to bank accounts and wages. The IRS Wage Garnishment or Levy is particularly damaging because it is a continuing Levy and will not stop until the IRS sends a Release of Levy to your employer.

Breaking News in Offer in Compromises - IRS

Mar 15, 2011

Breaking News! The IRS is accepting more Offers in Compromise/Tax Settlements in accordance with their March 2011 release. Now is the time to file!

This is a good time to try and settle your IRS Case. In 2010, the IRS settled 14,000 Offers in Compromise marking a first time shift in IRS tax policy. In the past, the IRS has been very stingy in working our tax settlement agreements with the taxpayer.

Fresh Start Tax: New IRS Program

Feb 28, 2011

The IRS wants to give taxpayers a Fresh Start, announcing on February 24th, major changes to the federal lien policies. The decades old policies are being revised to help taxpayers with the unnecessary burdens of having their credit ruined by the filing of the federal tax liens. Michael Sullivan and Steven Jacob commented and said, "It's about time the Feds finally did something to help taxpayers. For years they have been financially killing them."

Beware of False Profits - Christian IRS Tax Help - Tax Relief

Feb 10, 2011

Do you owe 941 payroll taxes? According to Michael D. Sullivan, the IRS takes it real personal when it comes to owing back 941 payroll taxes. They will get down and dirty. Because there are many new enforcement programs out, businesses will begin to feel the long arm of the law. One of those enforcement arms is owing tax dollars on back payroll taxes. An IRS insider said that there is a new policy in place and they will start enforcing their seizure program to businesses that owe back payroll or 941 taxes. The reason for the stepped up enforcement is the mere number of businesses that are failing to pay 941 payroll employment taxes. The IRS insider said it is costing the feds billions and billions in lost withholding taxes.

IRS Ramped up Major Enforcement. IRS Seizing Businesses for Back 941 Payroll Taxes - Professional Help

Dec 30, 2010

Do you owe 941 payroll taxes? According to Michael D. Sullivan, the IRS takes it real personal when it comes to owing back 941 payroll taxes. They will get down and dirty. Because there are many new enforcement programs out, businesses will begin to feel the long arm of the law. One of those enforcement arms is owing tax dollars on back payroll taxes. An IRS insider said that there is a new policy in place and they will start enforcing their seizure program to businesses that owe back payroll or 941 taxes. The reason for the stepped up enforcement is the mere number of businesses that are failing to pay 941 payroll employment taxes. The IRS insider said it is costing the feds billions and billions in lost withholding taxes.

Free Assessments of Resolve Provided by Fresh Start Tax

Nov 30, 2010

For anyone who owes the IRS any money at all and would like some information, Fresh Start Tax is offering a free tax analysis on tax cases. Fresh Start Tax is one of the leading tax resolution companies in the country. FST will analyze each individual case and give the options necessary for immediate tax settlements. Michael D. Sullivan, co-founder of Fresh Start Tax, says there are a number of ways available to taxpayers that they are completely unaware of. Since Fresh Start Tax is comprised of former IRS Agents, Managers and Instructors we can offer solutions to tax cases that you have no idea exist.

Settle My Tax Bill for "Pennies on the Dollar," the Ultimate Scam

Sep 30, 2010

So many unsuspecting taxpayers call tax resolution companies hoping they can settle their tax bill for pennies on the dollar, only to find out later, they are getting ripped off. According to the IRS, "Taxpayers should beware of companies claiming that tax debts can be settled through the Offer in Compromise program for 'pennies on the dollar.'" While sometimes possible, hundreds of companies are misleading the American public with the false hope of pennies on the dollar.

IRS Collection Practices Get Slammed by NTAO

Aug 26, 2010

Two of the country's leading IRS experts, Michael Sullivan and Steve Jacob, found that the IRS is hammering delinquent taxpayers on back tax issues even after recommendations from the National Taxpayer Advocates Office. Per Nina Olson, Chair of the NTAO, "The IRS inflicts unnecessary or disproportionate harm on taxpayers and jeopardizes future tax collection. Since FY 1999, the IRS increased lien filings by about 475% and levies by about 600%, yet inflation-adjusted revenue raised by IRS Collections has actually declined about 7% over that period."

You Never Filed an IRS Tax Return; Here Is What You Do to Stay out of Trouble

July 29, 2010

Two of the country's leading experts of IRS Problems, Michael Sullivan and Steven Jacob, run across countless scores of individuals and businesses who have never filed tax returns and desperately would like to get back into the system unnoticed and without pain. Fresh Start Tax recently had two clients who had not filed tax returns, one business and one individual. Neither had filed for at least twenty years and wanted to become, "normal again." They were scared, embarrassed and fearful. These clients did not want a Federal Tax Lien, Bank Levy or Wage Garnishment filed. They just wanted to get their life back together.

IRS is putting on the pressure to those who owe taxes, expect more enforcement and more hardship

June 30, 2010

Two of the country's leading tax experts regarding IRS Problems, Michael Sullivan and Steve Jacob, found that the IRS continues to pound away at the American public that owe tax dollars at a greater rate than ever before. The IRS executed more IRS Tax Liens and Bank Garnishments than ever before. Over the past nine years, the spike is incredible, with no end in sight. "The IRS just does not get it," said Sullivan. "Our country's economic pain and personal burdens of job loss and hardship are of no concern to the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS is making life miserable."

IRS Accepting Fewer Offers in Compromise

June 06, 2010

Two of the leading tax experts from Fresh Start Tax, Michael Sullivan and Steve Jacob, noticed a disturbing trend in regards to the Internal Revenue Service. According to Sullivan and Jacob, rather than understanding the needs of taxpayers in these tough economic times, the government still doesn't get it. IRS recently published 2009 statistics on Offers in Compromise. Based on the numbers it seems the federal government is not helping taxpayers through these perilous times. According to new statistics, the IRS accepted less Offers in Compromise by percentage than ever before.

Tax Levies Jump 32% According to 2009 IRS Enforcement Results

January 07, 2010

Victims of investment fraud have a tax recovery option under IRC Section 165(c)(2) which is an often overlooked provision from the IRS. The recent multi-million dollar fraud scheme which resulted in the arrest of Fort Lauderdale attorney, Scott Rothstein, is an example of victimized investors who may have a potential theft loss deduction under IRC Section 165(c)(2).

Fresh Start Tax Points to Tax Recovery Option for Scott Rothstein Investment Fraud Victims

November 13, 2009

Victims of investment fraud have a tax recovery option under IRC Section 165(c)(2) which is an often overlooked provision from the IRS. The recent multi-million dollar fraud scheme which resulted in the arrest of Fort Lauderdale attorney, Scott Rothstein, is an example of victimized investors who may have a potential theft loss deduction under IRC Section 165(c)(2).

Fresh Start Tax Introduces New Flat-Rate Fee Programs for Taxpayer Representation with the IRS

November 06, 2009

Fresh Start Tax announces the introduction of a new flat-rate fee program for the resolution of IRS tax problems. Fresh Start Tax guarantees the resolution of various IRS tax problems for a flat-rate fee including; IRS tax levy of wages or assets, IRS tax liens, IRS offer in compromises and unfiled tax returns.

Fresh Start Tax In The News

Accountants at Fresh Start Tax, LLC specialize in IRS problems like back taxes, levies, liens, payrolls

April 15 is not the end of tax season for everyone. For those who did not pay their taxes and are getting calls and letters from the IRS, there are experts at Fresh Start Tax to help clients get squared away with the IRS.

Michael D. Sullivan, founder of the Fresh Start Tax accounting firm, was an IRS revenue officer himself for 10 years. He says, "Since the IRS never closes, neither do we here at Fresh Start."

A Marriage of work and faith. For some, religion reaches beyond church

Mike Sullivan would rather save your soul than solve your tax problem. When clients come to the Sullivan and Powell accounting firm in Fort Lauderdale, he’ll ask about faith as well as finances.