An Enrolled Agent is a federally-licensed tax practitioner who has earned the privilege of representing taxpayers before the IRS. Unlike CPAs and attorneys who may have broader practices, Enrolled Agents specialize exclusively in taxation and IRS matters. Many taxpayers find our specialized focus and typically lower fees (compared to tax attorneys) make us the ideal choice for IRS tax resolution matters.
Our fees are customized based on your specific situation and are generally less expensive than those of tax law firms. In our experience, we typically save taxpayers several times what they pay us in reduced tax liability and avoided penalties. We offer a free initial consultation where we can discuss your situation and provide more specific pricing information. Contact us at 804-359-5221 to learn more.
If your tax liability is under $25,000, the IRS has streamlined payment programs available that you can likely handle directly without professional assistance at no cost. However, if your situation is complex, involves payroll taxes, or you’re facing aggressive collection actions, we’re happy to evaluate whether our services would benefit you during a free consultation.
The timeline varies significantly based on your specific situation, the complexity of your case, and current IRS processing times. Simple installment agreements can be arranged relatively quickly, while more complex negotiations, appeals, or Offers in Compromise can take several months to over a year. During your free consultation, we can provide a more realistic timeline based on your circumstances.
Yes. As soon as you sign an IRS Power of Attorney form (and the IRS processes the IRS Power of Attorney), the IRS is required to deal directly with us instead of you. This immediately relieves the pressure and stress of IRS communications. We handle all correspondence, phone calls, and negotiations on your behalf, speaking the IRS’s language and protecting your interests throughout the process.
Absolutely! We’re designed to complement your existing tax professional relationship, not replace it. Our business model focuses exclusively on tax liability resolution, allowing us to handle the time-consuming IRS negotiation process while your CPA or tax preparer continues handling your ongoing tax preparation needs. Many tax professionals refer clients to us because IRS negotiations aren’t their daily focus, and we can achieve better results while saving their clients time and money.
Bringing your past tax filings up-to-date is often an important part of the resolution strategy. Filing back returns demonstrates good faith to the IRS and can actually create negotiating leverage. We can work with your tax professional to get you current or we can take care of preparing the unfiled tax returns ourselves. In many cases, getting current can lead to more favorable settlement terms.
As a rule of thumb, professional representation starts paying for itself once your IRS liability passes roughly $25,000 and becomes almost essential above $50,000, where the IRS’s documentation and procedures grow complex enough to overwhelm most taxpayers and general accountants. At Tax Solutions Alliance, we focus on larger liabilities: typically $50,000 and above for businesses and individuals.
We value honesty from the first conversation. Our process begins with a $1,500 research and Power of Attorney fee. This is an investment in your case: the entire amount is credited directly against any future negotiation fees, provided your engagement is paid within three months of that initial payment date. We believe in clear expectations, not surprises.
Yes, in fact, large, complex cases are our specialty. We regularly represent clients with six and seven-figure back taxes, significant payroll-tax exposure, and years of unfiled returns. Our largest engagement to date involved roughly $6.7 million in business payroll-tax liabilities. (Results vary by situation.)
Because most offers don’t meet the IRS’s formula. The IRS approves only about two out of ten Offers in Compromise (OIC), and the most common reasons for rejection are: the offer is lower than the taxpayer’s “Reasonable Collection Potential” (what the IRS calculates it could collect from your income and assets); unfiled tax returns or missed estimated payments; incomplete financial documentation; or the IRS deciding you can pay through an installment agreement instead. Knowing this before you apply saves time and money.
First, you can rely on our team to analyze this for you and make the best recommendation in your case. Why is this so hard to figure out? It depends on what the IRS believes it can collect from you. If your income and assets show you can realistically pay the balance over time, the IRS will almost always reject an Offer in Compromise and expect an installment agreement instead. An OIC makes sense only when your financial picture genuinely supports settling for less. We analyze your numbers the same way the IRS does and recommend the path most likely to be accepted.
An Offer in Compromise (OIC) is an agreement that lets you settle your IRS debt for less than the full amount owed. You qualify only if the IRS agrees it’s unlikely to collect the full balance from your income and assets over the remaining time to collect on you. You must also have all required returns filed and be current on this year’s tax payments. Because qualification hinges on a specific financial formula that the IRS does not share, the smartest first step is a professional review before you spend anything on an application. By the way, your next question may be “how do you all know this secret formula when other tax professional do not?” That would be a great question, and the answer is we were trained by a former IRS collections Revenue Officer who taught us how to analyze your situation just like the IRS will. So yes, we know the secret sauce on how to prepare your OIC to give it the best chance of success.
Penalties and interest keep growing, and the IRS can eventually file a return for you, almost always for more than you’d actually owe. But the situation is fixable: filing your overdue returns stops the bleeding, usually lowers the balance, and is required before any settlement or payment plan can be arranged. The sooner you file, the better your options.
In most cases, the IRS considers you compliant once you’ve filed the last six years of returns, but this 6 year rule can vary depending on your situation – for example, businesses often have to go back more than 6 years thus the personal returns of the owner have to go back more than 6 years as well, though it can require more, especially for businesses or larger liabilities. We’ll confirm exactly which years you need and handle the prep, even if your records are incomplete.
No. There’s no deadline that bars you from getting current, and the IRS generally welcomes voluntary filing. Coming forward on your own, especially before the IRS contacts you, almost always leads to a better outcome than waiting to be found.
Yes, and you don’t want it to. When you don’t file, the IRS can prepare a “Substitute for Return” using only the income reported to it and without any of the deductions, credits, or exemptions you’re entitled to. The result is usually a much higher bill than if you’d filed yourself. Filing your own return almost always reduces what you owe.
For most non-filers, no. The IRS’s priority is getting you filed and collecting what’s owed, and criminal prosecution for simply failing to file is uncommon. That said, the IRS can consider it a criminal offense to not file returns. Also, the risk and the penalties grow the longer you wait, which is why getting current promptly, ideally with professional help, is the safest move.
Act quickly. Unfiled payroll (941) returns and unpaid payroll taxes are among the IRS’s highest enforcement priorities, and the liability can extend personally to owners and responsible officers through the Trust Fund Recovery Penalty. We can bring your filings current, address the balance, and shield you from the most aggressive collection actions.
