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Every common IRS letter and every common IRS problem, explained in plain language, with what it means, where it sits in the process, and what you can do. If you are not sure where to start, send your case in for a free review.

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By notice number

Got a letter? Find it here.

Pick the notice printed on your letter for a plain language explanation and your options.

You owe and the IRS is collecting

The collection notice stream, from the first bill to the final levy warning.

CP14Your first bill for an unpaid balance.CP501The first reminder that you still owe.CP503The second reminder. The notices escalate from here.CP504Intent to levy your state tax refund.LT11 / CP90 / Letter 1058The final notice of intent to levy, with your hearing right.

Your payment plan is in trouble

When an installment agreement is at risk.

CP523Your installment agreement is in default.

Lien or passport

Two of the most serious collection consequences.

Letter 3172The IRS filed a Notice of Federal Tax Lien.CP508CPassport certification for a seriously delinquent debt.

The IRS changed your return

Math error corrections, with a 60 day right to dispute.

CP11A math error correction that says you owe.CP12A math error correction that changed your refund.

The IRS is questioning your return

Proposed changes and audits, ending in the 90 day letter.

CP2000A proposed change, not a bill.Letter 525 / 915The exam report and your 30 day appeal window.CP3219ANotice of deficiency. Your 90 day ticket to Tax Court.

You have not filed

When the IRS has no record of a required return.

CP59The IRS has no record that you filed.CP3219NNotice of deficiency for someone who has not filed.

By situation

No specific letter? Start here.

If you are dealing with a problem rather than a single notice, these cover the most common ones.

You owe and need options

The real ways to handle a balance you cannot pay in full.

I owe and cannot payPay over time, pause, settle, or cut penalties.Settle for lessHow an offer in compromise really works.Remove penaltiesFirst Time Abate and reasonable cause.

Stop active collection

When the IRS is taking, or about to take, your money.

Stop a wage garnishmentGet a wage levy released.The IRS took my bank moneyThe 21 day window on a bank levy.Garnish my pay or Social Security?How much the IRS can take, and the limits.Can they take my refund?Refund offsets and how to stop them.

Common questions

The fears that keep people from opening the envelope, answered straight.

Can I go to jail?The honest civil versus criminal answer.Can they take my house?Why a home seizure needs a judge.Does the IRS forgive debt?The real ways debt gets reduced.Fresh Start Program?What the program actually is.

Unfiled returns and consequences

When years are missing or you have not paid.

Unfiled for yearsHow to catch up on missing returns.If you do not file or payThe actual sequence and penalties.

How long the IRS has

The clock that limits how long the IRS can collect.

The 10 year ruleHow the collection statute and CSED work.
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