- A.B. Tabakman is a former Internal Revenue Service Supervisory Group Manager and field Revenue Officer in the Internal Revenue Service Collection Division
- A.B. Tabakman is an Enrolled Agent admitted to practice specifically before the Internal Revenue Service Collection Division
- A.B. Tabakman had 42 years of total Internal Revenue Service work experience; 39 of those years in the Internal Revenue Service Collection Division
If you have a Federal Tax Lien filed against you, TAXSHARK LLC can assist you in having the lien released.
To have a Federal Tax Lien released, you MUST pay your tax liability in full, inclusive of all applicable penalties and interest.
TAXSHARK LLC can also assist you in obtaining the following “Certificates” as regards the Federal Tax Lien:
- Certificate of Discharge of Federal Tax Lien
- Certificate of Subordination of Federal Tax Lien
- Certificate of Withdrawal of Federal Tax Lien
- Certificate of Non Attachment of Federal Tax Lien
Taxshark LLC can assist you in negotiating an installment agreement with the Internal Revenue Service whether it be a short term agreement or longer term agreement.
There are several options in installment agreements as follows:
- Direct Debit Installment Agreements
- Conventional Installment Agreements (requires Collection Information Statement Form 433-A)
- Payroll Deduction Installment Agreements (Individuals)
- Streamlined Installment Agreements
- Express Installment Agreement (Business)
Do you owe the Internal Revenue Service business taxes in excess of $ 10,000.00 or do you have unfiled business tax returns?
Are your business tax liabilities related to Forms 941, 940, 720, 1065, 1120, 2290 or any other business tax form?
Has the Internal Revenue Service filed Federal Tax Liens, attached your business bank account(s), levied your business accounts receivables or threatened to seize your business property?
Has the Internal Revenue Service discussed with you, or actually proposed the assessment of the Trust Fund Recovery Penalty (a personal assessment) against you as regards your business tax debt?
TAXSHARK LLC can represent you before the Internal Revenue Service as regards any business tax debt to get tax relief from adverse actions taken or to proposed adverse actions that may be in process of being taken by the Internal Revenue Service.
TAXSHARK LLC can contact the Internal Revenue Service to negotiate for IMMEDIATE releases of levies against business bank accounts, accounts receivables and to CEASE the threat of seizure of business property.
TAXSHARK LLC can assist you in becoming current in your business tax filings as regards the Internal Revenue Service.
TAXSHARK LLC can assist you in becoming current with your Federal Tax Deposits and explaining to you the proper methodology on how and when to make your Federal Tax Deposits.
TAXSHARK LLC can negotiate a tax resolution with the Internal Revenue Service in the forms of immediate full payment, installment agreement (short or long term), Offer In Compromise, currently not collectible (based on documented current business income and expense analysis) and avoiding the assessment of the Trust Fund Recovery Penalty as well as other potential case resolutions.
TAXSHARK LLC can assist you with the preparation and submission of an Offer in Compromise to the Internal Revenue Service.
In brief, an Offer in Compromise is an acceptance by the Internal Revenue Service of a lesser amount of money than you owe based on the Internal Revenue Service's analysis of your assets, their liquidity and your future ability to pay.
If your Offer in Compromise is accepted, and you complete all of the terms of the Offer in Compromise, as specified in the Offer in Compromise, then all Federal Tax Liens will be released.
The accepted Offer in Compromise requires that you remain compliant with all filing and paying requirements over the next five (5) years from the date of acceptance of the Offer in Compromise.
Should your Offer in Compromise default for failure to complete the initial terms of the Offer In Compromise, or for failure to remain filing and paying compliant over the next five (5) years after Offer In Compromise acceptance, the Internal Revenue Service will reassess the tax liability and refile the Notice(s) of Federal Tax Liens.
Do you feel your tax liability is incorrect?
Do you feel the Internal Revenue Service "got it wrong" in full or in part?
Can you verify and document the reason you feel your liability is incorrect? Are you able to document the Internal Revenue Service error by written documentation that will allow reference to the Internal Revenue Code or the Internal Revenue Manual?
Has the Internal Revenue Service attached your wages by levy?
Has the Internal Revenue Service attached your bank account(s) by levy?
Has the Internal Revenue Service attached your business accounts receivables by levy?
Has the Internal Revenue Service threatened to seize or has seized your property?
TAXSHARK LLC can address these dire circumstances immediately with the Internal Revenue Service.
TAXSHARK LLC can negotiate releases of wage, bank levies, other levies (accounts receivables) and seized property with the Internal Revenue Service and have you, the taxpayer, enter into an approved resolution (i.e. Installment Agreement, Offer In Compromise, etc) to satisfy your Internal Revenue Service liability and to free you from the effects of those enforced collection measures.
TAXSHARK LLC can file a Collection Appeal Process request with the employee's Group Manager who initiated the enforced collection action against you in an attempt to have the Notices of Levy released in exchange for a mutually agreeable resolution (i.e. Installment Agreement, Offer in Compromise, etc).
TAXSHARK LLC can file an Application for Taxpayer Assistance Order with the Taxpayer Advocate Service in an attempt to gain releases of the Notice(s) of Levy in exchange for a mutually agreeable resolution.
TAXSHARK LLC can file a Collection Due Process appeal on your behalf if the Internal Revenue Service is about to, or has taken enforced collection action(s) against you. This type of appeal filing is normally filed when the Internal Revenue Service has issued final notice and demand to you.
TAXSHARK LLC can assist you in filing a formal appeal of an unassessed (pending) or an assessed penalty.
Such penalties may include:
- Failure to Pay Penalty
- Failure to File Penalty
- Failure to Deposit Penalty (Federal Tax Deposit penalty)
- Estimated Tax Penalty
Do you owe the IRS more than $ 10,000.00?
Do your monthly expenses currently exceed your monthly income and can this be verified?
TAXSHARK LLC can negotiate with the IRS on your behalf to have your collection account be placed into abeyance until your financial situation improves. Penalties and interest will continue to be charged as long as your account remains in the suspended status; penalties and interest will continue to accrue when your account is subsequently reactivated and until your account is fully paid.
A full Collection Information Statement (Form 433-A) will be required to be prepared and submitted to the Internal Revenue Service. In addition, complete documentation of income and necessary living expenses will be required to be submitted to the Internal Revenue Service to verify the hardship situation.
When your Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) is shown to have increased on a subsequent tax return filing, your suspended account will be reactivated and collection action will again commence.
Do you currently have a business, or did you formally own or were involved in a business (now defunct) as a corporate officer, member, employee (i.e. bookkeeper) etc. that was liable to pay Federal employment or excise taxes?
Has the Internal Revenue Service proposed assessment or has assessed the Trust Fund Recovery Penalty against you for failure to deposit such employment and/or excise taxes?
What was your involvement and duties as an officer, member or employee? On what basis did the Internal Revenue Service determine that you were a responsible and willful party with respect to the failure to deposit employment and/or excise taxes?
What documentation does the Internal Revenue Service possess to validate their assessment of the Trust Fund Recovery Penalty against you?
If you have had the Trust Fund Recovery Penalty assessed against you, TAXSHARK LLC can assist you in determining the validity of that assessment.
If not valid, TAXSHARK LLC can assist you in appealing the Trust Fund Recovery Penalty assessment through the Appeals Division of the Internal Revenue Service. The goal here is to obtain, either a full or partial abatement of the Trust Fund Recovery Penalty assessed against you.
If the assessment is confirmed to be a valid one, and you are unable to fully pay the liability, TAXSHARK LLC can assist you in negotiating an appropriate resolution with the Internal Revenue Service. Such resolutions may include an Installment Agreement, Offer In Compromise or Unable to Pay due to Hardship (temporary suspense of collection action against you).
INNOCENT SPOUSE
Has the Internal Revenue Service proposed an additional tax assessment against you or have they already made an assessment of additional tax against you?
Is the basis of the additional tax assessment derived from income, interest, dividends, stock sales, etc. that were not yours (i.e. spouses or ex spouses)?
Did your spouse (or ex spouse) improperly report, omit, overstate, understate or fail to report items on your joint tax return(s) for any given year(s)?