IRS Tax Lien Assistance Services

Help With Federal Tax Liens and IRS Collection Issues

A federal tax lien can affect your property, financing options, and ability to resolve an IRS tax debt.

If the IRS has filed a Notice of Federal Tax Lien, the right response depends on your tax balance, collection status, property involved, and the resolution options available.

IRS Audit Group helps individuals and businesses review federal tax lien issues, understand available remedies, prepare supporting information, and communicate with the IRS.

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What Is a Federal Tax Lien?

A federal tax lien is the government’s legal claim against your property when you have unpaid federal tax debt.

The lien can attach to real estate, personal property, financial assets, and business property.

A lien is different from a levy. A lien protects the government’s interest in property. A levy is an actual seizure of property or money.

If a Notice of Federal Tax Lien has been filed, there may be several ways to address its impact depending on your circumstances.

How IRS Audit Group Helps with a Federal Tax Lien

We Review the Lien and Your IRS Account

We start by reviewing the Notice of Federal Tax Lien, the tax periods involved, the balance due, and your current IRS collection status.

We also look at whether you have an existing payment arrangement, active collection action, or another unresolved IRS matter.

This helps us understand what the lien is affecting and what type of relief may be appropriate.

We Identify the Right Lien Resolution Option

Tax lien cases do not all require the same solution.

Depending on the facts, the available route may involve a lien release, withdrawal, discharge, subordination, or another tax debt resolution strategy.

Each option works differently.

For example, a discharge can remove the lien from a specific property. Subordination can allow another creditor to move ahead of the IRS. Withdrawal removes the public Notice of Federal Tax Lien in qualifying situations.

IRS Audit Group reviews which option best matches your objective.

We Help with Property or Financing Issues

A federal tax lien can create complications when you are trying to sell property, refinance, obtain financing, or complete another transaction.

We review the transaction and determine whether a lien-related request may be appropriate.

This can include helping organize information for a discharge or subordination request when the facts support it.

We Prepare Supporting Information

Lien-related requests may require detailed financial and property information.

We help organize the records needed for the IRS review. This may include property information, loan documents, payoff information, financial statements, and supporting explanations.

The goal is to present the request clearly and consistently.

We Communicate With the IRS

When authorized to represent you, IRS Audit Group can communicate with the IRS regarding the lien and the related tax debt.

This may include discussing the lien status, responding to information requests, following up on applications, addressing deadlines, and reviewing the IRS decision.

This reduces the need for you to manage technical lien discussions on your own.

We Address the Tax Debt Behind the Lien

A lien is connected to an underlying tax liability.

Even when a lien-related remedy is available, the tax debt may still need to be resolved.

IRS Audit Group can also review options such as:

• IRS Payment Plans
• Offer in Compromise
• Penalty Abatement
• Currently Not Collectible Status
• Other IRS collection solutions

The goal is to address both the lien issue and the tax debt that caused it.

Federal Tax Lien Solutions We May Review

Lien Release: A lien release removes the federal tax lien itself when the IRS requirements are met. The IRS generally releases the lien after the tax debt has been fully paid or when the IRS can no longer legally collect the liability.

Lien Withdrawal: A withdrawal removes the public Notice of Federal Tax Lien. In some situations, withdrawal may be available even though the underlying tax debt still exists.

Property Discharge: A discharge removes the lien from a specific piece of property. This may be relevant when property needs to be sold or transferred. The lien can remain against other property and the tax debt may still be owed.

Lien Subordination: Subordination does not remove the lien. It allows another creditor to move ahead of the IRS in priority. This may help in certain refinancing or financing situations.

The IRS Audit Group Approach

• We Start with Your Objective
• We Review the Full Collection Situation
• We Match the Remedy to the Facts
• We Stay Involved Through the Next Step

Our support does not end when a lien request is submitted.

We can help respond to IRS questions, review the decision, and address the remaining tax liability.

Benefits of Working with IRS Audit Group

Working with IRS Audit Group can help you:

• Understand what the federal tax lien means for your situation;
• Identify the appropriate lien remedy;
• Organize financial and property information;
• Manage communication with the IRS;
• Coordinate the lien issue with a broader tax debt strategy; and
• Understand the next step after the IRS makes a decision.

Need Help with an IRS Tax Lien?

A federal tax lien can create problems with property, financing, and tax debt resolution.

IRS Audit Group can review the lien, identify available options, prepare supporting information, communicate with the IRS, and help address the underlying tax liability.

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