Fortress Financial Services, Inc.
Tax Resolution Services For Business & Individuals
If you or your business owe money to the IRS, the specter of a tax lien might be keeping you up at night. Will the IRS file a tax lien? When will they do it? How will this affect me? These are all legitimate concerns. What is a Federal Tax […]
Are you an owner or employee of a business that is delinquent with employment taxes? If so, watch out! It is possible that you will be held personally liable for what is called the Trust Fund Recovery Penalty. What is the Trust Fund Recovery Penalty? In short, the Trust Fund […]
Many businesses rely on the use of their accounts receivable or inventory as collateral for loans or for factoring. However, in my experience, few business owners fully grasp how devastating the consequences can be if they engage in this type of financing and fall behind with federal taxes. Unfortunately, fully […]
As an attorney who makes his living resolving tax liabilities, the majority of my clients are businesses that have accrued 941 employment tax liability. There are numerous reasons as to why a business accrues a 941 tax liability. These reasons range from mere lack of funds resulting from both internal […]
You and/or your business have accrued a tax liability and are now receiving increasingly threatening letters from the IRS that indicate that they are going to seize your assets. Many questions arise. Can the IRS actually do this? Will they seize my corporate assets and shut my business down? Will […]
You invested your entire savings and better part of your working life into your business in an attempt to have it succeed and ultimately grow. During this time many unforeseen obstacles occurred that caused you to have to make difficult decisions, one of which was to forego making a tax […]
In order to be eligible to resolve an outstanding federal tax liability on a voluntary basis (e.g. Installment Agreement, Offer in Compromise), as opposed to having it forcefully resolved through collection action such as levies, garnishments, and the seizure of assets, the IRS has two basic requirements. The first requirement […]
If the IRS is pursuing collection action against you for an income tax liability for which you believe you are not responsible because the liability was derived from a spouse (or former spouse), you may be correct and have legal grounds to dispute the liability. The IRS has a specific […]
It is possible for some taxpayers to reduce or eliminate their tax penalties by obtaining an abatement of penalties. This article will explore the fundamentals of IRS penalties as well as how to go about getting them removed. Taxpayers with a state tax liability may also qualify for an abatement, […]
Question: Will the IRS garnish my wages or Levy my wages? How can I avoid this? Answer: In order to answer this question effectively, some background and definitions with regards to IRS procedures are warranted. A levy on wages is where the IRS effectively takes a portion of ones wages […]
