Now we can recommend a course of action, project a result, and estimate the fee for our service. Up until this point, you have only paid a small fee for a tax analysis, and none of your financial data has gone to the IRS.

If you choose to move forward, our fee will then be based on the recommended course of action. Suppose you would like an Offer-In-Compromise (a more expensive service) to significantly reduce your IRS debt, but our tax analysis predicts disapproval based upon IRS rules and regulations. Perhaps Currently Not Collectible Status or an Installment Agreement, for which our fee is lower, looks approvable.

We will recommend the course of action that is in your best interest and for which we have a realistic expectation of victory.

We will move forward on the course of action using advanced software to fill out the required forms and documentation.

There are no guarantees of victory with the IRS. Negotiations take time. Financial circumstances change. IRS employees make arbitrary rulings not based on law. Laws change. You might think that because the IRS Code says a certain scenario should be approved, it is automatic. Well, nothing is automatic in dealing with the IRS. Different employees say different things, and the same employee may say something different tomorrow or in 15 minutes.

At GuardDog, we aggressively go after the best attainable resolution for you. If the IRS has a question or problem with the proposed resolution, we handle that question or problem and persist. This is routine in IRS Representation. Example: IRS”, your client owns a property not listed as an asset.” GuardDog “Here is the deed that shows he is not the owner.” IRS “Bank statements show your client is under-reporting income.” GuardDog “Here is the documentation that shows the “income” you are talking about was a loan and not income at all.”

The IRS is going to ask questions. They are going to find errors, real or imagined. The skilled GuardDog tax expert/negotiator is not thrown off, but handles each query or problem and gives it right back to the IRS and says “That is handled. Now, unless you have more questions, let’s wrap this up and approve this agreement.”