IRS Collection Trends and the 4 Alternatives When Your Clients Owe Back Taxes (Completed)

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Statistics show that over 36 million individual taxpayers file a tax return with an unpaid balance due. Unfortunately, some are our clients who fall on hard times and cannot fully pay their tax obligations. Fortunately, there are options when they cannot full pay their liability. In this course, join Jim Buttonow as he explores the six IRS alternatives when your client cannot fully pay their liability, the IRS collection alternatives. This course will examine the rules and requirements for installment agreements, extensions to pay, and payment deferrals (namely, currently not collectible status). We also give you the fundamental knowledge to answer your client’s question on whether they can “settle their tax bill’ for less than the amount owed (i.e. the IRS offer in compromise qualification rules). At the end of the course, you will have the basic knowledge to identify what alternative is best and be able to execute that alternative in the most efficient and effective manner for your client.

Topics Covered

• Current trends in taxpayers who owe and cannot pay the IRS- including taxpayers who are facing collection enforcement
• IRS collection enforcement options, including liens, levies, and passport restrictions
• The simple and complex IRS collection alternatives, and the most common alternatives selected by taxpayers
• The terms, conditions, and how to obtain the simple IRS collection alternatives: the extension to pay, the streamlined installment agreement, and the non-streamlined installment agreement
• The terms, conditions, and how to obtain the complex IRS collection alternatives: the ability to pay installment agreement, currently not collectible status, and the offer in compromise
• The types of offer in compromise options and how to determine if a taxpayer qualifies and can pay an offer in compromise settlement
• Tips and best practices in dealing with the IRS to obtain a collection alternative

Learning Objectives

• Understand the latest IRS collection enforcement activity
• Current trends in taxpayers who owe and cannot pay the IRS- including taxpayers who are facing collection enforcement
• IRS collection enforcement options, including liens, levies, and passport restrictions
• The simple and complex IRS collection alternatives, and the most common alternatives selected by taxpayers
• The terms, conditions, and how to obtain the simple IRS collection alternatives: the extension to pay, the streamlined installment agreement, and the non-streamlined installment agreement
• The terms, conditions, and how to obtain the complex IRS collection alternatives: the ability to pay installment agreement, currently not collectible status, and the offer in compromise
• The types of offer in compromise options and how to determine if a taxpayer qualifies and can pay an offer in compromise settlement
• Tips and best practices in dealing with the IRS to obtain a collection alternative

Level
Basic

Instructional Method
Group: Internet-based

NASBA Field of Study
Taxes (2 hours)

Program Prerequisites
None

Advance Preparation
None