| The beginning thought of T.S Eliot's masterwork "The | | | | When To Call A Tax Attorney |
| Wasteland" states that "April is the cruelest month," | | | | If for some reason you find yourself in the position of |
| and while his poem deals with themes far more | | | | being in debt to the Internal Revenue Service, and |
| universal than tax time in the US, millions of American | | | | thousands upon thousands of taxpayers are, you |
| taxpayers can only nod their heads in agreement at its | | | | should not waste another minute before contacting a |
| opening words. But those taxpayers for whom April | | | | tax attorney. A lawyer trained specifically in tax law, a |
| has added insult to injury in the form of an IRS or state | | | | tax attorney can find you the quickest and least |
| tax board dispute, a tax attorney can be a longed-for | | | | expensive way out of your predicament. |
| ally. | | | | Giant business entities have stables of tax attorneys |
| Having to come face-to-face with any tax authority, | | | | on retainer simply to keep them from running afoul of |
| be it the IRS or at the state level, can be very | | | | the IRS Tax Code. A tax attorney can address your |
| intimidating for most average taxpayers. And | | | | tax issues regardless of their nature, from the failure to |
| taxpayers who try to deal with tax authorities on their | | | | file, to audits, to property seizures and liens, to wage |
| won may find themselves completely immersed in | | | | garnishment. |
| legal speak which they do not understand, and | | | | Is It Really Worth it? |
| agreeing to things contrary to their own best interests. | | | | While the cost of hiring a tax attorney may at first |
| By hiring a tax attorney, you as a beleaguered | | | | seem prohibitive, you will save far mire in the long run |
| taxpayer can have someone speaking the same | | | | than if you let the IT run roughshod over your bank |
| language as the authorities and interpreting what they | | | | account. The IRS is interested in only one thing: getting |
| are saying in easy-to-comprehend terms. A tax | | | | what you legitimately owe and whatever penalties |
| attorney will also be able to help you dial down the | | | | they can tack on to it. A tax attorney will negotiate the |
| stress level a few notches by letting you know when | | | | best possible terms for you and that can mean a |
| the taxmen are bluffing you. | | | | significant reduction in penalties. |