| If any of the following circumstances apply to you | | | | A Federal Tax Lien will attach itself to all of your |
| personally, you might regard them as a signal that you | | | | property. Everything you own becomes vulnerable |
| should consider hiring a tax attorney. | | | | under such a collections process. If the Internal |
| If you can't remember the last time you filed an income | | | | Revenue Service has taken this step it is most likely |
| tax return with the Internal revenue Service, you might | | | | because you failed to respond to several notices |
| want to employ an attorney to review your IRS | | | | regarding a balance due and a Notice and Demand for |
| account. Even if you do not owe the Internal Revenue | | | | Payment. At this juncture, you need to make payment |
| Service any money, a tax attorney may be able to | | | | arrangements in order to get the lien released. A tax |
| find refunds to which you are entitled, but have not | | | | attorney best undertakes this matter. |
| collected. | | | | Once the Internal Revenue Service has filed a Federal |
| If you receive an assessment letter in the mail from | | | | Tax Lien against you, they will probably take even |
| the Internal Revenue Service, it might be a good time | | | | more action like attempting to levy your bank |
| to retain a tax lawyer. An assessment letter from the | | | | accounts. If you receive a Notice of Intent to Levy |
| Internal Revenue Service means that the IRS has | | | | from the IRS, you need to hire a tax attorney, because |
| determined that you owe them money. The | | | | you have only thirty days to stop the Internal Revenue |
| assessment letter is the first step in the collection | | | | Service from levying your bank accounts. |
| process and it informs you what you owe and why. | | | | The IRS may, likewise, seek to garnish your wages. |
| The assessment letter also indicates what penalties, | | | | Under garnishment, your employer will remove the |
| fees, and interest have been incurred regarding the | | | | garnished amount directly from your pay and send it to |
| claimed debt. If you do not respond to the assessment | | | | the IRS. |
| letter, your Internal Revenue Service debt will continue | | | | If you own a business and the IRS levels a Trust Fund |
| to grow. If you have an attorney respond on your | | | | Recovery Act penalty against you, seek the counsel |
| behalf, you should be able to work out a satisfactory | | | | of a tax attorney. The Trust Fund Recovery Act |
| settlement. | | | | Penalty is in response to non-payment of employee |
| If the Internal Revenue Service files a Federal Tax Lien | | | | withholding and it can be rigidly severe. |
| against you, you should immediately hire a tax attorney. | | | | |