Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Obtaining a Good Result for Our Clients
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The only 'Secret' to obtaining a good and fair result for a client is by way of hard work and application of law to the facts of the case."

 - Donald Lowrey, Tax Atttorney

  
Some Other Differences
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You have heard the ads on the radio or seen the commercials on TV.  Typically, the have a tag line something like this: "If you owe more than $15,000 to the IRS..."

Have you ever wondered why the $15,000 qualification?  It has nothing to do with the IRS.  Many of these companies will not take your case unless the amount that you owe the IRS is of a sufficient size to justify a large fee. 

The companies of which I speak spend more money on their sales operations, commissions, and front office than they do in actually performing the work of engaging the IRS.   Sometimes the salesman (some call them a "tax representative") will exagerate the possible consequences so as to scare you into paying the fee.  Sometimes a result is suggested that may not be realistic.  In short, "selling" is going on.

To be fair, we also charge fees.  However, we do not have commision sales people.  We try to keep the overhead low and charge fees commensurate with the difficulty of the case, our education, training, and our negotiating skills.  We don't exagerate and we don't over promise.  We will "give it to you straight".

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The Secret
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 Sometimes you hear a radio ad where the announcer promises that "Our former IRS employees know the "IRS Secret settlement polcies" or similar words.
 
The IRS is a very big organization.  Very few IRS employees are actually able to make settlement offers.  Every settlement, installment agreement or other concession is required to be reviewed by a Supervisor.  If the case is big enough or goes through IRS Appeals, the settlement must also be reviewed by an IRS attorney, who is often in a different city.
 
Most IRS employees never have any of the above mentioned authority.  Some open the mail, and others handle administrative tasks.  You can see that being a former IRS employee, is not by itself a recommendation for anything.
 
Moreover, all IRS policies and procedures are either published or are required to be disclosed under various laws.  Deviations from these publicly announced polices is grounds for an IRS employee to be fired.  The only "Secret" to successfully settling a client's case is hard work, research and application of law to the facts of the case.
  
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