What to Do When the IRS is After You: Secrets of the IRS as Revealed by Retired IRS Employees

by Richard M. Schickel, Lauri Goff, William G. Dieken

For the first time ever, three newly retired IRS agents dare to share the secrets of how the IRS works, secrets that the IRS does not want you to know about its culture, its procedures and how they train their employees to think. A tax collector and two revenue agents with 101 years of combined IRS experience wrote this book- What to Do When the IRS is After You. This book shares information that the authors have already been sharing for years with family and friends who were in trouble with the IRS. Using a combination of IRS knowledge, experience and wisdom they have written a comprehensive guide of step-by-step instructions in plain English to help you decide how to deal with your IRS situation. They advise you when your situation is bad enough where you will need to hire a tax professional. This book will explain what IRS can do and will do to you. What to Do When the IRS is After You will guide you through the forms, letters and procedures that you need to successfully negotiate with the IRS. This book explains the details of how the most reviled and hated agency in the U.S. Government operates. You need to know that you will not be arrested by your auditor, revenue officer or revenue agent. Most people will not go to jail for not paying your taxes. If you cooperate, no one is going to come out and seize your car, your house, your kids or put you in jail. You will always receive a letter from the IRS first. The IRS never starts a case with a threatening phone call. What to Do When the IRS is After You explains what you need to know • Tell your “story” to the IRS so they understand you and rule in your favor • Get an installment agreement • Have your case declared “currently not collectible” and pay nothing • Successfully file an offer in compromise • Win your case in appeals • File bankruptcy that can make your taxes go away • Respond to a IRS Criminal Agent who has contacted you • Avoid incriminating yourself in tax audits • Avoid making mistakes that can hurt your case. • Defend yourself in an IRS audit. • Get tax, penalties and interest removed • To decide if an offer in compromise is good or bad for you This book tells you how to resolve your IRS problems and reclaim your life. It shows you practical strategies of how to avoid wage and bank seizures, save your business, your job, your car, your family and your home. This book gives you hope and releases you from IRS fear and intimidation.

426 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 29, 2016

About the author

Richard M. Schickel is a 33 year veteran of the Internal Revenue Service. He was a Senior Revenue Officer responsible for collecting Income and Social Security taxes from wealthy individuals and large corporations. He successfully worked a variety of collection cases and retired in December 2013. He was also an IRS Instructor, Coach and in his off time authored an internal IRS book called the Asset Recovery Guide which IRS adapted as the Financial Analysis Section of the Internal Revenue Manual. He was awarded 66 awards from the IRS and the Treasury Department for his work. As a tax collector, he was also a bill collector, psychologist, credit counselor, loan officer, auctioneer, marketing specialist, marriage counselor, financial planner, social worker, paralegal, mediator, asset evaluator, negotiator, judge, jury, and enforcer. He become an IRS licensed Enrolled Agent (licensed nationally by the I.R.S.) and founded RMS Tax Consulting LLC in Chicago and Tucson, Arizona. He continues to serve taxpayers who are in trouble with the I.R.S. His tax book series includes "I.R.S. Whistleblower." "What to Do When the I.R.S. is After You," and "Now is the Best Time Ever to Owe the I.R.S." published in fall, 2021.

Reviews

[Ed Barton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Must Read

If you are new to tax practice, or are dealing with an audit or IRS enforcement action, this book gives you a good overview of resources, processes and inside insights from former agents. A must read.