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Taxpayers need to be careful in selecting a qualified tax attorney. For more information visit us at:- http://www.keytaxgroup.com/

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Hire a Tax Attorney

Keytax Group

http://www.keytaxgroup.com/

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IRS:

Internal Revenue Service is responsible for collecting taxes.

A qualified Tax Attorney Miami is needed to represent you before the IRS.

But not only the tax attorney is enough to represent you.

There are three types of professionals who are qualified to represent you.

The professionals are 1. Enrolled Agent 2. Certified Public Accountant 3. Attorney

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Enrolled Agent:

An Enrolled agent is licensed by the IRS.An Enrolled Agent is either a former IRS employee who has met time and experience requirements to obtain the license or a person who passed a specialized test and has met other qualifications set forth by the IRS.

Certified public accountant or CPA:

A CPA is also authorized by the IRS to represent taxpayers.A CPA should be licensedz by the state within which they practice.A CPA cannot obtain his or her license without meeting specific educational requirements

and passing a specialized exam.

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Attorney:

An Attorney is also authorized by the IRS to represent taxpayers.

An attorney is also licensed by the state within which they practice.

An attorney also has educational requirements and must pass an exam.

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Taxpayers need to be careful in selecting a qualified tax attorney.

A qualified tax attorney is not just an attorney who possesses a bar license.

A qualified attorney must also have a Masters of Law in Taxation or Masters in Accounting or have significant experience practicing before the IRS.

If a taxpayer needs to go to court, an attorney must be admitted to practice before the

United States Tax Court.

Hiring A Tax Attorney:

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Some important considerations for you when hiring a tax attorney can be summarized as follows:

Must be a member of the state Bar.

Must possess a Masters Degree or LLM.

Must specialize in the area you need.

Must have extensive experience negotiating with IRS.

Must be admitted to practice before US Tax Court.

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If you have unfiled returns or accounting issues that need to be resolved before you can get a resolution to your IRS tax debt, you may need to consider hiring a CPA or Enrolled Agent in conjunction with an attorney.

Most attorneys cannot prepare tax returns, do not understand complex accounting issues, and are not bookkeepers.

As a result, a team of professionals may be needed by you.

Unfiled Tax Returns:

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Wage garnishment is the technique of reducing money from workers wages including salary as a result of court order.

It is a technique used by IRS to fulfill the tax debt through collecting the amount from your wages.

When you receive the notice regarding garnishing your wages from the IRS, you first need to get in to the IRS compliance.

Compliance is not meant that filling all unfiled returns, it means to paying all estimated payments.

Wage Garnishment:

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IRS sends you notice and demand for payment.

If you don't pay the tax, then IRS will send you the last notice 30 days before the commencement of wage garnishment.

The last notice will be treated by the IRS, at the taxpayer home or the place of business. As a result, the taxpayers gets the garnished wages without receiving a notice.

Process of Wage Garnishment Miami:

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25% of your income, if its greater than $290.

The amount is 30 times greater than the federal minimum wage.

The above limits do not apply to garnishment for unpaid tax debts, bankrupty court orders, child or spousal support, or voluntary wage assignments.

The federal agency garnishing up to 15% of the limits and 10 % by the department of education.

Maximum amount that can be garnished:

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Disposable Income:

Disposable income is the amount of money you have in your hand after reduction from the state and federal income taxes, federal social security, state disability insurance and public employee retirement systems.

Gross Income:

Gross income is the amount of money you obtain before all reductions.

The amount of money that will be garnished is according to your income.

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Key Tax Group

9825 Marina Blvd. Suite 100Boca Raton, Florida 33428

[email protected]

Phone: 1-800-557-4048Fax: 561-423-0800

http://www.keytaxgroup.com

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