Success Stories

Tax problems are intimidating, frightening and could jeopardize your family, business and home. Supported by a staff of professionals of former IRS and State Agents trained in tax, law and accounting, we have the expertise to help you. 

Whether you owe back taxes, have had your wages garnished, or have not filed taxes in a while, the Law Offices of Jeffrey S. Freeman can help you. We have successfully helped our clients save millions of dollars in IRS and State tax penalties and interest. Recent IRS and State policies have created a great opportunity for taxpayers with delinquent taxes to get back into the system and end their tax problems for good. 

OFFER IN COMPROMISE 

We were recently able to help clients reduce their tax debts from:

$27,680 to $480
$22,429 to $2,500
$57,324 to $7,900
$750,790 to $74,000 
$890,000 to $20,000 (on payroll tax liability)
$1,200,000 to $28,000

INSTALLMENT AGREEMENTS 

A client had negotiated an installment agreement with the IRS on her own and was paying $1,082 per month. She was unable to meet her basic necessities of life and financial obligations. We were able to successfully reduce the amount of the agreement to a more manageable $320 per month after analyzing the client’s financial condition and presenting this evidence to the IRS.

AUDIT REPRESENTATION 

We have successfully represented hundreds of clients through the audit process. We strive to resolve each audit with minimal changes or convince the auditor to allow a substantial part of the deductions initially disallowed. Over the years, we have eliminated millions of dollars of taxes, penalties and interest proposed to be assessed by Internal Revenue Service Auditors and Tax Examiners our Clients did not owe. The following stories exemplify situations that have occurred to our clients.

Overly Aggressive Auditors 
One of our clients was faced with an extremely aggressive auditor who seemed determined to find income that was not reported on the income tax return being audited even though no definitive evidence of such income existed. The auditor issued a summons to the client demanding that he allow the auditor to personally interview him at his business. We were able to finally convince the Internal Revenue Service that it was totally inappropriate and probably illegal for them to try to disrupt the business operations of a taxpayer in the course of the audit. 

Mistakes in Reporting Income
After receiving an audit notice, one of our clients discovered that he had made a substantial error in calculating the income he received and therefore under-reported his income by four hundred thousand dollars on the income tax return being audited. Because of this error, the client had also failed to report and pay a substantial amount of income taxes. Given the size of the error and the amount of taxes involved, the client was facing a serious risk of either a criminal referral by the auditor or the imposition of substantial civil fraud penalties in addition to the income taxes and interest the client knew he would owe.

We were successfully able to assist the client by convincing the auditor not to make a criminal referral or assess civil fraud penalties. We then were able to work out an acceptable payment arrangement so that our client could pay back the additional liabilities he owed within a reasonable time and without any lien, levy or collection action. 

Records Destroyed
A client facing an audit had always kept meticulous records that substantiated his significant business expenses. Unfortunately, all of these records were lost when the company moved office spaces. At the time the client retained our office, the auditor handling the case had indicated that he intended to disallow all of the business expenses resulting in a substantial assessment of taxes, penalties, and interest.

We were able to assist the client by reconstructing records and establishing the expenses through other means. Since we were able to indirectly substantiate most of the expenses, we were then able to convince the auditor to allow the majority of expenses as deductions.

LEVY REMOVAL 

A client was over $69,000 in debt with the IRS.  They had just seized the client’s bank account with her mortgage payment and garnished two weeks of the Husband’s paychecks. The client came to us desperate and unsure of what to do.

Our firm was successful in lifting the bank seizure and was able to have the money returned to the client’s bank account and the garnishment released within a day and a half. Within 30 days we filed an offer and compromise and were able to settle the liability for $2,500.

PENALTY REMOVAL

A client came to us with significant penalties and related interest due to the failure to file returns and pay tax on time. After we clearly presented the client's facts to the government, we were able to eliminate all of the penalties and the penalty related interest saving the client over $50,000.

PAYROLL TAXES 

The Revenue Officer gave a client 10 days to make the first payment of $10,000 on a $300,000 payroll tax debt and informed the client that if this was not done the IRS would close the business, seize the company bank account and accounts receivables, and all their equipment. Within a day, we had successfully filed a power of attorney with the IRS and were able to stop all collection action. We assisted the client in reorganizing the business and filed an offer in compromise for $85,000 to be paid over 60 months for approximately $1,400.00 per month.

INNOCENT SPOUSES 

Our client came to see us when she became aware that the IRS was holding both her and her husband liable for taxes in the amount of $280,000. She never realized that taxes were going unpaid. We were able to successfully convince the IRS not to hold the innocent spouse liable and release her from this liability.  This allowed her the freedom to leave the marriage. 

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS 

One of our clients inadvertently was a participant in a tax scheme. Two IRS Special Agents came to the client’s house and issued a summons requesting that he appear before them. The client contacted our office and we were able to successfully represent the client in the meeting and convince the government that he was not associated with the target of the investigation.

At the Law Offices of Jeffrey S. Freeman, we represent clients in nationwide tax controversies and Statewide in Michigan and throughout Oakland County, Wayne County, Washtenaw County, Macomb County, and Livingston County, Michigan.