IRS Problem FAQs ( NY & IRS Tax Attorney Answers ) https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/category/irs-problem/ Tax Problem Law Center : Long Island Tax Attorney Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:53:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Tax-Problem-Law-Center-Logo-1.png IRS Problem FAQs ( NY & IRS Tax Attorney Answers ) https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/category/irs-problem/ 32 32 IRS Substitute for Return on Long Island: What Happens When the IRS Files Your Taxes for You https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/years-unfiled-taxes-long-island/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:53:33 +0000 https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/?p=9901 You did not file your tax return. Maybe for one year. Maybe for several. You told yourself you would get to it, that you would catch up, that the problem was too complicated or the amount owed too large to face. And now you have received a notice telling you that the IRS has filed […]

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]]> IRS Revenue Officer Visit to Your Long Island Home or Business https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/irs-revenue-officer-visit-to-your-long-island-home-or-business/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 19:28:12 +0000 https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/?p=9897 The Revenue Officer showed up at your door. Or they left a card. Or they called your business and identified themselves as a Revenue Officer with the Internal Revenue Service. You are wondering what this means and whether it is as serious as it feels.It is more serious.I'm Charles Rosselli, a Long Island tax attorney. […]

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]]> IRS CP504 on Long Island: Why This Notice Is More Dangerous Than It Looks https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/irs-cp504/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 15:28:45 +0000 https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/?p=9893 Most people who receive a CP504 read it the same way they have read every other IRS notice: with dread, then with avoidance. They set it down. They tell themselves it is just another letter. They do not understand what distinguishes the CP504 from everything that came before it.The CP504 is not another reminder. It […]

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]]> IRS Final Notice of Intent to Levy (LT11) on Long Island: What Happens If You Ignore It https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/irs-final-notice-of-intent/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:29:44 +0000 https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/?p=9889 You received a letter from the IRS. It says "Final Notice of Intent to Levy and Notice of Your Right to a Hearing." It may also be called Letter 1058. You set it down. You told yourself you would deal with it. You did not.That letter was the last warning the IRS is legally required […]

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]]> IRS Levy on Rental Income on Long Island: : When the IRS Intercepts Your Tenant’s Rent Payments https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/irs-levy-on-rental-income-on-long-island/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:10:04 +0000 https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/?p=9885 You own rental property in Nassau County or Suffolk County. Your tenants pay rent. That rent is your income — maybe your primary income, maybe a critical supplement to everything else you earn. You depend on it to cover the mortgage, the property taxes, the insurance, the maintenance, and your own living expenses.The IRS can […]

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]]> IRS Seizure of a Long Island Business: What It Looks Like When the IRS Padlocks Your Doors https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/irs-seizure-of-a-long-island-business/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:16:58 +0000 https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/?p=9880 One morning, the Revenue Officer arrives. They have credentials, a levy notice, and the legal authority to take possession of your business. The employees who show up for their shift find the doors locked. The sign on the door says the business has been seized by the Internal Revenue Service. The phone starts ringing — […]

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]]> When the IRS Comes After Assets You Transferred to a Spouse or Family Member https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/when-the-irs-comes-after-assets-you-transferred-to-a-spouse-or-family-member/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:04:12 +0000 https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/?p=9830 You transferred the house to your spouse. You put the business in your mother's name. You added your children to the deed years ago. You thought you were protecting those assets from the IRS.The IRS thought of this before you did.I'm Charles Rosselli, a Long Island tax attorney. One of the most common — and […]

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]]> IRS Passport Revocation on Long Island: When Unpaid Taxes Cost You Your Right to Travel https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/irs-passport-revocation-on-long-island/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:59:34 +0000 https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/?p=9834 You booked the flight. You packed the bags. And at the airport counter, or worse, standing in front of the passport agency, you found out your passport had been flagged, denied, or revoked — because of a tax debt you may have been ignoring for years.Most Nassau County and Suffolk County taxpayers have no idea […]

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]]> IRS Levy on Self-Employment Income on Long Island: Draws, Distributions, and K-1 Income at Risk https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/irs-levy-on-self-employment-income/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 13:46:31 +0000 https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/?p=9821 Most self-employed people on Long Island assume the IRS's wage levy authority does not apply to them. They do not have a traditional paycheck. They take owner's draws from their LLC, distributions from their S-corporation, or K-1 income from a partnership. These are not "wages" in the conventional sense — so the IRS cannot garnish […]

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]]> IRS Levy on Accounts Receivable: What Long Island Business Owners Face https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/irs-levy-on-accounts-receivables/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 19:49:11 +0000 https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/?p=9814 There is a particular humiliation in having the IRS contact your clients.Not your bank. Not your employer. Your clients — the people you work for, the businesses that depend on you, the professional relationships you have spent years building. When the IRS levies your accounts receivable, it reaches past you and goes directly to the […]

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]]> IRS Levy on Retirement Accounts FAQs https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/irs-levy-on-retirement-accounts/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 12:53:29 +0000 https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/?p=9809 The retirement account you have been building for thirty years is not protected from the IRS.This is the fact that most Long Island residents do not know until it is directly relevant to their situation. The accounts that are shielded from private creditors — the 401(k), the IRA, the pension — are not shielded from […]

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]]> IRS Levy on Social Security: What Long Island Retirees Need to Know https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/irs-levy-on-social-security/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:28:27 +0000 https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/?p=9803 There is a specific cruelty to discovering that the IRS can take your Social Security benefits.You worked for decades. You paid into the system. You planned your retirement around that monthly payment — the consistent, predictable income that was supposed to form the foundation of your financial life in the years when you could no […]

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]]> IRS Seizure of Property on Long Island [ FAQs ] https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/irs-seizure-of-property-on-long-island/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:55:23 +0000 https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/?p=9796 Most people understand, abstractly, that the IRS has collection power. They know about bank levies and wage garnishments. What they do not fully understand — until it is too late — is that the IRS's authority extends well beyond financial accounts.The IRS can seize physical property. Real estate. Business equipment. Vehicles. Inventory. The contents of […]

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]]> Federal Tax Lien on Long Island [ FAQs ] https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/federal-tax-lien-on-long-island-faqs/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:51:43 +0000 https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/?p=9783 A federal tax lien is the IRS's legal claim against everything you own — and in Nassau County and Suffolk County, where most people's net worth is concentrated in their home, it is one of the most damaging things the IRS can do to you short of taking your money outright.The lien does not drain […]

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]]> IRS Bank Levy on a Long Island Business [ FAQs ] https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/irs-bank-levy-on-a-long-island-business-faqs/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:20:58 +0000 https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/?p=9777 It started as a tax problem. Now it is threatening to become the end of your business.When the IRS levies a personal bank account, the damage is severe but relatively contained. When it levies a business operating account — the account your employees' paychecks come from, the account your vendors depend on, the account that […]

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]]> IRS Wage Garnishment on Long Island [ FAQs ] https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/irs-wage-garnishment-on-long-island-faqs/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:45:33 +0000 https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/?p=9768 An IRS wage garnishment does not feel like a government administrative action. It feels like a mugging that happens every two weeks, in broad daylight, with your employer watching.I'm Charles Rosselli, a Long Island tax attorney. I have spent more than two decades watching what happens to families, professionals, and business owners throughout Nassau County […]

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]]> IRS Bank Levy on Long Island [ FAQs ] https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/irs-bank-levy-on-long-island/ Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:37:37 +0000 https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/?p=9771 You checked your balance this morning, and the money was gone. Or your bank called to tell you that funds have been frozen. Or a check you wrote last week bounced — for a bill you knew you had enough to cover — and the bank told you why.This is what an IRS bank levy […]

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]]> New York Clothing Exemption: What Is and Is Not Exempt From Sales Tax https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/ny-clothing-exemption/ Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:06:00 +0000 https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/?p=9690 New York's clothing exemption is one of the most frequently misapplied rules in the state's sales tax system. Retailers, e-commerce sellers, and their customers routinely get it wrong — and for businesses, systematic errors in either direction create audit liability that the Tax Department pursues actively.The basic rule sounds simple: clothing and footwear sold for […]

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]]> I Haven’t Filed A Tax Return In Years [ 7 Must Know Tips ] https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/i-havent-filed-a-tax-return-in-years/ Wed, 09 Nov 2022 13:40:25 +0000 https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/?p=7367 We hear it often. “I haven’t filed a tax return in years” Perhaps you have not filed a tax return in 5 years? 10 years? Forever? By the way, the record we have seen in our office is 23 years! We’ll explain what you need to know to protect yourself and get your life back on track. […]

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]]> Is IRS Collections on Tax Debt 10 Years ? [ Must Know ] FAQs https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/irs-collections/ Thu, 03 Nov 2022 12:15:33 +0000 https://taxproblemlawcenter.com/?p=7230 How long can IRS Collections aggressively enforce against you and pursue you for a tax liability? Table of Contents How Long Does the IRS Have to Collect a Balance DueNon-Filer Exception to IRS Statute of LimitationsFive (5) Common Tolls that will extend the 10 Year Time LimitAppealBankruptcySuit to Reduce Assessments to JudgmentOffer In CompromiseInstallment AgreementIRS […]

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