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IRS Revenue Officer Visit to Your Long Island Home or Business

Charles Rosselli, Tax Attorney — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 19:28:12 +0000

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

Charles Rosselli, Tax Attorney — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 15:28:45 +0000

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

Charles Rosselli, Tax Attorney — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:29:44 +0000

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

Charles Rosselli, Tax Attorney — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:10:04 +0000

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

Charles Rosselli, Tax Attorney — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:16:58 +0000

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

Charles Rosselli, Tax Attorney — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:04:12 +0000

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

Charles Rosselli, Tax Attorney — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:59:34 +0000

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

Charles Rosselli, Tax Attorney — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 13:46:31 +0000

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

Charles Rosselli, Tax Attorney — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 19:49:11 +0000

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

Charles Rosselli, Tax Attorney — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 12:53:29 +0000

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

Charles Rosselli, Tax Attorney — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:28:27 +0000

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 ]

Charles Rosselli, Tax Attorney — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:55:23 +0000

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 ]

Charles Rosselli, Tax Attorney — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:51:43 +0000

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 ]

Charles Rosselli, Tax Attorney — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:20:58 +0000

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 ]

Charles Rosselli, Tax Attorney — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:45:33 +0000

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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How New York State Sales Tax Rates Work: State, County, and Local

Charles Rosselli, Tax Attorney — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 13:23:13 +0000

New York's sales tax is not a single flat rate. Every taxable transaction in New York is subject to a combined rate that layers together a statewide component, a county component, and in some areas a special district surcharge. The combined rate varies by location — sometimes significantly — and for businesses that sell to […]

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New York Sales Tax 101: A Plain-English Guide for Business Owners

Charles Rosselli, Tax Attorney — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 12:56:38 +0000

New York State sales tax is one of the most consequential compliance obligations a business owner faces — and one of the least understood. Most business owners know they need to collect and remit it. Far fewer understand how it actually works, what triggers it, what is exempt, and what happens when something goes wrong.This […]

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IRS Bank Levy on Long Island [ FAQs ]

Charles Rosselli, Tax Attorney — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:37:37 +0000

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 Sales Tax on Services: The General Rule and the Many Exceptions

Charles Rosselli, Tax Attorney — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:35:56 +0000

Most business owners assume that services are not subject to sales tax. In most states, that default is correct — services are exempt unless the law specifically taxes them. New York works differently. For a significant and important category of services, New York's starting point is taxability — and it is the exemption that must […]

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Hiring a New York Sales Tax Attorney vs. Handling It Yourself

Charles Rosselli, Tax Attorney — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:30:15 +0000

When a New York business owner receives a sales tax audit notice, a proposed assessment, or a responsible person determination, the first question is often: do I really need an attorney, or can I handle this myself?It is a fair question. Attorney fees are real, and not every sales tax matter requires professional representation. Some […]

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