Wage Garnishment Released by the Expert Team at Blue Tax

    LOS ANGELES, CA, February 21, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- A wage garnishment is one of the most intimidating powers that the IRS can use in an effort to retrieve unpaid taxes from a taxpayer. Intimidating because it is immediately effective in taking money from the taxpayer and placing it in the hands of the IRS, whether it's convenient or not for the taxpayer and regardless of whether that person can afford it.

Wage garnishments by the IRS and State are common when a taxpayer has not filed taxes in many years. Take John M. (Diamondbar, CA) who came to Blue Tax panicked when the Franchise Tax Board placed a bi-weekly wage garnishment on his paycheck for $500. As it turns out, Mr. McCue had not filed a tax return since 2005.

The Blue Tax team immediately sent the client the Financial Analysis packet so that they could get started on preparing that right away. Blue Tax contacted the Franchise Tax Board and the IRS to see what was needed for resolution. The Blue Tax team then quickly filed tax returns for the client for 2006 through 2009.

Once the client returned the personal Financial Analysis questionnaire, the Blue Tax team had the client sign the prepared returns and the team filed the returns right away. To expedite the release of the wage garnishment, Blue Tax faxed copies of the signed returns to the Franchise Tax Board and was able to secure a full release of the garnishment that day.

Once the Franchise Tax Board returns were processed, it was clear that the client was owed a refund due to overpayment. The FTB had been garnishing the client in excess and so Blue Tax ensured the client a refund in the amount of $2,855. Once John's IRS returns had posted, he asked Blue Tax to negotiate a payment plan that could be stretched out over time. So Blue Tax worked out a streamlined five-year payment plan, after which time his entire tax debt would be paid off.

Blue Tax was a success in bringing the client into compliance and getting the garnishment released quickly. Now that John is on a payment plan, he can sleep easy knowing that there will be no more wage garnishments.

For more information about Blue Tax and its ability to help taxpayers resolve their tax problems, please visit www.BlueTax.com or call (888) 310-5858 for a free confidential consultation.

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