IRS notices and representation
Send us the letter before you reply to it. We represent clients on collection actions, administrative appeals and disputes — whoever filed the original return.
You are in the right place if…
You received a notice
A CP letter, a proposed adjustment, or a request for documents.
You owe and cannot pay
Payment plans, penalty relief and settlement options.
You are in a dispute
Collection actions through to administrative appeals.
What the work involves
- Power of attorney filing2848
- Notice and CP letter responseAny year
- Penalty abatement requests843
- Installment agreements9465
- Offer in compromise656
- Transcript retrieval and review8821
- Administrative appealsAppeals
- Collection action defenseCollections
Do not reply on your own first
Most IRS notices are automated, and a large share are simply wrong — a mismatch caused by a broker reporting a cost basis of zero, an employer filing a corrected W-2, or a payment credited to the wrong year. Responding without understanding what triggered the notice frequently makes the position worse, because an incomplete answer becomes the record.
Who can represent you
The best person to represent you before the IRS is a credentialed practitioner who is familiar with your return and can speak to how it was prepared. Only a practitioner authorized to practice before the IRS may act for you in these matters, and ours can do so in all fifty states. Once a Form 2848 is on file, correspondence comes to us and you stop receiving the letters directly.
If your notice has a deadline
Most notices carry a 30-day response window and some carry 90. Call us before that date rather than after — options narrow considerably once a deadline passes.
Under examination rather than responding to a letter? See our audit support and tax defense page.