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When you
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When you
run a Google search on the search term
"offer in compromise" at any time, your
results will show about 75% of the first
20 listings (the first two pages of
search results) being not OIC providers,
but strictly informational or purely
governmental sites. These are not bad
sites; however, for someone who is
searching for professional help and not
information, these sites provide no
benefit at all when it comes to finding
professional help:
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www.irs.gov |
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www.taxprophet.com
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www.nolo.com
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www.unclefed.com
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taxes.about.com
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law.freeadvice.com
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www.businessknowhow.com
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www.wwwebtax.com
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www.boe.ca.gov
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www.dor.state.nc.us
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law.gsu.edu
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www.lawyers.com
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www.dor.mo.gov
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www.sba.gov
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www.state.de.us
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www.lawcore.com
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www.nysscpa.org
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Then there
are the paid
advertisers. Just because they pay for a
good position on your monitor doesn't
mean they provide better service than
their competitors, does it?
Or does it?
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So Many Offer
in Compromise Firms!
Offer in Compromise
Providers/Advertisers
simply promoting themselves as Offer in
Compromise professionals, whether small
or large, does nothing for a firm or
individual to initially win the
confidence of taxpayers struggling to
find professional help in an area of
expertise avoided by most attorneys,
CPAs, and Enrolled Agents.
If you want OIC help -
good, solid, knowledgeable, experienced,
respected - where do you turn? There are
over 50 firms jockeying for position for
your OIC dollars.
Welcome to the only site
where you can view their OIC credentials
side by side and face to face and decide
for yourself who to contact.
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The Internet
Makes OIC Firms Equal.
Or Does It?
The Internet has leveled
the playing field when it comes to
advertising and promoting a specialized
service like Offer in Compromise
negotiations.
Everyone gets instant and national
exposure on the Internet. From the
national firm with offices from coast to
coast to the small-town rent-a-cubicle
desk jockey who actually may be very
good at it.
Professionally
designed websites and office help three
layers deep don't reveal the underlying
ability and knowledge of the person with
the pencil and the calculator and the
telephone.
So what do you do?
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Read Us First!
We will contrast and
compare the major advertisers for the
term "offer in compromise" and provide
the results for you in an unbiased
manner.
In a pure auction
setting where the highest bidder gets
the Number 1 Position on Yahoo's results
page, how many advertisers' web sites
will you visit and how many will you
call before you pick one to represent
you?
Even Google gives
heavy consideration to high-dollar
bidders for its paid advertiser
listings. Is a national firm with an
high advertising budget really better
than an independent professional who has
more experience and knowledge but fewer
advertising dollars?
In a tax matter that
can concern from $10,000 to several
hundred thousand dollars (or more) of
your possible tax debt, how do you
determine who will possibly hold your
financial future in his or her hand?
Will you get tired and choose one before
you have educated yourself on who the
best candidates are?
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Without
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It's
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Read the left-hand column and you'll discover
that they find it extremely difficult to compete
with the numerous gigantic governmental and
other informational sites for position in the
normal listings on the major search engines.
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Nationwide Tax Aid
Effectur |
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Colonial Tax Consultants |
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Fix
EA Tax |
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Premier Tax Solutions |
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Freedom Tax Relief |
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GPP
Tax Relief Associates |
| Don
Fitch
Michael Davis |
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McKenzie Law
Alvin Brown |
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Ameritax Tax Helpers |
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Strategic Tax Resolutions |
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Nationwide Tax Relief |
| CK Tax
US Tax Solutions |
| Tax Inc
Tax Debt Solutions |
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Tax Help Attorney |
| Kendall
& Co
Tax OIC |
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US Tax
Solutions |
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Tax Tiger
IRS Tax Trouble |
| IRS Tax
Trouble
Jonlyn |
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OIC Advice
Tax Aid |
| IRS
Problem Solvers |
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Nationwide
Tax Aid |
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Price Law Group |
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Tax Care Pros |
| Survive
Taxes |
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Sullivan Consulting |
| Tax
Problem Resolution |
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Pappas Tax |
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Taxpayer
Solutions Inc |
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Tax
Accounting
Baywide Tax |
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Martelle Law |
A Few Dirty OIC
Statistics
For the fiscal year
ended 09/30/03, IRS received 127,769 new offers,
up from 124,033 the prior year. They accepted
21,570 (17%) offers, down about 25% from
29,140 the prior year. Of those it processed,
IRS rejected 27,336 offers (21%), which is 61%
more than the 16,952 rejected the year
before. The others were “not processible”
because necessary information wasn't provided or
the taxpayer withdrew the offer.
For fiscal 2004, 106,025 offers were received
with 19,546 (18.5%) accepted. Those accepted
paid off $1.8 billion in liability for $275.3
million – an average of 15.3 cents on the
dollar.
So,
like Dirty Harry said, "Do you feel lucky,
punk?"
Well, do you?
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