A notice has a deadline. The response should be accurate, timely, and supported.
Joe has experience representing clients before the IRS, and Ronald MacDonald, Jr. brings depth of experience representing clients with tax authorities. We read the notice, confirm what is actually being asked, gather the support, and communicate on your behalf.
Most notices are narrower than they feel. Many are a proposed adjustment based on a document match — a 1099 or K-1 the agency believes was omitted — rather than a determination that you owe. Others request verification, adjust a refund, or begin collection activity. Identifying which one you have is the first step.
The second step is protecting the deadline. Nearly every notice carries a response window, and some of those windows protect valuable rights. We calendar them immediately.
From there the work is evidence and communication: assembling support that speaks directly to the item in question, correcting the record where the agency is wrong, and paying only what is actually owed. Where a balance is genuinely due, we discuss the available options, including installment arrangements and Offers in Compromise.
Massachusetts Department of Revenue matters follow their own procedures and deadlines, and we handle them in parallel rather than waiting for the federal matter to conclude.
Please do not send returns or notices through the public contact form or unencrypted email. After a brief preliminary conversation we'll open a secure ClientHub request for the documents.
No one can promise a specific outcome with a tax authority, and we won't. What we commit to is a response that is accurate, timely, and properly supported.
Capabilities in this area
Notices & examinations
- Notice review and deadline protection
- Document-matching and CP-series responses
- Examination support and correspondence
- Massachusetts DOR notices
- Penalty and interest review
Representation
- Authorized representation before tax authorities
- Direct communication on your behalf
- Appeals-stage correspondence
- Reconstruction of records where needed
- Coordination with legal counsel where appropriate
Resolution
- Balance-due options and installment arrangements
- Offers in Compromise
- Unfiled return cleanup
- Amended returns
- Compliance plan going forward
Questions we hear most
- Should I just pay the amount on the notice?
- Not before it's verified. Many proposed adjustments are incorrect or incomplete, and paying can complicate a later correction.
- How do I get the notice to you safely?
- After a short preliminary call, we'll send a secure ClientHub request. Please don't attach it to the public form or to ordinary email.
- Can you guarantee the penalties will be removed?
- No. Outcomes depend on the facts and the agency's determination. We'll tell you candidly what we think is achievable.
Where this connects
If a notice is on your desk, the timeline has already started.
Bring tax planning, accounting, cash-flow guidance and business advisory into one relationship with JT Kruk Associates.