Negotiating Levy Releases

• An electrical contracting company in Baltimore, Maryland hired Clear Creek to manage a $33,000 liability owed to the IRS. Upon hiring our firm, the Associate assigned to the case immediately addressed a levy on our client's bank account that had captured $31,000. This levy action taken by the IRS was forcing our client to shut his doors. Through the efforts of the Associate assigned to this case, the IRS agreed to a partial release of the $31,000 levy, thereby allowing our client to remain open, and to move forward with an affordable resolution strategy.
• A nail and staple company in Turnwater, Washington hired Clear Creek to manage a liability of $218,000 owed to the Internal Revenue Service for past due Withholding taxes. Upon the inception of the case the Associate discovered that the Internal Revenue Service had issued 'Final Notices of Intent to Levy' on the Withholding taxes. The Associate immediately filed a Collection Due Process Hearing Request in order to preserve our client's rights and move forward with resolving the outstanding liability while keeping our client protected from enforced collection action. Although the request for the Appeal was on file with the Revenue Officer, Automated Collection Services, issued bank levies in the amount for $176,000. The Associate contacted the Revenue Officer who had been transferred off the account. The Associate was then able to locate the newly assigned Revenue Officer and although our client was not current with his tax deposits, the Associate was able to get an immediate release of the levy.
• An IT company in Jacksonville, Florida hired Clear Creek to resolve an Internal Revenue Service liability of approximately $40,000. The Associate assigned to the case stressed to our client the importance of remaining current and compliant. Our client did what was necessary to cut costs which would allow them to get current and compliant with their tax obligations. The Associate continued to successfully extend protect their assets during this process. However, due to our client's severe illness, our client canceled our firm's service several months later believing he could resolve this issue on his own. Our client soon thereafter called the Associate previously assigned to his case because the Internal Revenue Service had placed numerous accounts receivable levies on his account. Knowing the amount of success we had previously demonstrated, our client was confident that we could release the crippling levies that were in place. The Associate on the case was able to release all levies and put the entire balance, now close to $100,000 into a non-collectable status.
• A single mother of two in Epworth, Iowa hired Clear Creek to manage a liability of $16,000 owed to the State of Iowa. Her paycheck was being garnished at 25% resulting in monthly payments totaling $675 to the State. The Associate assigned to the case proved an undue hardship was taking place as a result of this garnishment. The Associate then proposed an affordable monthly Installment Agreement of $250, which was reviewed and accepted by the State Revenue Agent. The 25% garnishment was lifted and the affordable Installment Agreement was put in place immediately.
• An individual in North Carolina hired Clear Creek to manage a liability of $15,000 owed to the State of North Carolina for past due taxes. The Associate assigned to this case discovered that the reason a liability was even owed was because there was an error on our client's personal income tax return. Our client had a very aggressive State Revenue Agent assigned to his case, and intense enforced collections activity was being carried out against our client. A lien was placed against our client personally, and a levy was implemented which resulted in the repossession of our client’s personal vehicle. Through several conferences and negotiations with the State Revenue Agent, the Associate was able to not only prove that no liability was owed, but also that the taxpayer was, in fact, due a refund from the State of North Carolina. In doing so, the lien was released, and our client's vehicle was returned just days before the State was scheduled to auction it off to the public.
• A home healthcare provider in Texas hired Clear Creek to manage a liability of approximately $1.8 million owed to the IRS for past due Unemployment Taxes. In addition, the owners of the business were facing not only the personal assessment from the business tax, but also a liability of approximately $400,000 from past due Income Taxes with the Internal Revenue Service. Even though the business continued to accrue 941tax liability, of approximately $600,000 during our representation we were able to hold off 'Enforced Collections' for several months against the business and the owners. Due to the additional accrual of liability, the Internal Revenue Service refused to continue to hold off on levying all the business bank accounts and accounts receivables as well as the owners personally. During our negotiations to get the levies released, the business filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Although the filing of the bankruptcy petition placed an automatic stay on future enforced collection actions of the Internal Revenue Service, the Internal Revenue Service also agreed to release all continuous levies. In addition, the Associate assigned to the case was able to obtain releases of levy that were issued on the owners' personal bank accounts as well as on their wages.
• An electrical service company in Bay Shore, New York hired Clear Creek to assist in resolving its outstanding business tax liability in the amount of $200,000. Due to the recent accruals of new tax liabilities, the IRS issued a levy against our client's accounts receivable which attached to approximately $135,000. The Associate assigned to the case promptly appealed this levy and maintained ongoing negotiations between the accounts receivable and the IRS to determine the amount of money that the IRS could reasonably realize from the levy. The Revenue Officer with the IRS was determined to receive full payment of the levy; however, after working with the Revenue Officer and our client's legal department, the Associate was able to prove to the IRS that they only stood to collect $23,000 of the $135,000 being held. The IRS issued a release of the levy for all funds in excess of $23,000. The Associate then negotiated with the Appeals Unit of the IRS and secured a $2500 per month Installment Agreement on the remaining balance. This payment plan allowed the client to get caught up with vendors and suppliers as this levy set them back in many ways. Clear Creek is now moving forward with a request for an abatement of approximately $70,000 in accrued penalties.
• A daycare facility in Easley, South Carolina hired Clear Creek to manage liabilities with both the IRS and the State of South Carolina. Our client has had a long history of non-compliance and has been hammered by the IRS with numerous levies. Clear Creek has been successful in negotiating that all bank account levies be released so that our client could make its payroll obligations. Our client had another levy imposed on their state funding that encompasses 70% of the company's income creating an extreme hardship. Clear Creek was successful in having the levy on the State funding fully released so that the business may resume normal operations and make weekly payroll. Clear Creek is now negotiating affordable Installment Agreements for these liabilities.
• An individual in Fountain Hills, Arizona hired Clear Creek to manage a liability of $17,000 owed to the IRS. Our client is a single mother with a three year old son who recently moved from Florida to Arizona in order to take care of her elderly mother. The Associate assigned to the case quickly discovered that the IRS had recently issued a levy and wage garnishment against our client’s bank account and her sole source of income which was used to care for her son and mother. The Associate gathered the requisite financial documentation and negotiated a full release of the funds that were levied as well as a full release of our client's wage garnishment. Furthermore, the Associate negotiated the placement of our client's case into a 'Currently Non-Collectible' status with the IRS. Our client is now able to care for her three year old son and elderly mother without fear of enforced collection action from the IRS.
• A trucker in Connelly Springs, North Carolina hired Clear Creek to manage a liability of $10,000 owed to the IRS for past due sales taxes. Our client was in a hurry to hire Clear Creek because every pay period, one hundred percent of his $1,500 monthly paycheck was being garnished by the IRS to pay off his liability. This was especially distressing because he used a sizeable portion of his income to provide care for two elderly family members. Within two hours of receiving the case, the Associate assigned to this case contacted the IRS and negotiated a cease to the wage garnishment coupled with an Installment Agreement of only $42 per week. Our client is once again able to pay his own bills and provide some essentials for his family.
• A multimedia company located in Solon, Ohio hired Clear Creek to manage a liability of $20,000 to the IRS and sought assistance in releasing continuous Account Receivable levies that had been sent out by the Revenue Officer on October 22nd , leaving us with a deadline of November 21st to have the levies released. The Associate assigned to the case spoke with the Revenue Officer, who requested several documents including delinquent returns and a letter from our client outlining a plan to resolve the liabilities. The Associate assisted our client with restructuring the company in order to avoid a payroll liability in the future and immediately submitted the requested documents to the Revenue Officer. The IRS agreed to hold off on all future levy action, and when the Associate could not reach the Revenue Officer, the Associate successfully pursued the levy releases with the Group Manager and consequently all levies were released.
• An individual in Duluth, Minnesota hired Clear Creek to manage a liability of $30,000 owed to the IRS for past due income taxes. Upon being hired, our client's paycheck was being garnished in the amount of $1,500 per month to pay off the liability. The Associate assigned to this case immediately discovered several substitute returns were filed by the IRS. Once the correct returns were filed, the Associate negotiated the assessment of those amounts instead, saving the client approximately $15,000. Once the liability was cut by 50%, the Associate negotiated the release of the wage garnishment coupled with a new Installment Agreement for $230 per month which delighted our client.
• A construction firm in Valley Stream, New York hired Clear Creek to negotiate an Installment Agreement that would be viable and ensure a current and compliant status with the IRS. Unknown to Clear Creek or our client at the initiation of representation, the Revenue Officer handling the case had prepared and would soon submit levies on the firm's bank accounts. Having not received any notification of levy being issued, the first time the firm heard of this enforcement action was when it attempted to withdraw funds from its bank account for payroll and was prevented from doing so. A total of $15,000 was frozen due to the levy issued. The Senior Associate at Clear Creek assigned to the case acted immediately to identify first why there had been no notification of this levy received and second, the necessary steps for release. The Revenue Officer assigned to the case could not immediately be reached, therefore the Senior Associate worked with the Officer's Group Manager in her absence. After the Group Manager facilitated contact with the absent Revenue Officer, the Senior Associate was able to secure a full levy release within three days, ensuring that the firm's employees would be paid and the business could continue to operate.
• A metal manufacturing company in Owings Mills, Maryland hired Clear Creek to manage a liability of $20,000 owed to the IRS. The Associate assigned to the case successfully negotiated a hold of enforced collection action while our client prepared and filed the 2006 and 2007 941 Withholding Tax Returns that the Revenue Officer had previously assessed. Several weeks later, despite numerous calls to the Revenue Officer to check on the status of the returns, our client received a Notice of Levy attaching to $24,000. After more unsuccessful attempts to contact both the Revenue Officer and the Group Manager, the Associate filed an Appeal with the Taxpayer Advocate. Because our client filed the corrected returns, the true liability was reduced to $5,400, which was a much smaller amount to which the levy attached. With much persistence, the Associate was able to reach the Group Manager and negotiate the full release of the levy the day the funds were set to be sent to the IRS.
• A franchise sales group in Mesa, Arizona hired Clear Creek to manage a liability of $8,000 owed to the IRS for past due withholding taxes. At the time our client came hired our firm, the IRS had issued a bank levy which attached to $6400 in our client's bank account. The Revenue Officer and his Group Manager would not release the levy due to our client's past history of non-compliance. They would also not enter an Installment Agreement on behalf of our client either. Therefore, the Associate assigned to the case filed an Appeal in regards to their decision not to release the levy. During the Appeal Hearing the Associate was able to negotiate a release of the levy as well as negotiate an affordable Installment Agreement on behalf of our client.
• A construction company in California hired Clear Creek to manage a tax liability owed to the State of California of over $45,000. The State issued a levy for the $45,000 due, although the liability was an assessed balance stemming from estimated tax returns filed by the State. The Associate instructed our client to promptly file the missing returns, and the balance was then reduced to $5,600. The State Revenue Agent still wanted to collect the full $45,000 which would have put our client out of business. The Associate assigned to the case was able to get the levy reduced to just the amount owing saving our client over $38,000.
• An individual in West Virginia hired Clear Creek to assist in promptly absolving his liabilities in excess of $60,000 with the IRS and State of West Virginia. The Associate assigned to the case negotiated with the IRS and State while working to secure refinancing and full payment of the liability. Soon after receiving payment, due to an internal processing error, the IRS issued a levy on our client's bank accounts. The Associate secured a levy release from the IRS within a day of it being issued, argued successfully for immediate release of frozen funds with our client's bank manager and facilitated a full refund of all charges assessed by the bank as a result of the erroneous levy. As the issue with the IRS had been resolved, the Associate immediately and successfully secured releases of all liens held by the State.
• An individual taxpayer in Denver, Colorado hired Clear Creek to resolve a $105,000 liability with the IRS, and a $15,000 liability with the State of Colorado. One morning, the client realized her only bank account had been frozen. She frantically contacted the Associate and explained that if the account was to remain frozen, she would be unable to purchase food or gas or pay any other necessary monthly expenses. The Associate was quickly able to discern that the State of Colorado had issued a levy against our client's personal bank account. The Associate immediately began negotiations with the State to have the levy released. After being told that releasing the levy would be impossible, the Associate began moving up the chain of command at the Colorado Department of Revenue. Through continuous negotiations and persistence, the Associate was able to release the funds later that day.
• The owner of a restaurant in Delavan, Illinois hired Clear Creek to negotiate an IRS Installment Agreement associated with a liability of approximately $28,000. After a state contracted client failed to pay their bill to the restaurant, our client fell behind on her tax obligations. The client's Revenue Officer was reluctant to formalize an Installment Agreement because the business had defaulted an Installment Agreement once before. Nonetheless our firm was able to negotiate and secure an affordable Installment Agreement of $500 per month, however, the Revenue Officer had already begun the personal assessment of the Trust Fund against the corporate officer. Once the Trust Fund was personally assessed, we were able to negotiate that the Trust Fund portion of the Corporate debt be placed in a non-collectable status while the business satisfies the liability. During this time, we aggressively pursued an abatement of penalties on the account. The IRS agreed with our argument and abated over $5,000 of penalties and the associated interest. This amount will be applied to the existing balance, thus reducing the amount of time she will have to pay on her Installment Agreement.
• A daycare company in Indianapolis, Indiana hired Clear Creek to manage an IRS liability of approximately $250,000. Prior to hiring Clear Creek, our client was levied by the IRS through the Automated Collection Service Division. The levy attached to the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), which is a program facilitated by the State Department of Education. This program reimburses daycare providers for expenses incurred by purchasing food for the children who attend their daycares. The Department of Education was threatening to disqualify our client from ever being able to access this program in the future due to the IRS levy. Without this funding, our client would not be able to feed the children and would ultimately have to close the doors of the business leaving 55 to 60 children without sufficient daycare. The Associate assigned to this case immediately contacted the IRS and the Indiana Department of Education to negotiate the release of levy and ensure that our client would not be disqualified from CACFP. Although our client had over 38 missing tax returns with the IRS and a large outstanding balance even prior to the returns being filed, the Associate was able to negotiate a release of the IRS levy proving that it was causing an undue hardship. The Associate was also able to negotiate a Stay of Enforcement while our client files the numerous tax returns with the IRS. Unfortunately, upon the release of the levy, the IRS refused to provide written documentation that the levy had been released as it was through the IRS' automated levy program. The Associate aggressively continued to contact the IRS and negotiate for written documentation of the release of levy so that this documentation could be provided to the Indiana Department of Education. After intense negotiations, the Associate was able to obtain written documentation which was submitted to the Indiana Department of Education which will allow all children to continue attending the day care facility.
• A sod farm in Tea, South Dakota hired Clear Creek to manage a liability of $130,000 owed to the IRS for 941 taxes. The Revenue Officer had been working with the client for a few years and started to become more and more impatient. Clear Creek had proposed an Installment Agreement and it was denied by the Revenue Officer and then without any warning the client got levied for $5,000. The Associate immediately contacted the Revenue Officer and negotiated a full release of levy using possible lending as leverage. An individual in Colorado hired Clear Creek to manage a $15,000 IRS liability stemming from an arbitrarily assessed return. Our client also had an active wage garnishment against him. The Associate discussed how we could get the levy released if we were able to get our client on an Installment Agreement, which was the strategy we pursued. When we first contacted the IRS to set up a streamlined Installment Agreement, we discovered that several years' of returns were missing. The Associate called the client who returned to our office the next morning and completed all of the missing returns. We filed these returns and called ACS to get the returns filed and the levy released once we got an Installment Agreement set up. This Associate had to call ACS four different times before reaching someone who was helpful, however, this Associate was able to negotiate an Installment Agreement to resolve the liability and get the levy released on this same day.
• The owners of a printing shop in West Calcasieu hired Clear Creek to manage a liability of $8,228.40 owed to the Louisiana Department of Revenue and another liability of $33,276.75 owed to the local School Board. Our client's husband was being garnished nearly 30% of his monthly wages by the Department of Revenue and was soon going to be garnished by the School Board, too. Our client lost her business after Hurricane Rita in 2005 and felt that the State didn't even care about her losing her business as they simply wanted her money. The Associate assigned to this case had been successful in releasing the wage garnishment with the Department of Revenue and negotiating a $200 per month Installment Agreement. Our client is also paying the School Board $200 per month as well. After setting up the Installment Agreement with the School Board, the Associate then realized our client was being charged more for her 2005 Sales Taxes then they should have been. Our client lost all documents for 2005, and was unable to file her 2005 tax return, therefore resulting in having to file estimate tax returns. The School Board was charging nearly three times the amount the Department of Revenue was. The Associate then requested a recalculation of estimates and was able to reduce the amount owed for 2005 by nearly half. Instead of owing over $33,000 to the School Board, our client now only owes approximately $12,000.
• A real estate investor in Austin, Texas hired Clear Creek with a levy on his business bank account by the State of California Franchise Tax Board (FTB). The levy was issued to the business bank account for the full amount owed to the state which was $11,495.04. With our client owing additional taxes to other California taxing departments, he could not afford to full pay the State of California and was also in the middle of a project when the bank account was frozen. After numerous calls to the FTB with hold times as long as 45-88 minutes each, the Associate was able to negotiate the release of $3,833 and another $3,833 to be used as a lump sum payment. The State also requested that an Installment Agreement of $1,000 be set up in order for the levy to be released. The Associate contacted our client for approval, and when the Associate called the FTB back to formally set up the payment plan, the representative was unwilling to do what the other representative just promised. This State Revenue Agent was unwilling to release the levy in any amount and was also unwilling to set up an Installment Agreement in any amount. This Revenue Agent believed that because the real estate market was in bad shape, that our client would probably default the payment plan. The Associate argued that our client was already promised the levy release, and a payment plan amount, and that the Revenue Agent should not assume what our client can and cannot afford based on her own opinions of the economy. The Revenue Agent said her decision was final, and would note it in the computer so further changes could not be made. The Associate requested a supervisor, but was denied. The Associate quickly called the FTB Taxpayer Assistance Officer for immediate assistance. The Associate was able to obtain what was originally promised and was also able to negotiate the $1,000 per month payment down to a $750 per month payment. The levy was released on this same day and could now finish the project he was currently working on. Our client will also be able to use the funds released from the account to pay on his other state tax liabilities.
• An individual in Minot, North Dakota hired Clear Creek to manage a $47,000 liability owed to the IRS. Just prior to being hired, our client was levied and because our client had not filed returns for several years, it seemed that release of the levy would be impossible. The Associate assigned to this case managed to get several of these returns filed and posted and we were successful in negotiating the full release of the bank levies and wage garnishment against the client, even though our client still has outstanding returns and owes the IRS close to $50,000.
• An individual in Wausau, Wisconsin hired Clear Creek to negotiate a levy release associated with a $73,544 liability owed to the IRS. The levy was for $42,299. The Associate negotiated a partial levy release down to $800
• An individual in Texas hired Clear Creek to assist with a wage garnishment associated with a $99,740 tax liability owed to the IRS. The Associate assigned to this case contacted ACS requesting the release of the garnishment based on hardship. At the initial contact with ACS they were not willing to negotiate a release until they received our client's 2006 1040 and updated financials. We worked diligently with our client to collect the requested documents and once received, we again contacted ACS for a release. The representative we reached would not assist us as we had too many documents for her to receive by fax, however, she gave us information regarding an Expedite Unit at ACS so we could send the documents to them. We sent the documents overnight and then contacted ACS again to see if they had been received. They confirmed receipt and that the case was now assigned to a specific person. They could not give us contact information but, stated we would be contacted within five days if not sooner. Knowing that the garnishment was becoming exceedingly difficult on our client, we again contacted ACS. At this point we were able to reach a representative that assisted us. After extensive conversations with the representative at ACS we were able to negotiate the release of the levy and an installment agreement per our client's request. The representative even faxed the release of garnishment then and there to our client's employer.
• An individual in Mason City, Iowa hired Clear Creek to manage a $244,750 liability owed to the IRS. When hired, a levy was issued on only a couple of periods involved with the total liability. During the initial with our client, our client spent most of the time lecturing the Associate on how there was no law that required income tax to be paid. The Associate assured him that there were such laws, however our client was not so sure. Two days later our client called back and wanted us to move forward with his representation. The Associate convinced our client to file missing returns for 2005, 2006, and 2007, and complete a Form 433-A Collection Information Statement for Wage Earners and Self-Employed Individuals. Using the 433-A and filed returns, the Associate was able to negotiate with the Revenue Officer that the only way to resolve the case quickly was to put the client on a Partial Pay Installment Agreement. The Revenue Officer agreed to the Partial Pay Installment Agreement and released a continuous wage garnishment against our client. The Partial Pay Installment Agreement was approved and we are currently in discussions to submit an Offer in Compromise instead of letting the Partial Pay Installment Agreement run its course.
• An individual from East Haven, Connecticut hired Clear Creek to manage a $30,000 liability owed to the IRS. Once hired, an outstanding levy hit our client's bank account, however, due to the IRS' records, this period in question had already been paid, and therefore the Associate assigned to this case managed to release the levy immediately. Once this was accomplished, this Associate negotiated an affordable Streamline Installment Agreement. We are currently working on abating associated penalties.
• An individual in Lilburn, Georgia hired Clear Creek to manage a $211,522 owed to the IRS. When hired, our client was having his wages garnished in the amount of $7,000 per month. The Associate assigned to this case negotiated a partial wage garnishment release down to $3,000 per month. This Associate also submitted a Penalty Abatement Narrative and of the $44,644 we were looking to abate all but $1,813 were abated, thrilling our client.
• A BBQ restaurant owner in Marietta, Georgia hired Clear Creek to manage a state sales tax liability of approximately $200,000. However, once we got our client's outstanding returns filed, our client owed approximately $350,000 on one business, plus $130,000 on another business that he owns. The Associate assigned to this case was able to negotiate an Installment Agreement based on a down payment of $117,000, with the balance due over the course of the next 12 months, which our client could do, however, not for another two months. We kept in contact with the state to ensure that our client was protected, but then the State Revenue Agent stopped returning phone calls. We tried calling many times, but were only able to leave voicemails. Then, the client's personal accounts were levied. The State Revenue Agent would still not answer her phone or return our phone calls. After two days of attempting to reach her we called her manager, then a regional manager, and then a district manager. After two hours on the phone with the District Manager we were able to negotiate a conditional release of the levy, allowing our client to make his down payment and then enter into the Installment Agreement. The client was supposed to make his payment, however, the bank giving him the loan had not yet funded the loan. The District Manager called the bank and pushed the bank to give him an exact date to get the loan done. The District Manager also informed our client that once he entered the Installment Agreement, our client could have his liquor license back, which our client needed desperately. With diligence, we managed to convince the District Manager to give us exactly what we wanted and what the client wanted, including a full release of the levy.
• A social work business located in Washington hired Clear Creek to manage a $300,000 liability owed to the IRS. In working with our client, we advised our client that forming a new entity may be in their best interest which our client decided to do while we waited for an IRS Revenue Officer to be assigned. Once a Revenue Officer was assigned, this person was following protocol, and sent account receivable levies to the former business' accounts to ensure this business was shut down. All bank levies and account receivable levies came up empty, except for one insurance company who messed up in their internal billing and never changed the business names. This insurance company sent all payments for the new business to the IRS for the old business liability, with the new EIN, and business name, which the Revenue Officer cashed illegally. By the time appeals were filed, the client had lost nearly $40,000. The Revenue Officer and his General Manager refused to release the levy, so the Associate assigned to this case filed an appeal based on wrongdoings by the IRS in stealing funds from one taxpayer and applying them to another with full knowledge of the distinction between the two businesses. After continuous negotiations with the Appeals Officer, we were able to obtain a full release of the levy from the IRS, as well as instruction to the Revenue Officer and GM to refund all $40,000 in levy proceeds.
• A Baptist church in Ann Arbor, Michigan hired Clear Creek Consulting to manage a $15,000 liability owed to the IRS and also had a $15,000 levy against them which tied up the all funds in the bank. Our client had $45,000 in the bank, all of which was earmarked for end-of-year charitable grants for missions, and medical charities. Had the levy been full-paid, and not released, the church would have been open to lawsuits from parishes, charities, and others. The Revenue Officer and General Manager refused to release the levy, arguing that the Federal Government funds charitable organizations, and that they can let the funds go for that in order to fund their charities through taxes. The Associate assigned to this case filed an appeal, and after four rounds of conferences, the Appeals Officer ended up releasing all but $4,000 of the liability, abated another $4000, and we are currently in the process of working with the Revenue Officer to set up an Installment Agreement for $500 per month on the remaining liability.
• An electrical contractor in Salinas, California hired Clear Creek to remove a wage garnishment on this sole proprietorship that was crippling our client's ability to stay in business. Within days, the Associate assigned to the case released the wage garnishment associated with a $10,000 state liability by assisting our client file several past due returns. In the end, our client was set up on an affordable Installment Agreement of $500 per month which is exactly what our client desired.
• A self employed computer programmer in Lilburn, Georgia hired Clear Creek to release an ongoing wage garnishment of approximately $7,000 per month associated with a past due tax of $70,000 owed to the IRS. The Associate assigned to the case negotiated the wage garnishment down to $3,000 per month until our client managed to file five past due 1040s. This amount was satisfactory with our client as he wanted to pay this moving forward in a formalized Installment Agreement.
• An individual in Ventura California hired Clear Creek to resolve a $21,000 liability owed to the IRS. When the client hired us, he was having his wages garnished for the past several months because he had not filed three past due 1040s. Within weeks, we assisted him complete these returns and once they had posted, our client's Revenue Officer stated that our client must pay his taxes in full because he had too many assets. The Associate assigned to this case educated this Revenue Officer that this is not the case because our client's liability was under $25,000 and he therefore qualified for a Streamlined Installment Agreement that did not even need to be supported with financials. Once we stated this, the Revenue Officer checked this out with his supervisor and the next day a letter was issued to release the wage garnishment and our client was given an affordable Installment Agreement of $350 per month.
• An audio video company in Mooresville, North Carolina hired Clear Creek when their company's bank accounts were levied by the IRS to address an outstanding tax liability of approximately $10,000. Our client was shocked at this aggressive enforcement activity because they thought they were on a formal Installment Agreement, however, they were simply paying their current tax obligations. With all of their funds frozen, they were on the verge of having to close up their company until they could arrange for payment, however, they hired Clear Creek and within days, the Associate assigned to this case negotiated with ACS that the levy be released. Furthermore, our client was now on a formal and affordable Installment Agreement in the amount of $700 per month. We are now in the process of abating the penalties associated with this liability.
• An individual in Saratoga Springs, New York hired Clear Creek to resolve a wage garnishment issue associated with an outstanding liability of $32,000 owed to the IRS. Within a week, the Associate assigned to this case negotiated that this wage garnishment be cut in half from $336 per paycheck. The wage garnishment will be removed in its entirety when our client files his 2002 1040 tax return.
• An individual in Dallas, Georgia hired Clear Creek to resolve a wage garnishment issue associated with an outstanding liability of $12,000 owed to the IRS. Within two weeks, the Associate assigned to this case negotiated that this wage garnishment be removed which was costing our client $1,500 per month as soon as an outstanding 1040 tax return was filed. This return was fast tracked and formally posted through ACS within days. Our client is now set up on a $200 monthly Installment Agreement for the remaining tax due.
• An event planning business located in New York hired Clear Creek because the state of New York had levied this business for all the money in their account which amounted to about $75,000. The Associate assigned to this client argued with several State Revenue Agents and their superiors that this money did not belong to our client and that it was in essence a 'constructive trust' of their client's money. Within several days the funds were released even though the state made it very clear that their office had not released a levy in over five years. This client is now able to remain in business and pay down the liability in affordable monthly payments.
• The owners of a now defunct cabinet company located in Midvale, Utah hired Clear Creek to release an IRS wage garnishment for an outstanding civil penalty tax of approximately $33,000. Through the Appeals Division of the IRS, the Associate assigned to this case negotiated the release of the wage garnishment which was causing the couple to fall further into debt, and at the same time negotiate a formal Installment Agreement to be paid over five years. The couple can now make affordable and consistent payments of $500 per month to fully resolve this liability.
• A Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania assisted living facilities company hired Clear Creek to manage and resolve a $443,000 liability owed to the IRS and a $37,000 liability owed to the State. Upon being hired, the Revenue Officer had a crippling levy in place that would not enable the company to meet its payroll obligations because this company had not made a single tax deposit in nearly 6 years. With a partial release of the levy, the staff did not quit, however the client had to remain current and compliant from this point forward. With the client remaining current with their tax obligations, the entity is now positioned for sale as a going concern which was the desire of the business owner for many months. Getting this levy released within three days of being hired was critical because if the levy was not released, the business would have been closed and furthermore, it could not be positioned for sale which would mean that the residents would have been shipped off to other more remote facilities, greatly affecting their lives.
• A Kentucky-based marketing consulting company had several tax liabilities totaling more than $140,000 and was battling an IRS levy of $97,000 when they retained Clear Creek. Within a few days of representation, the Associate assigned to this file negotiated a full release of this levy and furthermore, negotiated reasonable monthly payments for all three liabilities.
• A North Carolina Assisted Living Center retained our services to resolve over $500,000 in federal taxes. This client had not made federal tax deposits in years, nor had he established contact with his Revenue Officer in over 12 months. Before contacting Clear Creek, our client was issued a continuous Accounts Receivable levy for over $21,000 per month. Within 10 days of representation, we were able to establish an affordable Installment Agreement of $4,250 per month. Moreover, the release of this levy saved our client a costly legal battle concerning payables that would have been neglected had the levy remained in place.
• A Washington Internet Service Provider retained our services with crippling account receivable levies in place. The Revenue Officer and his Group Manager argued that these were continuous levies, the company was not current or compliant, and should be forcibly shut down once and for all. With the expertise of Clear Creek, we successfully protested this conviction, and the levy was immediately released arguing that the levy is in no manner continuous, nor was it just to the company's employees or to its clients to shut this business down for non compliance.
• On the day prior to our initial representation, a Florida restaurant was levied by the state effectively freezing the company's ability to pay its employees their due wages. Within days, the levy was released, the employees were able to cash their checks and our client is now on an affordable monthly payment plan.
• A New York daycare had been suffering through a two month business crippling account receivable levy collecting ALL of the daycare's state reimbursable funding totaling approximately $180,000 per month. Within days of Clear Creek's representation, the levy was released and the full amount of the liability has now been negotiated into an uncollectible status giving the business sufficient time to rehabilitate.

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