Atlanta CPA...IRS Payment Plans & Installment Agreements
If you have carefully evaluated other options first (such as an Offer in Compromise or Paying the Taxes & Interest in Full, while requesting penalty abatement) frequently setting up an Installment Agreement is a viable alternative.
The IRS will allow you to set up and make monthly payments through an installment agreement if you are not financially able to pay your debts as they become due. However with an installment agreement interest and penalties will continue to be accrued, whereas paying the tax in full or an Offer in Compromise will help avoid the additional cost and fees of setting up an Installment Agreement. However if this is not an option to consider getting on a payment plan with the IRS you should:
• File all required tax returns.
• Consider a loan from other sources (banks, credit cards, friends/family etc.) to pay your tax bill in full to save you money.
• Calculate the highest monthly payment amount you can pay.
• Understand that future tax refunds will be applied to your open debt balance until it is paid in full.
There is a small fee for setting up an Installment Agreement that you and avoid if you pay the full amount you owe within 120 days.
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