Tax This! An Insider's Guide to Standing Up to the IRS

Every year, the IRS issues more than 34 million penalty notices to individuals and small businesses. What you may not know is that many of these notices are wrong. If you receive one, you may not have to pay it. You also don't have to hire an expensive tax professional in order to challenge these penalties and stand up to the IRS.

Written by a former IRS attorney, Tax This! is designed to give you an inside track in your negotiations with the IRS by showing you how to level the playing field and win at the tax game. This practical book covers everything you need to know about the IRS audit process, from the time your return is chosen for audit to the appeals procedure. It also includes information on some little-known tools available to every taxpayer that will help you tackle the IRS and win.

Includes current advice on: Finding out what the IRS knows about you - and what it doesn't know, abating tax penalties, making tax payments by installment, paying pennies on the dollar to resolve your tax debt, saving on taxes in small businesses, getting a Federal Tax Lien released, and surviving an IRS criminal investigation.

Scott M. Estill is a tax attorney and a former IRS senior trial attorney who now operates his own law practice in Denver, Colorado. He specializes in handling IRS controversies, including audits, criminal investigations, trials, and collections. Estill also addresses business meetings, conferences, and seminars on the subject of dealing with the IRS.