QUESTION: I owe the IRS a lot of money for the last several years.  I simply have not had the money to pay the IRS when I filed my tax return.  So far I have been able to hide and ignore them and that has worked, but now they have found me and are starting to get more serious with me.  What should I do?

ANSWER:  Although it is a little early, I would like to wish everyone a Happy Halloween!  This is a fun holiday for people because you can get out and wear a costume and pretend to be something you are not.  People can put a mask on a cover up what they are dealing with in real life.  But the truth is, you cannot just cover up some mistakes and expect things to fix themselves.  It sounds like you have been trying to cover up the IRS problems and hope they just go away.  If you  are having trouble keeping up with the demands they have made on you or you simply don’t know what you can do to get out of the hole you are in, we can help.  There are options to settle your liability with the IRS and ways to negotiate with them to reach a settlement that you can live with