Five Star Tax Resolution Reviews

Five Star Tax Resolution claims to help resolve your IRS tax issues. It uses its team of licensed tax attorneys, Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) and IRS Enrolled Agents to manage your case. These professionals are legally allowed to represent you in front of the IRS on any matter, including audits, payment and collection issues and appeals. IRS Enrolled Agents must pass rigorous testing by the IRS to ensure they are qualified to represent all taxpayers.

Five Star Tax Resolution’s goal is to bring you to IRS compliance and negotiate the best possible outcome for your business or personal IRS tax problem.

The company has a four-step process. Here’s what you can expect when working with Five Star Tax Resolution:

1. Consultation: Initial consultations to see if Five Star’s services can meet your needs are free.
2. Investigation: Five Star works with you to address pressing issues and talks to the IRS about the case. Once it has gathered all the facts, Five Star's team summarizes your options for you.
3. Settlement strategy: In the next phase, Five Star works to bring your case to IRS compliance as it tries to negotiate the best outcome.
4. Resolution: The last phase hopefully sees your IRS tax issues resolved so that you can move on. However, Five Star does not guarantee specific outcomes.

Five Star Tax Resolution has several services that can help resolve your tax problem and bring you into compliance:

• Offer in Compromise (OIC) program: Five Star Tax Resolution uses this IRS program to settle your tax debt for less than you owe.
• Installment arrangement: Five Star can help you find an IRS payment plan that best suits your budget.
• Wage garnishment: The IRS can take part or all of your wages and other income you receive until you make payment arrangements for your overdue taxes. “Five Star Tax Resolution is very successful in having wage garnishments removed,” according to a sales manager at the company.
• Levy release: When the IRS seizes your property to pay for a debt, it’s called a levy. This can include your bank account. Five Star also specializes in getting bank levies released.
• Tax reduction planning: Five Star Tax Resolution analyzes your financial circumstances to find ways to lower your tax liability.
• Audit representation: The company stands in on your behalf while the IRS conducts its audit.
• Revenue officer assistance: Revenue officers work for the IRS and are similar to collection officers. Five Star’s tax team works closely with revenue officers to ensure your taxpayer rights are upheld.

Five Star’s initial consultation is free. After that, the company will provide a transparent price based on the services needed and the complexity of your case. Prices range anywhere from $250 to $100,000 to resolve your tax issues.

The company also offers a 30-day money-back guarantee. If you start working with Five Star Tax Resolution and change your mind, it’ll refund any money paid toward the investigation phase within 10 calendar days. There are no penalties or obligations to continue with Five Star Tax Resolution’s services after you invoke the guarantee.

Five Star Tax Resolution is a legitimate company with licensed and credentialed experts who can help resolve your tax issues. Anyone in the U.S. can use the company’s services. That said, it’s hard to know how much working with them will cost you unless you take the time to do a free consultation.