The Tax Relief TRAP

If you've ever heard "pennies on the dollar," this book is for you.

The American tax-relief industry takes in well over a billion dollars a year. Much of it comes from frightened taxpayers who paid an upfront fee to a company that wasn't a law firm, wasn't run by tax professionals, and never delivered what was promised. The Federal Trade Commission has shut down some of the biggest names in the business — American Tax Relief, JK Harris, Tax Masters — and the playbook hasn't changed. New companies have taken their place. The radio ads are still running. The fees are still being collected.

Parham Khorsandi is a tax attorney who has spent more than a decade cleaning up what these companies leave behind and actually settling with the IRS. The Tax Relief Trap is what he wishes every taxpayer knew before they picked up the phone.

What's Inside

The five legitimate IRS programs the mills won't tell you about: Installment Agreements, Currently Not Collectible status, the Offer in Compromise, Penalty Abatement, and Partial Pay Installment Agreements. The math the IRS actually runs on your case — and why two people with identical tax debt can get wildly different outcomes. The 10-year Collection Statute Expiration Date and why time is on your side more often than you'd think. A sample reasonable-cause letter you can adapt. A 7-day action plan you can start tonight.

About the Author

Parham Khorsandi, Esq.

Managing Partner — Victory Tax Lawyers, LLP · Los Angeles · Forbes Councils Contributor

Parham Khorsandi has spent more than a decade representing taxpayers in disputes with the Internal Revenue Service and state tax authorities — including, regularly, taxpayers who came to his firm after first paying a national tax-relief company and receiving little or no representation in return.

He earned his Juris Doctor from Pepperdine University School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, San Diego, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He is admitted to practice in California, before the United States Tax Court, and before the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Under his leadership, Victory Tax Lawyers has resolved more than ninety million dollars in tax liabilities for clients across the country.