What you are dealing with
An installment agreement can turn an unresolved balance into a defined monthly obligation, but the correct request depends on who owes, how much is assessed, whether every required return is filed, how quickly the balance can be paid, and what financial disclosure the IRS requires.
What the IRS is doing
The IRS offers short-term and long-term payment arrangements with different eligibility and application rules. Interest and applicable penalties continue while a balance remains unpaid. While an installment-agreement request is pending, the IRS is generally restricted from levying, subject to statutory exceptions and the status of the request.
What we do
We reconcile the account, confirm filing compliance, test the available payment-plan routes, and determine whether a streamlined request, financial-disclosure agreement, partial-payment arrangement, or another collection alternative should be evaluated. Then we prepare the request and document the obligations that follow approval.
How the written engagement starts
- Send the balance notices and identify any current or defaulted agreement.
- We confirm the assessed periods, filing compliance, and payment history.
- When financial disclosure is required, we organize income, necessary expenses, assets, and liabilities.
- You receive the recommended request, written scope, and fee before submission.
What to gather
- Current balance-due and payment-plan notices
- Proof that required returns are filed or copies of missing returns being prepared
- Recent pay records, bank statements, household expenses, assets, and debts when required
- Details of prior installment agreements, defaults, or rejected requests
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Filing compliance is a threshold for long-term IRS payment plans. If returns are missing, the filing work must be included before or alongside the collection request.
- No. Interest and applicable late-payment penalties generally continue until the liability is paid, even while an approved installment agreement is active.
- With statutory exceptions, the IRS is generally prohibited from levying while a valid installment-agreement request is pending and during specified rejection, termination, or appeal periods. The actual account status still must be confirmed.
- Send the default notice and payment history. We determine why it defaulted, whether the account remains compliant, and whether reinstatement, a new request, or another collection route should be evaluated.