Here s what Community Tax can help with and how much it charges.
You might like Community Tax if you:
Are behind on tax filing
Need help deciphering IRS notices and figuring out the best path forward
Don t have the time, energy, or knowledge to apply for a payment program on your own
Suspect you might qualify to reduce your debt because of financial hardship
Owe less than $5,000
Can t pay up to $3,275 in fees
Want to work face-to-face with a tax professional and live outside Illinois
If you owe a large amount of back taxes and are struggling to pay, need to file previous years tax returns, or are about to have your wages garnished or property seized for unpaid taxes, it s smart to connect with a CPA, tax lawyer, or Enrolled Agent who has experience working with government tax agencies. Community Tax staffs several professionals with these credentials.
The first lesson reinforced was a classic one: time is money.
One common way experts help people spend less money is asking them to view each expense not as a dollar amount, but as an increment of time.
For example, if you make $10 per hour (after taxes ), when you spend $500 on a TV, you are actually spending 50 hours of your time.
You can also flip the framework when looking at how much time something is going to take. If mowing your lawn takes an hour and hiring someone to do it costs $20, you should mow your lawn yourself using this math, since you re spending the value of two hours of your time.