by Noah Green CPA CFE | Jun 29, 2026 | Tax Liens
By Noah Green, CPA, CFE, for Sheepdog Tax Resolution. The short version When the IRS files its first Notice of Federal Tax Lien for a tax debt, it has to tell you, and it has to tell you in time, so you can ask for a Collection Due Process hearing. That hearing is...
by Noah Green CPA CFE | Jun 27, 2026 | Identity Theft
The short version You went to file your taxes, hit submit, and the return bounced back rejected. The reason: a return using your Social Security number has already been filed. You did not file it. Someone else did, usually to steal your refund. This is tax-related...
by Noah Green CPA CFE | Jun 26, 2026 | Innocent Spouse Relief
The short version These two terms sound almost identical, and taxpayers mix them up constantly. They solve opposite problems. You are an injured spouse when there was nothing wrong with your joint return, but the IRS grabbed your share of the refund to pay a separate...
by Noah Green CPA CFE | Jun 26, 2026 | Tax Liens
By Noah Green, CPA, CFE, for Sheepdog Tax Resolution. The short version There is more than one way to get a federal tax lien off your back, and they are not interchangeable. Some remove only the public notice while the lien quietly survives. One extinguishes the lien...
by Noah Green CPA CFE | Jun 22, 2026 | Tax Resolution
The short version The IRS does not have forever to collect a tax debt. It generally gets 10 years from the date a tax is assessed, a deadline called the Collection Statute Expiration Date, or CSED. People hear about that 10-year limit and assume they can simply wait...
