by Noah Green CPA CFE | May 17, 2026 | Sheepdog Tax Resolution Daily
A protective claim is a procedural posture, not a separate document type. The vehicle for a Kwong v. United States protective claim, penalties and interest assessed off original (pre-postponement) due dates falling inside the COVID disaster window, is Form 843, the...
by Noah Green CPA CFE | May 16, 2026 | Sheepdog Tax Resolution Daily, Tax Resolution
Discovering omitted income on a filed return is not, by itself, a crisis. It is a decision point. The right next step depends on what kind of income was missed, what year it covers, whether the IRS or the state has already noticed, how the omission affects the...
by Noah Green CPA CFE | May 16, 2026 | Sheepdog Tax Resolution Daily, Tax Resolution
IRS Form 1040-X is the individual amended-return form. It is used to correct a filed Form 1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR when the taxpayer’s filing status, income, deductions, credits, dependents, or tax liability changed. In a tax-resolution case, the harder...
by Noah Green CPA CFE | May 6, 2026 | Installment Agreements, IRS Collections & Payment Plans
If your IRS installment agreement has already terminated, either because the 30-day window on a CP523 expired or because the IRS confirmed termination after a default, you are not out of options. Reinstatement is still possible. So is renegotiating into a new...
by Noah Green CPA CFE | Apr 30, 2026 | Behind the IRS Curtain, IRS Notices
Thread: A (Behind the IRS Curtain) A tax-resolution practitioner notices the same thing every September: the firm’s phone volume doubles. Clients who have been quiet for months suddenly call in a single week saying “I got a letter from the IRS.”...