by Noah Green CPA CFE | Jul 6, 2026 | Tax Liens
By Noah Green, CPA, CFE, for Sheepdog Tax Resolution. The short version A filed Notice of Federal Tax Lien does not mean the IRS wins every priority fight. It means the IRS has put the world on public notice, and that notice changes who gets paid first when another...
by Noah Green CPA CFE | Jul 1, 2026 | Identity Theft
The short version An IRS notice shows up saying you underreported your income, and it lists wages from an employer you have never heard of. You did not forget a job. Someone used your Social Security number to get hired, their pay was reported to the IRS under your...
by Noah Green CPA CFE | Jul 1, 2026 | Tax Liens
By Noah Green, CPA, CFE, for Sheepdog Tax Resolution. The short version The IRS does not have forever to collect. It generally gets 10 years from the date a tax is assessed. That deadline is the Collection Statute Expiration Date, or CSED. When it runs out, the debt...
by Noah Green CPA CFE | Jun 30, 2026 | Identity Theft
The short version There is a free tool from the IRS that makes it almost impossible for a thief to file a tax return in your name, and most people have never heard of it. It is called an Identity Protection PIN, or IP PIN. It is a six-digit code that only you and the...
by Noah Green CPA CFE | Jun 29, 2026 | Innocent Spouse Relief
The short version If you live in Nevada, your marriage changes your taxes in a way most people never think about until something goes wrong. Nevada is a community-property state, which means the law generally treats income earned during the marriage as belonging half...
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...
