The Disadvantages of Handling Your IRS Cases by Yourself

The IRS is a vast machine – one that doesn’t care for your well-being as its sole purpose is collecting taxes and ‘chasing’ after those who don’t pay what they owe to the country.

That being the case, it’s almost impossible for you to avoid dealing with the IRS, even if you’re always paying your taxes.

Since dealing with the IRS is necessary at some point, it’s best for you to have someone who knows how to deal with the IRS, knows their rules, and who knows how to help regular citizens like you. These people are called tax resolution specialists.

But why is it better to hire a professional and not deal with the IRS by yourself? Let’s take a look at the many reasons behind this.

Why You Shouldn’t Deal with the IRS on Your Own

It might sound like something that should be easy, but dealing with IRS cases is much harder than it appears at first. If you haven’t had the unfortunate chance of dealing with the IRS before, you’ll understand why this is true after you read our reasons.

• The job of the IRS is to collect the taxes you owe, but it’s not their job to care for your financial well-being in the process. That doesn’t always mean that they are deliberately trying to hurt you financially, but it can occur. That’s why it’s much better to have someone who knows the law, the tax code, how the IRS functions, and how to help people with their IRS cases.
• You can quickly get emotional when dealing with IRS cases, and you can be less friendly than you should be. It can be a huge disadvantage as the IRS is the one who has the power here, not you.
• There’s a lot of paperwork involved when you have to manage an IRS case. They will ask you to deliver some documents, ask you for information, and a lot more. Many of these things will be easy for you to handle, but there are often some which imply, and the IRS doesn’t ask you for them. Unfortunately, even though that’s the case, the IRS will not be so forgiving, and you will have even more problems until you give them everything they need.
• Dealing with IRS cases is often time-consuming, and it can be even more so if you don’t know what you’re doing. And trust us, if you are not a professional, you won’t know how to do this properly.
• In the end, the most compelling reason why you shouldn’t handle your IRS taxes on your own is the fact that a tax resolution specialist can do a much better job than you can. Plus, they can get you much better results in the sense that you can quickly end up paying fewer taxes or obtaining more deductions than you would on your own.

All in all, it’s clear that you can be at a considerable disadvantage when dealing with the IRS if you don’t have some outside, professional help.

That’s precisely why you should give us a call when you need to handle the IRS as we at Golden Tax Relief specialize in dealing with them and getting you what you deserve.

Ben Golden, EA