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What should happen first in your IRS case?

Identify deadline and enforcement signals, organize the case file, and see which response paths deserve professional review—without promises or alarmist sales tactics.

Procedural triage, not representation · Case details stay in your browser

Case facts

Identify what needs attention first.

Use the deadline printed on the complete notice. This tool will not calculate a legal deadline from a notice date or assume a notice code tells the whole story.

Primary issue

Notice or letter code

Date printed on notice

Response or petition deadline printed on noticeLeave blank only if no deadline is shown or the complete notice is unavailable.

Estimated balance involved

Number of potentially unfiled return years

Amount genuinely affordable each monthAn organizing input, not an installment-agreement determination.

Deadline and enforcement signals Statutory Notice of Deficiency or “90-day letter” Notice offering Collection Due Process hearing rights Active bank levy, wage garnishment, or property seizure Collection action prevents basic, reasonable living expenses Employment, payroll, or trust-fund taxes are involved A revenue officer is assigned A prior payment agreement defaulted IRS has contacted me about a missing return I could pay the verified balance in full now

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Educational triage only; not tax or legal advice and not an engagement for representation. This tool does not contact the IRS, stop collection, request a hearing, file a petition, verify a deadline, calculate a balance, or promise any resolution.

What should happen first in your IRS case?

Identify what needs attention first.

First actions

Paths to evaluate

Procedural warnings

Build the case file

Protect the deadline before optimizing the resolution.