Legacy Tax Resolution - Tacoma

Legacy Tax Resolution - Tacoma No high-pressure sales sharks. No annoying tax professional lingo. Just straight, authoritative and friendly advice. We are your trusted partner in success.

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Or give us a call: (253) 292-3332 Here at Legacy Tax Resolution we enjoy fulfilling our mission to find and take advantage of every legal tax advantage for our clients. Over the last 25 years our owner, Val Smith-Fulcher, has developed a unique set of skills and experiences in IRS audit, collections and representation for both individuals and small busin

esses making her a great leader for this company. We work with you on a personal level to determine the best solutions for your unique needs, then leverage our seasoned expertise to achieve the best possible results. Our firm is large enough to offer a full range of professional services at a fair price, but small enough to give you the individual attention that you deserve. Rest assured that when a need arises, our firm is ready and capable to handle everything for you so you can focus on what matters most to you. We work with our clients by appointment only, and we're closed on all federal holidays.

๐——๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ?A wage levy itself is an administrative action and is generally not ...
07/21/2026

๐——๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ?

A wage levy itself is an administrative action and is generally not a public record, so it rarely appears on a standard background check.

However, the Notice of Federal Tax Lien associated with the debt is a public record. While tax liens no longer appear on traditional consumer credit reports, employers or agencies can discover them during public record background screenings. This occurs most often when you apply for roles involving security clearances or financial responsibilities.

Worried that tax debt could affect a job opportunity? Letโ€™s look at your options before it creates another problem. ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—–๐—›๐—˜๐—–๐—ž ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.

07/20/2026

๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„?

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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—œ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป?Before you submit any payment plan request to the IRS, you need...
07/17/2026

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—œ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป?

Before you submit any payment plan request to the IRS, you need to read the fine print. Rushing into an agreement you cannot afford or do not fully understand creates long-term problems, like missed payments or defaulted agreements.

3 rules to understand before you move forward:
1. You must be current on your tax filings. The IRS rejects your payment plan request if you have unfiled tax returns from previous years.
2. Setup fees can vary. A short-term extension has no setup fee, whereas a long-term plan carries a user fee of up to $178.
3. Rejected proposals can give the IRS more time to collect later. Submitting a payment plan request pauses active levies, but it also pauses the IRS's 10-year deadline.

The goal is to choose a payment plan that you can actually keep, rather than just getting temporary protection. Ask yourself the following before agreeing to a plan:
๐˜๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต?
๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜น ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ?

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—œ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐—œ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—บ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜… ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น?Just because you can't pay all of your taxes right ...
07/15/2026

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—œ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐—œ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—บ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜… ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น?

Just because you can't pay all of your taxes right now doesn't mean you can't do anything. You have three main paths to look at:

๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜-๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—˜๐˜…๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜†
If you can pay the full balance within a few months, the IRS can give you up to 180 days to pay in full. There is no setup fee, though penalties and interest still accrue during that time.

๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€
If you owe $50,000 or less in combined tax, penalties, and interest, the IRS approves payments over as long as 72 months without requiring detailed financial statements. An approved agreement drops the monthly Failure-to-Pay penalty from 0.5% to 0.25%, slowing the account's growth while you make payments.

๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜-๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐˜† ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ (๐—™๐—ง๐—”)
This administrative waiver depends on your compliance history. If you filed required returns, paid prior balances, and avoided penalties for the past three tax years, the IRS can remove penalties for one tax period. It doesn't erase the tax itself, but it reduces the total balance.

You donโ€™t have to sort through the IRS collection process on your own.

DM us to schedule an appointment to look at your situation.

๐——๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฑ?Turns out the actual rules of that game...
07/14/2026

๐——๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฑ?

Turns out the actual rules of that game don't translate very well to real-life financial survival.

Wouldn't we all love to settle a major, overwhelming debt by just giving the bank a tiny deed to Baltic Avenue? Or pull a piece of cardboard out of your pocket to instantly get out of a financial jam?

Dealing with mounting debt takes a little more strategy than just rolling the dice. Real recovery is built on a clear, step-by-step resolution plan that tackles the numbers head-on.

You don't have to navigate financial stress alone. If you need a concrete plan to get back on track, send us a message today and let's fix this together.

๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—œ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ?You have to stop treating taxes like leftover money and sta...
07/13/2026

๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—œ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ?

You have to stop treating taxes like leftover money and start building them directly into your monthly cash flow.

It's easy to get stuck in a revolving door of tax debt by guessing your estimated tax payments or waiting until tax filing time to see the damage.

To break the cycle, change how you handle your revenue right now:

# ๐Ÿญ - ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜†
Move a fixed percentage of your revenue into a separate tax savings account the moment it hits your bank.

# ๐Ÿฎ - ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜
Review your real year-to-date net income before each deadline so your estimated tax payments match your true liability.

# ๐Ÿฏ - ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€
If you have a high-revenue month, adjust your annualized projections immediately so your remaining estimated tax payments stay accurate.

If you are already trapped in a cycle of back taxes, you need a strategy to knock out old debt while staying on top of your current IRS obligations.

Letโ€™s audit your current IRS liabilities, evaluate your actual living expenses, and build a settlement plan to get you current for good.

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