The buyer's guide · By a tax attorney · 32 years
Hiring a tax attorney? Read this first.
When you actually need one, what one costs, how to vet one, and what they can really do - written by a tax attorney willing to tell you when the answer is "you don't need anyone." An industry full of sales floors makes this guide necessary.
22
Guide chapters
32
Years in practice
$100M+
Debt resolved
5
Questions that expose scams
The buyer's checklist
Verify before you trust
Licenses on state bar sites, the Form 2848 on your IRS account, the work on your transcripts. Everything claimed on a phone is checkable in ten minutes.
Diagnosis before price
Nobody can quote a settlement before reading your transcripts. A number on a sales call is marketing arithmetic, not a plan.
Honesty about "don't hire me"
Some situations are self-service, and a practitioner worth hiring says so. This guide marks those situations explicitly, chapter by chapter.
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All 22 →The Hiring Decision · 4 min
When Do You Actually Need a Tax Attorney?
The honest sorting: situations that genuinely need a lawyer, situations a CPA or EA handles fine, and situations you can run yourself.
The Hiring Decision · 4 min
Tax Attorney vs. CPA vs. Enrolled Agent: The Real Differences
All three can represent you before the IRS. The differences are privilege, litigation, and lane - compared without the marketing.
The Hiring Decision · 4 min
Tax Attorney vs. National Tax Relief Firms: What You're Actually Buying
The sales-floor model, the verifiable differences, and the checks that take ten minutes before any money moves.
The Hiring Decision · 4 min
How Much Does a Tax Attorney Cost?
Fee structures, realistic ranges by engagement type, what drives the price, and the math of when counsel pays for itself.
The Hiring Decision · 4 min
Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Tax Attorney
The five-question interview that exposes sales floors, plus the answers a legitimate practitioner should give instantly.
How Attorneys Work · 4 min
Red Flags of Tax Resolution Scams
The eight tells, in the order you'll encounter them - from the first ad to the fee that buys nothing.
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