Tax Debt Relief.
Federal and State.
Back taxes, IRS notices, liens, levies, and wage garnishments don't go away on their own. We take over the conversation with the IRS and your state, work to stop collection action, and negotiate a resolution built around what you can actually pay.
Levy or wage garnishment already started? Call (512) 222-9478.
Deadlines vary by notice. Check the response date printed on yours, and call before it passes.
We resolve what you owe, to the IRS and to your state.
The first job is finding out exactly what you owe, what has been filed, and which resolution actually fits. Then we handle the negotiation.
Federal Tax Debt Relief
IRS balances, notices, and enforcement. We represent you directly and work toward the option that fits your finances.
- Installment agreements
- Offers in compromise
- Currently not collectible status
- Penalty and interest abatement
- Lien and levy release
- Wage garnishment and bank levy relief
- Unfiled returns and substitute-for-return cleanup
State Tax Debt Relief
State revenue department balances and collection actions, handled alongside any federal debt.
- Payment plans
- Penalty and interest relief
- Settlement programs, where a state offers them
- Lien, levy, and garnishment resolution
- Income, sales and use, payroll, and franchise tax balances
- Back-filing missing state returns
Programs and rules vary by state. We confirm what's available in yours during your consultation.
Also offered: tax planning and advisory
Once your balance is resolved, we can build a forward-looking plan so it doesn't happen again.
Whether the balance is a few thousand dollars or six figures.
Tax debt usually starts with a missed filing, a hard year, a business that struggled, or a bill nobody planned for, and then compounds. We work with people at every stage, from the first notice to active collection.
Individuals & Families
Employees and households facing a balance due, back returns, a wage garnishment, or a frozen bank account.
Self-Employed & 1099 Earners
Freelancers, contractors, and sole proprietors who fell behind on estimated payments or owed self-employment tax they didn't plan for.
Business Owners
Owners with unpaid payroll or sales tax, including trust fund exposure, or business and personal balances that have become tangled together.
Tax debt grows, and enforcement escalates, the longer it sits.
Penalties and interest keep adding to the balance, and collection notices tend to follow a pattern. Here is what it usually looks like at the federal level. State agencies use their own notices and timelines.
A balance due notice arrives
The IRS sends a bill for what it says you owe. Interest and penalties keep running. This is usually the easiest point to resolve a balance.
Common notice: CP14Reminder notices follow
Additional notices repeat the balance and raise the stakes. Ignoring them doesn't pause anything.
Common notices: CP501, CP503Notice of intent to levy
The IRS warns that it intends to seize property or rights to property. A Final Notice of Intent to Levy comes with a right to a hearing, generally with 30 days to request one.
Common notices: CP504, LT11, Letter 1058Lien filed, levy issued
The IRS can file a public federal tax lien and levy bank accounts, wages, and other assets. Your credit, your cash flow, and your business can all be affected.
Already past the first notice? Options still exist. The earlier we're involved, the more of them there are.
Got a notice? Start there.
Leave your email and we'll set up a free, confidential call to go over what you received, what it means, and what your options are.
A clear path from notice to resolution.
Review & Authorize
You sign a power of attorney so we can speak with the IRS and your state for you. We pull your account transcripts, confirm what you owe and which returns are missing, and ask for a hold on collection where it's warranted.
Choose the Right Resolution
We get any missing returns filed, put together your financial picture, and match you to the option that fits: a payment plan, an offer in compromise, hardship status, or penalty relief. We'll also tell you plainly which options you likely don't qualify for.
Negotiate & Stay Resolved
We negotiate with the IRS and state agencies, get the terms in writing, and help you stay current on filings and payments so the agreement holds.
See which relief options may apply to you.
Answer five quick questions for a general idea of the options worth discussing. Which one is actually right is decided in a consultation, after we review your records, not by a form.
General information only. This is not a determination of eligibility or a promise of any outcome. Eligibility depends on your full financial picture, your filing history, and current IRS and state rules.
Tax planning, so you don't end up here again.
Many tax debts start as surprise bills: income with no withholding, a business that outgrew its structure, estimated payments that never got made. Once your balance is resolved, we can build a proactive plan to prevent a repeat and keep more of what you earn.
Tax Planning
Proactive, forward-looking strategy across entity structure, timing, and elections, built before you file, not after.
Advisory
Ongoing guidance as your income, business, and the tax code change, so your plan stays current instead of going stale. We work alongside your existing CPA.
Free Tax Savings Opportunity Assessment
The 13 areas we review with every planning client. Use it to see where your current plan may be leaving money on the table.
Figures reflect firm client averages. Individual results depend on income structure, entity type, and applicable law.
Led by an Enrolled Agent.
Bobby Powell, EA — Founder & Tax Strategist
Bobby is an Enrolled Agent with more than a decade of experience in tax and accounting, specializing in tax debt relief, tax planning, and advisory. Enrolled Agents are federally authorized to represent taxpayers before the IRS, and Bobby uses that authority to take tax problems off his clients' shoulders and put a clear plan in front of them.
Bobby founded B. Powell & Associates on a simple belief: tax problems feel bigger when you face them alone. He works with individuals, self-employed professionals, and privately held businesses to get the facts on the table, deal directly with the IRS and state agencies, and reach a resolution built around what each client can actually pay. Once the debt is behind them, he helps clients plan ahead so it stays that way.
What changes when someone else handles the IRS.
Most of the stress of tax debt comes from not knowing what happens next. A representative who knows the process replaces uncertainty with a plan.
One point of contact
We handle the calls and correspondence with the IRS and your state, and keep you informed at each step, so the phone stops being something you dread.
A clear picture of what you owe
Balances by tax year, penalties and interest broken out, and the options that fit, explained in plain language.
A resolution that holds
Agreements only work if you stay compliant. We track filing and payment deadlines so a resolved balance stays resolved.
Before you reach out.
No. Once you sign a power of attorney, we speak with the IRS and state agencies on your behalf, handle the calls and correspondence, and keep you informed at each step.
Often we can act quickly. With your authorization on file, we contact the IRS or your state to ask for a release or a hold on collection while we work out a resolution. We can't promise a specific outcome, because it depends on your situation and the agency's rules, but acting sooner gives us more to work with.
Sometimes. An offer in compromise can settle a balance for less when the IRS agrees you can't reasonably pay it in full, but many taxpayers don't qualify, and a payment plan is often the better fit. We'll tell you plainly which path is realistic before you commit to anything.
Yes. We work with state revenue departments on income, sales and use, payroll, and franchise tax balances. Programs and rules differ by state, so we confirm what's available in yours during your consultation.
File them first. Most relief options require every return to be filed, and if the IRS files a substitute return for you, it usually overstates what you owe. We prepare and file back returns as part of getting you compliant. The IRS generally focuses on the most recent six years.
We charge a flat fee, so you know what you'll pay upfront, with no surprise hourly bills or hidden costs. The initial consultation is free and confidential.
Yes. Once your balance is resolved, we can build a proactive plan so it doesn't happen again, working alongside your CPA if you have one.
Get a free consultation.
Tell us what you owe and who you owe it to, and we'll follow up to schedule a confidential call. There's no cost or obligation for the first conversation.
Bee Cave, TX 78738