Getting Started
- IRS Account Investigation & Compliance Check
- $1,500 to $2,500
- IRS Power of Attorney Filing (Form 2848)
- $180
Tax Resolution Pricing
Try Finding Another Tax Resolution Firm That Publishes Its Prices. We’ll Wait.
Most firms in this industry make you sit through a sales call before they’ll say a number. Some won’t say one even then. We think that’s part of why this industry has the reputation it does. So we’re doing the opposite.
Below is our BestTaxPro™ 2026 tax resolution price list. Every service, every range, right here. These are ranges because IRS cases genuinely vary, but you’ll get your exact fixed fee in writing before we start, and it won’t change unless the scope of the work changes.
Meet Josh Webskowski, EA, NTPI Fellow, USTCP
What happens on your first call.
How resolution pricing works
No One Can Honestly Quote A Resolution Before Reviewing Your Case.
Here’s something you should know before you compare prices anywhere: no one can honestly tell you which IRS program you qualify for until your full situation has been reviewed. Your income, expenses, assets, filing history, and what the IRS records actually show all change the answer.
That’s why nearly every case starts the same way:
IRS Account Investigation & Compliance Check:$1,500 to $2,500
We file a power of attorney, pull your complete IRS transcripts, and find out exactly what the IRS has on file: what’s owed, for which years, what’s been filed, what’s missing, where the collection statute stands, and what enforcement activity is in the pipeline.
Then we sit down with you and go through it in plain English: what your realistic options are, what they’d cost, and what we’d recommend. The investigation fee is quoted on its own. You’re never asked to commit to a five-figure resolution engagement before anyone has looked at your facts.
Resolution, priced by the actual work
Once we know the facts, you get a fixed fee from the ranges below for the specific path that fits your case.
2026 Tax Resolution Price List
Every Service. Every Range. Right Here.
All engagements are flat-fee, quoted in writing before work begins. Ranges reflect case complexity: number of tax years, IRS or state posture, business vs. individual, and the condition of your records.
Payment Plans & Collection Alternatives
- IRS Collection Hold (Currently Not Collectible / Status 53 Review)
- $3,500 to $5,000
- Streamlined Installment Agreement
- $3,500 to $5,000
- Full Pay Installment Agreement
- $5,000 to $7,500
- Partial Pay Installment Agreement
- $5,000 to $10,000
Settlements
- Offer in Compromise: Doubt as to Collectibility
- $12,500 to $20,000
- Offer in Compromise: Doubt as to Liability
- $15,000 to $20,000
Penalties & Relief
- IRS Penalty Abatement Request
- $3,500 to $5,000
- Innocent Spouse Relief (Form 8857)
- $3,500 to $7,500
Enforcement Response
- Wage Garnishment Release
- $3,500 to $5,000
- Bank Levy Release
- $3,500 to $5,000
- Tax Lien Release, Withdrawal, Subordination, or Discharge
- $2,500 to $3,500
Audits, Business & State
- Audit Representation (Field, Office, or Correspondence)
- $2,500 to $4,500
- 941 Employment Tax Resolution
- $12,500 to $20,000
- State Tax Resolution (MN Dept. of Revenue and other states)
- $3,500 to $7,000
U.S. Tax Court
- Tax Court Petition Filing
- $1,500 to $5,000
- Representation Through U.S. Tax Court Resolution
- $20,000 to $50,000
Read this before anyone sells you an Offer in Compromise.
The IRS publishes the numbers itself. According to the IRS Data Book, in fiscal year 2025 taxpayers submitted 38,797 offers and the IRS accepted 5,464, about one in seven.
Why do most offers fail? Three reasons: bad math, bad paperwork, and firms that take large fees from people who were never candidates in the first place. The IRS doesn’t accept an offer because someone negotiated hard or asked nicely. It accepts an offer when the numbers (your assets, your income, your allowable expenses) show the offer is the most it can reasonably collect. That’s a calculation, not a sales pitch.
This is exactly why we don’t sell Offers in Compromise. We ask the questions and run the diagnosis first. The IRS Account Investigation tells us whether you’re actually an offer candidate before you’ve spent a dime on one. If you are, we build the offer on real numbers with clean paperwork. If you’re not, we tell you straight and point you to the option that actually fits, because paying $15,000 for an offer the math never supported doesn’t help anyone but the firm that sold it to you.
What we won’t tell you
The Honest Version, Before You Hear The Sales Version.
You’ve seen the ads. “Fresh Start Program.” “One-time forgiveness.” “Settle for pennies on the dollar.” “You pre-qualify!”
Here’s the honest version: those are marketing phrases, not IRS programs. The IRS does offer real options: installment agreements, offers in compromise, hardship status, penalty relief. But which ones apply to you depends entirely on your facts. Anyone who promises you a specific outcome before reviewing your transcripts and finances is telling you what you want to hear.
So here’s what we won’t do:
- We won’t promise a settlement before we’ve seen your case.
- We won’t quote you a resolution fee before we know what the resolution is.
- We won’t tell you an offer in compromise is the answer when a payment plan would serve you better, even though the offer pays us more.
What we will do is find out exactly where you stand, tell you the truth about your options, and then do the work at the price we quoted.
What happens after you schedule
From First Call To Full Resolution
Case Evaluation Call
A short call to understand what’s going on: notices, balances, unfiled years, garnishments, whatever brought you here. No documents required, though recent IRS letters help.
Investigation Engagement
If it makes sense to proceed, we start with the IRS Account Investigation. Power of attorney filed, transcripts pulled, full picture assembled.
Findings & Recommendation
We walk you through what the IRS records show and which options genuinely fit your situation, with the exact fixed fee for each.
Resolution Work
You pick the path. We handle the IRS from there: the filings, the calls, the negotiation, the follow-through, with updates through your secure TaxDome portal.
Tax resolution pricing FAQs
Questions, Answered Straight.
Why do you publish your prices when other firms don’t?
Because the number one question people have is “what will this cost me,” and making you sit through a sales pitch to find out is exactly the behavior that gave this industry a bad name. Ranges are published here; your exact fee is fixed in writing before we start.
Why is everything a range instead of one price?
Because a one-year, one-notice case and a six-year case with a business, missing records, and active collections are not the same amount of work. The range covers that spread. Your quote is a single number.
Do I have to buy the investigation first?
For most resolution cases, yes, and you should want it that way. It’s how we (and you) find out what you actually qualify for instead of guessing. If your situation is simple enough that it’s not needed, we’ll say so.
Can you guarantee my debt gets reduced?
No, and nobody honest can. The IRS accepted only about one in seven Offers in Compromise in fiscal year 2025, per its own Data Book. What we can do is find out whether you’re a genuine candidate before you spend money on one, and make sure every option you do qualify for gets properly evaluated and properly presented.
I already know I just need a payment plan. Can I skip ahead?
Sometimes. But “just a payment plan” set up wrong, with the wrong financial disclosure or before filings are current, can cost you far more than the fee here. Part of the value is setting it up right the first time.
Do you handle state tax problems too?
Yes, Minnesota Department of Revenue and other state agencies. See the pricing above.
I’m not in Minnesota. Can you represent me?
Yes. Enrolled Agents are federally licensed, so IRS representation works the same in all 50 states. Everything is handled virtually through our secure portal.
What if my case ends up in Tax Court?
Josh is admitted to practice before the U.S. Tax Court and can handle cases from petition filing through resolution.
You Know What It Costs. Now Find Out Where You Stand.
The first step is a case evaluation: a straightforward conversation about what’s going on and whether we can help.
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