About Tax Resolution Clarity

A free reference site about IRS tax debt. We publish what the IRS publishes, cite where it came from, and say so when the answer does not exist.

How TRC is funded

Tax Resolution Clarity has no affiliate, referral or lead-purchase relationship with any tax resolution firm, law firm or tax professional. We do not sell leads, we do not collect your contact details, and we receive nothing if you hire anyone. Every page is free and there is nothing to buy. If that ever changes, it will be stated here and on the pages affected before it takes effect.

How a page gets written

Every factual claim traces to a primary source — an IRS notice page, an IRS publication or form, or the Internal Revenue Code — and the source must be about the specific notice, form or programme the claim is attached to. A true figure borrowed from an adjacent rule is the failure this standard exists to prevent.

Pages state what the IRS says. They do not state or imply that you qualify for something, that an offer will be accepted, that a penalty will be removed, or what you might save.

Review

Pages are sourced to primary IRS materials and editorially reviewed before publication, and every page carries the date it was last reviewed and the sources behind it.

They are not reviewed by a tax professional. We say that on every page rather than implying a credential we do not have. Some older pages predate this standard and carry no source yet; those pages say so, and they are being worked through.

Gaps are published as gaps

Where the IRS does not state something, we say so instead of filling it in. Several pages carry a “what this page does not say” section for that reason. The most common example: most IRS notice pages state no number of days, so our pages point you at the date printed on your own notice rather than inventing an interval.

What we will not publish

  • Any figure, deadline, threshold or eligibility rule without a source.
  • Acceptance rates, approval odds, or predictions about your case.
  • Savings estimates presented as outcomes.
  • Ratings, review counts or rankings of named firms.
  • Claims that hiring help improves how the IRS treats you.

Corrections

We correct errors when we find them and when readers report them, and we record what changed and why. Report a correction.

If you need help we cannot give

The IRS funds Low Income Taxpayer Clinics, which represent people for free or a small fee, and the Taxpayer Advocate Service is an independent organization within the IRS for taxpayers facing financial difficulty.