IRS Offer in Compromise: What These 3 Letters Mean for Your Offer

Wondering what happens after you submit an IRS offer in compromise? The offer in compromise process mostly plays out by mail — and in this video, I show you the three letters the IRS actually sends, using real letters from cases my firm has handled (with client information redacted, of course).

Letter #1 is the processability letter. This is the IRS telling you your offer made it past the first gate: "We received your Offer in Compromise." It gives you a date by which you'll be contacted, and it also warns that the IRS may still file a Notice of Federal Tax Lien while your offer is being investigated — I explain what that means and why it's not a reason to panic.

Letter #2 comes from your offer examiner: a request for more information. In the example I show you, the examiner wanted statements showing the value of the taxpayer's retirement accounts — and these letters come with a deadline. Miss it, and your offer can be returned or rejected, which puts you back at square one. I'll tell you exactly how to handle this letter.

Letter #3 is the one you're waiting for: the acceptance letter. I walk through what it actually says — your acceptance date, the terms from your Form 656, and the compliance requirement most people miss: you have to file and pay on time for the next five tax years, or the IRS can put your entire original balance back on the table.

Do you owe the IRS or your state at least $10,000 in back taxes or do you have multiple years of unfiled returns that you need to get filed? Book a free consultation with Choice Tax Relief here: https://choicetaxrelief.com/free-tax-... — or call us at 866-8000-TAX.

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