Tax Relief with Logan Allec, CPA

You requested an IRS payment plan when you filed your tax return—but then the IRS sent you a bill demanding the full balance. Does that mean your installment agreement was never approved?

In this video, I explain several ways to determine whether your IRS payment plan was actually accepted, including what approval letter to look for in the mail, what to check on yo...

Why did the IRS charge an underpayment of estimated tax penalty even though this taxpayer paid 95% of their 2025 tax bill by January 15, 2026?

The problem is that estimated taxes generally aren’t judged only by how much you’ve paid by the end of the year. When you made those payments can matter too.

In this video, I explain why making a large estimated t...

What happens if you owe the IRS money and simply…do nothing?

The IRS generally has a limited period of time to collect an assessed tax debt. That's where the famous 10-year IRS collection statute comes from.

And in this case, someone with old tax debt is wondering whether staying silent could actually work in their favor.

They're filing their ...

A viral post on X claims that instead of paying a huge IRS tax debt in full, you can simply make tiny monthly payments until the IRS's 10-year collection period runs out and the remaining balance disappears.

There is a real IRS collection strategy behind this idea: the Partial Payment Installment Agreement (PPIA). The IRS can approve payment plans where the taxpaye...

Received an IRS CP2000 notice? In this video, I walk through the newer version of the IRS CP2000 notice page by page and explain what it actually means, why the IRS sent it, and what you should do next.

A CP2000 is generally sent when the IRS believes the income reported on your tax return doesn’t match information it received from third parties such as employers, ...