The Go-To IRS Problem Solver

How I Fulfilled My Passion for Helping Others Resolving Their IRS Problems

When I was in high school, I already knew three things I wanted to do in the future. First, I wanted to do something that helped people. That was most important, but I also wanted to open my own business. On top of that, I discovered my love for math and realized I was good at accounting.

So how could I combine my passion for helping others with accounting and business? I didn’t want to work for a stuffy corporation behind the walls of a cubicle for eight hours a day without ever knowing who — or what — I was helping. I realized that working in tax accounting was probably the best way to support others with my own business. It was personal, involved math, and I could open my own company.

This realization invigorated me, and if you’re wondering how tax accounting could be exciting to a senior in high school, I should tell you that I made it to the state finals of the University Interscholastic League Accounting Competition that year. To me, it was as thrilling as Friday night football. Well, maybe not football, but it felt incredible to finally find a career that embodied my interests.

I graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in business and an accounting major in 1997. Soon after, I passed my Texas CPA exam, obtained an MBA with high honors, and became certified by ASTPS as a Tax Resolution Specialist. All that is to say, I was all in. If I was going to help people with their tax issues, I wanted all the resources I could possibly need at my disposal.

In 2001, my passions and skills came to a head when my friend walked into my accounting practice. He was an attorney who knew my desire to help people and my aptitude as an accountant. You see, at the time, my business was a small operation in downtown Garland, Texas. If you’ve never been, it’s a blue-collar town that knows hard work and how to provide for a family.

During the early 2000s, I had become known in town as the go-to IRS resolution guy, and people often sent their friends to me when they needed help with their taxes.

So when my friend walked into my practice that day, I saw he had someone with him. He told me that the man was a pool cleaner and a father to nine children.

“You have to help him. He hasn’t filed taxes in six years, and there’s a revenue officer after him.”

I started working on the case immediately and quickly discovered this man owed over $120,000 to the IRS. The first order of business was to get him up to date with his tax return filing, and after helping him file, I was able to begin negotiating with the revenue officer.

We settled that he would pay back the IRS $200 a month, which resulted in him shaving off a large portion of what he originally owed.

This case with the pool cleaner left a lasting impression on me. After I was able to help this man find relief from a debt that threatened to ruin his family financially, I decided that I needed to focus on helping other people, and their families, with IRS problems.

The one issue, was that there weren’t many resources for dealing with IRS problems or how to help those who had them. I registered for as many continuing education courses as possible and spent a lot of time learning from any experts I could find. I used my free time to understand the ins and outs of the IRS.

I started taking more cases that specifically involved issues with the IRS and found great joy, and success, in helping people this way. And in 2018, after my fourth child was born, my wife Norma and I decided to expand our reach to focus on supporting more people in the Dallas Fort Worth area. We moved back to Rockwall, my hometown, and my wife departed her career in teaching to join the business officially.

Today, we’re the top-ranked IRS tax resolution firm in the state.

My business has fulfilled my dreams. It allows me to help people using accounting. To me, nothing beats watching the stress melt away from people’s faces as they realize they’ll be able to own a home or leave their children assets in the future.

Ultimately, I love bringing people hope and a new outlook on their lives.

When I’m not solving IRS problems, I spend time with my fantastic family. My wife and I have four children, two in college studying business, one in high school, and one in elementary school. We’re avid Dallas Cowboy, Texas Longhorn, and Rockwall High School football fans and regulars at our local church.

I’m excited to continue relieving individuals’ IRS issues and delivering hope to the Dallas-Fort Worth community. If anyone you know is struggling with an IRS-related issue, I’d love to hear from you.