Helping Clients Resolve Tax Disputes
Is the IRS or ADOR sending you intimidating notices and telephone calls? Are you having tax problems? Is the IRS or ADOR filing liens, garnishing your wages, levying assets, and devastating your financial and personal life? Has the IRS or the ADOR initiated an audit against you or your business? Do you feel you need a second tax opinion? Have you received a commercial or residential property tax assessment that you believe is unfair?
IRS tax debts require immediate action.
If you are involved or concerned that you might become involved in a controversy with tax authorities, the attorneys at Bredemann & McFarlane can help. Based in Scottsdale, we represent clients throughout Phoenix, Tucson, Flagstaff, Sierra Vista, and all other cities in Arizona and the nation in IRS matters, and throughout Arizona in state and local and property tax controversies.
Select an Attorney Who has a Successful Record Defending Tax Disputes.
Our team includes Richard W. Bredemann, who is both a lawyer and a certified public accountant (CPA), and Stephen J. McFarlane, a former IRS prosecutor with an LL.M. degree in tax. Contact us to get our valuable tax experience on your side.
Once you have been alerted to the fact that you may have a problem with the IRS, the ADOR, or with other state or local tax authorities, your first step should be to contact a knowledgeable tax lawyer who has years of helping clients resolve their tax problems. Our attorneys work to resolve your tax controversy, including:
- IRS penalties, interest and abatement
- Wage garnishment and levies
- Tax liens and seizures
- Offers in compromise
- IRS payment plans
- Tax appeals
- Payroll taxes
- State and local taxes
- Innocent spouse relief
Our tax lawyers are educated in tax law, have decades of experience, including experience litigating for the IRS. We achieve positive results because we know the system, the procedures, the personnel who work for the IRS and ADOR. We know how they think and what will need to be done to attain a good result for you.
Guiding You Through the Applicable Processes
Our attorneys will meet with you personally, carefully examine your documents, the facts and circumstances of your case, and advise you on the best way to achieve a favorable resolution of your issue.
Tip: There are a lot of myths about resolving tax problems. The IRS and other tax authorities have a lot of power and a lot of resources. There is no one-size-fits-all way to deal with them. That is why you need an experienced advocate.
Clearing up tax controversies is a careful, complex process that often involves strict time limitations. The experienced tax attorneys at Bredemann & McFarlane can guide you through the process in pursuit of the best possible resolution. By retaining our tax lawyers, a taxpayer gains quality service and expertise of tax professionals who deal directly with the IRS and the ADOR. Our objective, when dealing with the IRS or ADOR is to identify the appropriate means of resolving the taxpayer's account given all facts, circumstances and law and to prevent the IRS or ADOR from taking inappropriate collection activity. If you have tax issues, your unfiled returns that will create tax problems, don't hesitate to contact us to discuss how we can help you.






