The IRS Solution Attorney

The IRS just reported a record $5.6 trillion collected and bigger, faster refunds. Its report said nothing about the people who owe.

This week on IRS Monday, Tax Attorney Darrin Mish covers:

• The IRS report card for fiscal year 2026, and what it leaves out
• Form 941: the third-quarter payroll return is due Monday, November 2, and why unpaid payroll taxes can follow you personally
• Fake tax credits the IRS is warning about, and the red flags

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9Jz59gonVbg Read the transcript: https://getirshelp.com/blog/irs-monday-irs-record-year/ Get IRS Monday in your inbox: https://getirshelp.com/irs-monday

Owe the IRS? Call 813-229-7100 or visit getirshelp.com. Law Offices of Darrin T. Mish, P.A., Tampa, Florida

If you adopted a child, the IRS may be sending you money right now. You don't have to ask for it, but if you owe the IRS, you may never see a dime of it. Tax Attorney Darrin Mish covers four IRS stories from this week and what each one means for you:

• Automatic adoption credit refunds, up to $5,000 per child for 2025, with no amended return
• Why you should get your IP PIN before the online tool goes down in mid-November
• ICRS, the IRS's new program to fix certain IRA mistakes, including missed 60-day rollovers
• Proposed premium tax credit rules with tighter eligibility checks for marketplace coverage

If you owe the IRS and you're worried about losing a refund, call 813-229-7100 or visit getirshelp.com.

Get IRS Monday in your inbox: getirshelp.com/irs-monday Full transcript: getirshelp.com/blog/irs-monday-adoption-credit-refunds-ip-pin/

This is general information, not legal advice.

If you live in the Florida Panhandle or southern Alabama, your October 15 tax deadline moved to February. Tampa, Orlando, and Miami got nothing. And if you owed the IRS in April, the storm didn't buy you a single extra day on that bill.

This week on IRS Monday, Tax Attorney Darrin Mish covers:

• Hurricane Isaias tax relief: 27 Florida counties and 40 Alabama counties get until February 2027, and what the relief leaves out
• What the IRS says it owes you when you can't pay
• The new IRS and UK partnership that rewards tips on hidden foreign bank accounts

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/KElnVKCnkyk Read the transcript: getirshelp.com/blog/irs-monday-hurricane-isaias-tax-relief Get IRS Monday in your inbox: getirshelp.com/irs-monday

Owe the IRS? Call 813-229-7100 or visit getirshelp.com. Law Offices of Darrin T. Mish, P.A., Tampa, Florida

If you filed an extension back in April, your 2025 return is due Thursday, October 15, and there is no second extension. An extension gave you more time to file, not more time to pay. In this episode, I explain why not filing because you can't pay is the most expensive mistake in this business: the penalty for not filing is ten times the penalty for not paying, and filing on time is what gets you the cheaper payment plan rate.

Also this week: the IRS launched a new official app that replaces IRS2Go and puts your balance, payments, notices, transcripts, and identity protection PIN on your phone. And Treasury and the IRS put out proposed rules that let some farmland sellers pay the tax on their gain in four equal installments when the land goes to an active farmer and stays restricted to farm use for 10 years.

This week's takeaway: An extension is time to file, not time to pay. If you owe and you can't pay, file anyway by October 15, then download the new IRS app, log in, and look at what the IRS says you owe.

I'm Darrin T. Mish, a tax attorney with 32 years of experience helping people who owe the IRS. I help people in all 50 states. If you owe the IRS and want to know exactly where you stand, visit getirshelp.com or call my office at 813-229-7100.

New episodes of IRS Monday come out every Monday.

This episode is for general information and isn't legal advice for your situation. Listening doesn't create an attorney-client relationship.

The IRS lost roughly a quarter of its exam and collection workforce in a single year, and audits dropped. So why did collection revenue go up 17 percent? Because automated collection notices don't need a human being. A computer sees an unpaid balance and sends letter after letter, all the way to a levy. If you owe the IRS, the part that's chasing you runs on autopilot.

Also this week: the CP53E notice that confused about 4.2 million people about their refunds, and the free Identity Protection PIN that shuts down most tax identity theft.

This week's takeaway: open your IRS mail, log into your IRS online account to see where you actually stand, and get your Identity Protection PIN.

I'm Darrin T. Mish, a tax attorney with 32 years of experience helping people who owe the IRS. I help people in all 50 states. If you owe the IRS and want to know exactly where you stand, visit getirshelp.com or call my office at 813-229-7100.

New episodes of IRS Monday come out every Monday.

This episode is for general information and isn't legal advice for your situation. Listening doesn't create an attorney-client relationship.

As bad as it is having to pay your own taxes, the IRS could come after you to collect on someone else's tax bill. It's true, and that's the topic of today's show. Tune in, to learn more!

Updated 9/15/17 -The IRS is now offering expanded relief to any area designated by FEMA as qualifying for either individual assistance or public assistance in the State of Florida. This represents all 67 counties of Florida. All of Georgia also qualifies. Learn all about in this episode of the IRS Solution Attorney.

In this podcast the IRS Solution Attorney shares his insight on the positive outlook of Hurricane Irma and how YOU can take advantage of it!

Don't sit and wait for your IRS problems to go away; take your first step right now. Call (813) 229-7100 to meet with a Tax Attorney for free, and I'll show you how you can reclaim your life and put an end to the vicious cycle of IRS debt.

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Could Hurricane Irma be the best thing that's ever happened to you? I know that sounds strange, doesn't it? I'm Darrin T. Mish, they call the the IRS Solution Attorney and here's what I mean by that: Hurricane Irma could be the most important thing that's ever happened to you, or actually, the best thing that's ever happened to you, at least in regards to your IRS Tax Problem. And here's why I'm saying that - I've learned throughout life, I'm 50 years old, and I've learned this in the last, I would say, five years or so, that every adversity that you go through, every challenge that you go through - inside of that challenge and while it's happening there lies an opportunity. An opportunity for improvement, to just get into a better situation. I can remember being in challenging situations myself and sometimes it seems, you know, hopeless and you get really down and out. It just really helps to remember that there's an opportunity inside of that every single time. Lemme tell you what I mean about Hurricane Irma. Hurricane Irma hit a lot of people here in the state of Florida and even in Georgia and maybe even in Alabama. Because of that fact, I predict that the IRS is going to lay off us taxpayers who have tax problems for, maybe, 90 days or so. Here's why that's a good thing: If they "lay-off", it gives us time, you and I, time to prepare your situation so that we can do an Offer in Compromise, so that we can get you into Hardship status, so that we can come up with some collection alternative to put you in a better situation. So, I'm Darrin T. Mish, the IRS Solution Attorney - give us a call at (888) GET-MISH (888) 438-6474

Getting behind on payroll taxes is something no one plans on happening to them. But even so, it's something that happens to business owners every day across our country. Listen in to this episode of the IRS Solution Attorney Show to find out what you can expect to happen if you fall behind on your payroll taxes.