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What’s changing in tax collections
Notes on IRS and state agency behaviour, industry enforcement, and what it means if you owe. For the evergreen how-to material, read the guides.
How we rank, what we could not verify, and what changed this month
Our scoring model, the two things we refuse to publish without primary sources, and why several firms on our list currently show no score at all.
August 11, 2026 · Dana Whitfield
IRS policyReading an IRS notice: what each one actually means, in order
CP14 through LT11 is a sequence, not a pile of scary letters. Knowing which one you are holding tells you how much time you have and what your options still are.
August 9, 2026 · Dana Whitfield
Industry watch"Pennies on the dollar": what the acceptance data actually shows
Offers in compromise are real and they are rationed by arithmetic. Here is what the published acceptance figures mean, and how to work out in ten minutes whether you have a case.
August 1, 2026 · Dana Whitfield
Industry watchWhy you started getting tax relief calls the week your lien was filed
Federal tax liens are public records. Here is how that becomes a phone call, what the callers already know about you, and how to make it stop.
July 24, 2026 · Dana Whitfield
IRS policyYour federal resolution does nothing about your state tax debt
State agencies have their own programmes, their own collection powers and often shorter timelines than the IRS. Settling with the IRS does not touch them.
July 16, 2026 · Dana Whitfield