Top Florida Tax Relief Professionals

Tax relief professionals offer a variety of consultation types. Generally they will offer a free consultation or paid consultation. 

With a free consultation, the tax professional usually determines whether your tax problem is a good fit for their Florida tax relief services, as well as providing some basic information on how they can likely help you. 

With a paid consultation, they will generally go into more depth with your situation and may even provide you the details to resolve your issue on your own if their services aren't the best fit or the cost would not put the taxpayer in a better financial situation. Paid consultations are often useful for complex tax resolution Florida cases involving high tax liability or multiple years of tax filing issues.

In both cases, you should be ready with some basic information about your situation, and that generally includes:

• Understanding of the type of tax you have a problem with
• Description of your problem (things like audit, unpaid taxes, unfiled taxes, etc.)
• Tax agency or agencies you owe
• Tax debt owed, if you owe taxes
• List of the periods for which you need to file returns if they aren't filed
• Basic financial information related to income and expenses
• Have available notices the tax agencies may have sent you related to your problem

Florida has eight Low Income Taxpayer Clinics. Below are the locations of each:

• Ft. Myers: Florida Rural Legal Services Low Income Taxpayer Clinic
• Gainesville: University of Florida Levin College of Law LITC
• Miami: Legal Services of Greater Miami Community Tax Clinic
• Plant City: Bay Area Legal Services Inc. LITC
• Plantation: Legal Aid Services of Broward and Collier Counties
• St. Petersburg: Gulfcoast Legal Services LITC
• Tallahassee: Legal Services of North Florida
• West Palm Beach: Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County LITC

You can obtain contact information for each of these clinics on the IRS website's list of Low Income Taxpayer Clinics. These clinics may provide IRS tax relief Florida assistance to qualifying taxpayers at low or no cost.

First you can start by verifying their credentials. There are three types of tax professionals and you will need to verify their credentials based on their license type.

• Florida Tax Attorney: Use the search feature on the Florida Bar website. You will be able to check their licensing and any disciplinary actions taken against them, if any. 
• Enrolled Agent: Search the IRS directory for federal tax return preparers with credentials and select qualifications. This search tool allows you to search by their last name and the credential type. You must select "Enrolled Agent Credential" on this search. 
• CPA: Search the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation website. 

When evaluating Florida tax professionals, you can check sites like TaxCure for customer reviews and other platforms like the Better Business Bureau to find actual reviews from customers they have assisted. Verifying credentials is especially important when hiring a tax professional to handle serious tax resolution or Florida tax relief services.

Each agency has its own laws regarding the collection and enforcement of tax laws. Florida is a unique state given the fact that they don't collect an individual income tax. The Florida Department of Revenue (DOR) collects sales and use tax, corporate income tax, and several other types of tax. This guide on FL back taxes explains the back tax resolution options available with the FL DOR. It also details what can happen if you don't pay or file your taxes in Florida.

The Florida Department of Revenue (FL DOR) can audit sales tax, option tax, corporate income tax, and other state tax returns. The FL DOR is seeking proof of the information you reported on your tax return. FL DOR audits can be stressful and time-consuming.

This guide on Florida DOR tax audits provides an overview of the FL DOR audit process, what to expect if you're being audited, and how to navigate through the audit process with minimal stress. 

When selling goods or services in Florida, you must collect sales tax. If you don't file or pay your Florida sales taxes correctly or on time, you will face penalties and interest.

This guide on Florida sales taxes covers how much the sales tax is, who needs to collect, due dates of sales tax, penalties associated with sales tax issues, avoiding potential penalties, registering your business for sales taxes, and getting help with Florida sales tax issues.