(Or How To Get Beyond Owing The IRS)

What is THE TAX DEBT CONUNDRUM? 

Owing back taxes is about MORE than just the money.

Sounds simple enough. Probably seems obvious too. Life happens. Sometimes tax obligations get pushed to the side, regardless the reason.

Owing the IRS can happen to anyone. There’s no shame in that. However, in my experience, most don’t end up there merely because of money. Rather, most end up there because of their perspectives and values (often about money).

And NOTHING brings out one’s perspectives and values – about money or anything else – quite like money itself, or the lack of it. 

Further complicating matters, tax debt by definition at it’s most basic level, is also about money.

There’s no denying this. Burdened with the stress of owing a lot of money, it’s no wonder so many believe it is all about the money – money they simply do not have.

If you’ve ever thought: “Well if I had the money, I’d just pay them,” you’ve experienced the Tax Debt Conundrum. Believe me, everyone who owes back taxes has had this thought at some point.

But not everyone chooses to get stuck there.

The Tax Debt Conundrum is about MORE than just the money

I’m here to tell you money is NOT the ONLY problem.

Let me repeat, money is NOT the ONLY problem.

In fact, money is NOT even the MAIN problem.

It’s a conundrum because we ourselves are the REAL problem.

This conundrum is enfolded deeply into our unique perspectives and values. We can’t see the forest for the tree(s) yet we think we see clearly. We forget that we have forgotten and flail for any solution that might consider our bottom line.

It’s no wonder so many people choose to hire a company they would never work with otherwise. Or just call and talk and plan but never take any real action. Or try to do it on their own without knowing if they will succeed, hoping the IRS will somehow understand.

Sadly, the Tax Debt Conundrum keeps hundreds of thousands of people? Perhaps even millions? In bondage to the idea that money is both the prison and the key to freedom. Enough is enough!

In my chosen profession, I have the unique privilege to talk with so many people. So believe me when I say, the Tax Debt Conundrum is no special problem. Rather, it’s merely a common one. That doesn’t mean it’s not complicated and elusive. It is. But because it’s a human problem, if even one person can overcome it, anyone can.

Because it’s a human problem, we as tax professionals can also fall into the Tax Debt Conundrum too. It’s not just you. It’s also the people who claim they want to help. Even the best of us can get lost in fixing the legal problem, using the numbers to “resolve” the issue, while simultaneously failing to empower our clients to use the tax debt for what it is – a potential conduit to reach your best life, rather than an albatross to carry indefinitely.

To reach your NEXT LEVEL, you must get BEYOND owing the IRS

Jamie and I have dedicated our lives to helping people get free from the IRS. In this endeavor, we uncover our clients’ hopes, fears, priorities, dreams, goals and all the things that drive us as human beings. I can say with certainty that if you are reading this – your best life and reaching the next level in anything you wish, requires you to move beyond owing the IRS, because it’s about more than just the money.

The choice is yours. You can endure your IRS obstacle. Or you can choose to use it as the very fuel to launch yourself toward something amazing. I know this is absolutely possible for YOU, because I have witnessed it in so many others.

To honor our calling and to help people to take action to reach what they envision the next level of their own lives to be, we too have committed to reaching our next level. That’s what this post is about. It is our vision for our company moving forward. This is integrity in action.

So be on the lookout for some exciting changes coming to our website, this blog and our company in general. 

Because we want to do more, help more. Because we know we can do more. Because we have been called to do so.