Author: kelly coughlin

IRS enforcement: what do they look for, what are their tactics, and how can you avoid poking this bear? Today, we look for the answers.  Greetings, this is Kelly Coughlin, CPA, and CEO of EveryDayCPA providing tax accounting and revenue solutions to individuals and businesses throughout the U.S. In today’s podcast I am going to interview a former IRS enforcement specialist, what we sometimes call a grizzly bear.  Yep!  In a former life, for 30 years, he was a grizzly bear who took the shape of an IRS Enforcement Officer, seizing assets and pursuing DOJ tax lien foreclosures.  If you have done business with this man, that is, if you poked this bear, you probably were having a bad day.  He has proved my analogy that the IRS can be either a black bear or a grizzly bear, but regardless, a bear.  And do you know how to tell the difference between the two?  If you climb a tree to escape the black bear climbs up the tree to eat you.  The grizzly bear simply rips the tree out by the roots and eats you.  Regardless, don’t poke the bear.  Please welcome David Ronquillo.  David Ronquillo began his career as a revenue officer in 1980 in Seattle.  He has held positions as Field Collection Group Manager and Senior Collection Policy Analyst.  Currently, he is helping tax professionals increase their...