Corporate failure-to-file penalty, capped at 25% of the unpaid tax. It starts accruing the day a return is late.
We help owners get compliant without the panic: a defined, step-by-step path from missing returns to a clean IRS record, handled by a CPA who's done this before.
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Corporate failure-to-file penalty, capped at 25% of the unpaid tax. It starts accruing the day a return is late.
S-Corp and partnership penalty for each month late, charged even if the business made $0 that year.
Usually all the IRS needs filed to consider a business compliant, not every year you've ever operated.
A defined process, done in order, so each year's numbers carry forward correctly and nothing slips through while we work.
Book a free consultBank statements, prior filings, payroll data, and any notices you've already received from the IRS.
Where records are incomplete, we rebuild the picture from bank activity, transcripts, and third-party data.
Returns go in chronological order so each year's numbers carry forward correctly into the next.
We respond to any existing correspondence directly, so nothing falls through while returns are being prepared.
Once filings are current, we structure a manageable resolution for whatever balance remains.
Flat-fee pricing scoped to your entity type and the complexity of the records involved.
An S-Corp owner came to us four years behind, having received an IRS estimate for unfiled years that assumed no expenses, a number far higher than reality.
We reconstructed the missing years from bank records, filed oldest to newest, and had all returns accepted within eight weeks.
The final total came in well under the IRS's estimate, and the owner set up a payment plan for the balance instead of facing collections.
Don't worry if some of this is missing. Reconstructing incomplete records is part of what we do.
Usually just the last six years. The IRS generally requires the last six years of returns to consider a business compliant, not every year the business has ever operated.
Penalties accrue the day a return is late. Corporate failure-to-file penalties run 5% per month, capped at 25% of the unpaid tax, and S-Corps or partnerships face a separate penalty of about $255 per owner, per month late, even in years the business made $0.
Yes. Once all required returns are filed and you're current, we structure a manageable payment plan with the IRS for whatever balance remains.
Flat-fee pricing starts at $2,000 per return, scoped to your entity type (partnerships, S-Corps, C-Corps and trusts) and the complexity of the records involved.
Pick a time that works for you. No forms to fill out first: find a slot and you're set.
Prefer to talk it through? Call 919-886-4829
Book a free consult to walk through where things stand, or grab the free Unfiled Tax Return Checklist and start with the basics.