Plain English for IRS letters
The letter feels like the storm. The truth is the light.
An IRS envelope reads like a verdict. It almost never is one. Every notice is a form letter with a code, a meaning, and a next step — and each one can be explained in plain English.
The Notice Translator
What did the IRS send you?
How this works
Find the code
Every IRS letter carries one — CP14, CP2000, LT11 — usually in a corner. Type it above, or let your browser read the letter without sending it anywhere.
See what it means
What the notice type is, what the IRS is generally saying, and whether that type usually carries a deadline — compiled from the IRS’s own public descriptions.
Decide calmly
Most letters resolve with paperwork and a plan. When you want it handled, a licensed professional takes it from there.
The free first step
Reaching out costs nothing — and it ends with something you can hold.
A conversation — free.
You tell us what arrived and what worries you; we tell you, plainly, where things actually stand. No preparation, no paperwork, no obligation.
We investigate your IRS file.
With your authorization, we pull what the IRS actually has on record — the account, the balances, the deadlines that matter — and read it the way the IRS reads it.
You receive a written report.
What we found and what it means, in writing — yours to keep whatever you decide to do next. Also free.
The conversation, the investigation, and the report are free — the whole first step, start to finish.
And if you later ask us to take the matter on, cost won’t be the thing that stops you — payment arrangements are available, without a credit check.
The library
55 notice types, explained without alarm.
The next step
When you’re ready to hand this to someone
The first step is a free consultation — a quiet conversation with a licensed professional, no pressure and nothing to prepare. If you want to go further, we investigate your IRS file and put what we find in a written report. That’s free too.
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