Georgia Tax Relief Workshop Promotes IRS Resolution Options in Marietta

Fair Tax Solutions, a Marietta, Georgia tax-resolution firm led by CPA Len Nelms, said on September 16 that it is hosting a free Georgia Tax Relief Workshop in August 2026 for individuals and small business owners dealing with IRS notices, back taxes, or collection actions. The announcement, published by openPR, frames the session around a basic point: taxpayers can lose options if they misunderstand IRS timelines.

What Changed

The development here is not a new IRS rule or a federal tax-law change. It is a local workshop announcement from Fair Tax Solutions, which said the session will explain five common IRS resolution pathways: installment agreements, offers in compromise, penalty abatement, IRS Appeals, and currently not collectible status.

According to the announcement, the workshop is aimed at taxpayers who have received IRS notices, owe back taxes, or are already facing collection activity and are unsure what programs may apply or how much time remains to respond. The firm said attendance is free and that the event is scheduled for August 2026 in Marietta, though the specific date, time, and venue were not listed in the release.

Who Is Affected

The audience, as described by the firm, includes both individuals and small business owners in the Marietta area. The practical relevance is broader than one workshop, because the release focuses on situations that recur in many IRS debt cases: a balance-due notice arrives, the taxpayer assumes it is an error or delays gathering records, and the response window narrows while the IRS process keeps moving.

The release says the workshop will cover these five pathways:

• Installment Agreement: an IRS-approved payment plan to pay a tax balance over time.
• Offer in Compromise: a program that may allow settlement for less than the full amount owed if a taxpayer meets IRS financial criteria.
• Penalty Abatement: a request to reduce or remove penalties when a taxpayer can document a qualifying reason or meet first-time penalty waiver standards.
• IRS Appeals: a formal process to dispute an IRS determination with an independent reviewer.
• Currently Not Collectible Status: a temporary halt to collection activity when a taxpayer shows inability to pay without significant hardship.

Those are official IRS processes, but the release does not provide filing deadlines, income thresholds, or dollar limits for any of them. It also says plainly that not every taxpayer qualifies for every program.

The After-Tax Math

Because the announcement includes no tax-rate changes, deduction limits, or payment examples, there is no new after-tax calculation to quantify from the release itself. The financial takeaway is instead about process risk: when a taxpayer delays, the set of available resolution options may shrink, and penalties or collections may continue.

That matters because each pathway works differently. An installment agreement spreads payment over time but does not eliminate the underlying tax debt. Currently not collectible status, as the firm notes, does not erase the debt either; it temporarily pauses collection activity. An offer in compromise may reduce the amount paid, but only for taxpayers whose financial profile satisfies IRS formulas and disclosure requirements. Penalty abatement can reduce assessed penalties, but the release says eligibility depends on documented cause or a first-time waiver.

In other words, the financial difference between one pathway and another can be large, but this announcement does not publish enough detail to calculate savings for any specific taxpayer. Households dealing with an IRS notice may want to focus first on deadlines, because a missed response date can matter before any payment strategy is discussed.

What the Firm Says the Workshop Will Cover

Fair Tax Solutions said Len Nelms has more than 20 years of IRS negotiation experience and has helped more than 1,500 clients. The workshop, according to the release, will explain how the IRS evaluates financial disclosures, why similarly named programs can produce different outcomes for different taxpayers, and what can disqualify an application.

The firm also makes a point that is notable in a promotional announcement: it says professional representation does not guarantee a favorable outcome. Instead, the claimed benefit is a greater likelihood that the right pathway is identified and filed accurately before the eligibility window closes.

That framing is important because the release is marketing a workshop, not announcing a government initiative. Readers should treat the event as an educational and promotional offering from a private tax-resolution firm rather than as an IRS program or public-service notice.

What to Watch

For Georgia taxpayers interested in the session, the immediate open question is basic logistics. The release says the workshop is scheduled for August 2026 in Marietta and that date, time, and venue details are available from the firm directly or on its website, but those specifics were not published in the announcement itself.

For taxpayers more broadly, the larger issue is not the event but the timeline on any IRS notice already in hand. The release's core point is that response windows can tighten quickly as a case moves through collection stages. Taxpayers in that situation often consider verifying the notice, confirming the response deadline, and discussing the available resolution path with a CPA or tax professional.

One final note: the second listed source here, a Wikipedia entry on fairs, does not add tax or legal facts relevant to the IRS programs described in the announcement. The substance of this item comes from the workshop release itself.

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