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ABOUT SOCAL TAX SOLVERS

Dealing with the IRS

The IRS is not your friend. They are a powerful government entity that is charged with collecting taxes. The IRS has the authority and the enforcement tools to collect taxes, penalties, and interest from taxpayers like you. The employees of the IRS work in the best interest of the government. We are here to protect your interests. We treat each client’s tax problem as unique and spend the time to learn how their problem developed and find a solution to resolve it.

  

We know your rights and responsibilities. We know how to work through the administrative bureaucracy to help you. We are in your corner. We will use all our skills to protect your rights and to ensure that you receive the representation you need when dealing with the IRS.

Experienced

Since 1987, we have been representing taxpayers before the IRS and have made it possible for clients to get back on track with their financial lives without the overwhelming burden of unpaid taxes.

WHY US

Knowledgeable

With just one phone call we eliminated a $50,000 tax debt for a business client and have helped many individual taxpayers eliminate and/or lower their tax burden.

Determined

We don’t quit on you. We represented a taxpayer in an audit that lasted over a year and in the end the taxpayer’s audit ended as a “NO CHANGE” which means they didn’t owe the IRS any additional taxes.  

PRINCIPAL

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Ron Escobar, Tax Partner
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Ron is the founder of SoCal Tax Solvers. Ron specializes in solving IRS and California income and employment tax problems.  He has over 30 years of experience helping both business and individual taxpayers resolve their tax problems through the maze of complex tax laws. 

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Ron has resolved numerous tax problems for businesses and individuals. He has represented taxpayers in audits and has achieved no change results where the taxpayer did not have to pay additional taxes or penalties. He believes that taxpayers need an advocate that has both the education, experience, and expertise to achieve a desired outcome for his clients.

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Ron represents taxpayers at all levels of examination before the Internal Revenue Service, Franchise Tax Board, Employment Development Department, and the California Department of Tax & Fee Administration. Ron has negotiated settlements, claims for refunds, offers in compromise, statute of limitations matters, currently non-collectible matters, innocent spouse claims, and represented taxpayer at audits.

 

Ron’s many years of experience enables him to understand the concerns that taxpayers face when they receive letters from the tax authorities that could mean disaster because of both the taxes owed but the mounting penalties and interest. Ron will deal with the tax authorities so that you can go on with your life. Ron will analyze your tax problem and figure a solution. Ron will keep you fully informed through the lengthy process of tax resolution. If you are audited, Ron will take your place in the audit and use all his skills to achieve a desired outcome.  

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Ron was also a professor of accounting and tax at the California State University, San Bernardino. In his teaching career, he had over 5,000 students. He also taught at San Bernardino Valley College and Fullerton College. Ron retired from teaching in 2012. 

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Ron is a veteran having proudly served in the US Navy aboard a destroyer. Ron was trained as a computer technician to maintain and repair various computer systems on the ship. He received the Navy Achievement Medal for service in the Persian Gulf.

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AREAS OF PRACTICE

  • Audit Representation

  • Offers In Compromise

  • Collections

  • Appeals

  • Penalty Abatements

  • Installment Agreement

  • Unfiled Tax Returns

  • Wrongfully prepared tax returns

  • Release of Levy

  • Release of Lien

  • Appeals Mediation

  • Innocent Spouse Claims

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CREDENTIALS

  • Enrolled to Practice before the Internal Revenue Service, 1987

  • Reserve District Attorney Investigator, County of San Bernardino, 1998 – 2001

  • Certified Fraud Examiner, 2001

  • Fellow, National Tax Practice Institute, 2014

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MEMBERSHIPS

  • American Society of Tax Problem Solvers

  • California Society of Enrolled Agents

  • National Association of Enrolled Agents

  • Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

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EDUCATION

  • Master of Public Administration, California State University, San Bernardino, 2005

  • Bachelor of Science Degree, Business Administration, 1977

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