Tax relief by location
Tax Resolution in Ontario, California
Ontario runs on freight, and freight runs on 1099s. If you drive, dispatch, broker or warehouse for a living and the returns got away from you, this is the case we handle most often.
What we see locally
The airport, Ontario Mills and the warehouse corridor make this the densest concentration of independent contractors we work with. Owner-operators are paid gross with nothing withheld, which means the entire tax burden is self-assessed and self-paid. When a year is tight, the tax payment is the one that gets skipped, and the next year the filing gets skipped too.
That is when it compounds. The IRS files a Substitute for Return using the 1099s reported about you, with no fuel, no per diem, no depreciation on the truck and no repairs. The assessed balance is routinely several times the real number. Filing actual returns for those years is often the single largest reduction available in the whole case, and it comes before any talk of settlement.
Serving this area
- County
- San Bernardino County
- ZIP codes
- 91758 · 91761 · 91762 · 91764
- Neighborhoods
- Downtown Ontario · Ontario Ranch · Ontario Mills · the airport industrial district
- Getting to us
- About twelve minutes north on Euclid or the 83. Evening and Saturday appointments are available during tax season for drivers who are out during the week.
Questions from this area
I have not filed in four or five years. Where does that even start?+
With transcripts. We pull what the IRS actually has reported about you, which tells us exactly which years are missing and which ones they already assessed on their own. From there we file the real returns. Almost nobody remembers their own records well enough to start any other way, and that is fine.
The IRS says I owe far more than I ever made. Is that possible?+
Yes, and it usually means they filed for you. A Substitute for Return gives you no business expenses at all. Replacing it with a real return that claims fuel, maintenance, insurance, per diem and depreciation frequently cuts the balance sharply.
Can they take my truck?+
A levy can reach business assets, though the IRS is generally reluctant to seize the thing producing the income it wants to collect. That reluctance is not a plan. Getting representation on file and a resolution underway is what actually protects it.
This page describes services generally and is not tax advice about your situation. Outcomes depend on your specific facts, and no result is guaranteed.
Tax Relief
The problems we resolve in Ontario
Every one of these has a defined set of remedies. The right one depends on your numbers, not on how bad the letter sounds.
Wage Garnishment
The IRS is taking part of your paycheck
See how this worksBank Levy
Your account has been frozen
See how this worksFederal Tax Lien
A public claim against everything you own
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You have years that were never filed
See how this worksOffer in Compromise
Settling for less than the full balance
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Your return has been selected for examination
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Everything else we handle
Resolution is the focus, but the same team prepares the returns, keeps the books and does the planning that stops the next problem forming.
Let’s talk
Ready to work with a CPA who actually explains it?
Start with a free 30-minute intro call. Bring your questions, your notices, or just a rough idea of what you need. You will leave the call knowing exactly what the next step is and what it costs.