Tampa CPA Firm Expands IRS Resolution Services After 500-Client Milestone

Tampa CPA Firm Expands IRS Resolution Services After 500 Client Milestone

Tampa, United States – June 5, 2026 / My Tax Relief Experts /

TAMPA, FL — May 26, 2026

My Tax Relief Experts, a Tampa-based tax resolution firm led by John F. McCaffrey, CPA (“Johnny Mac”), today announced the surpassing of 500 resolved client cases while simultaneously expanding its virtual and in-person consultation capacity to address accelerating IRS enforcement activity across Florida. The announcement comes as IRS collection data continues to show Florida among the highest-volume states for active tax liens and levies — a pattern McCaffrey says has made early intervention more critical than ever for individual taxpayers and small business owners sitting on unresolved debt.

KEY FACTS

500+ clients helped across 31+ years of tax resolution practice
IRS enforcement is accelerating: The IRS reported collecting over $68 billion in enforcement revenue in FY2024, signaling sustained collection pressure on individuals and small businesses (IRS Data Book, FY2024)
Taxpayers with unfiled returns face a 25% failure-to-file penalty on unpaid taxes, compounding monthly until resolved (IRS Publication 17)
The IRS Offer in Compromise acceptance rate has historically hovered near 30–40%, meaning not every applicant qualifies — a reality McCaffrey addresses directly with clients before any strategy is recommended
My Tax Relief Experts handles all IRS communications on the client’s behalf, including liens, levies, garnishments, and audit correspondence
Consultations available in person (Tampa), by phone, or virtually — serving clients nationwide

The Problem Isn’t Going Away — It’s Getting Worse

The stack of IRS notices isn’t getting smaller. And the longer they sit unopened, the narrower the window for resolution becomes. According to the IRS Data Book for FY2024, the agency issued over 1.9 million federal tax liens during the fiscal year — a figure that represents real families and real businesses watching their financial lives freeze in place. In Florida, a state with a high proportion of self-employed workers, gig economy participants, and small business owners, the exposure is pronounced.

McCaffrey’s firm focuses specifically on the moment before a manageable problem becomes a crisis — the period between the first IRS notice and the first enforcement action. Using the IRS’s own Collection Due Process framework and the Fresh Start Initiative guidelines, My Tax Relief Experts evaluates each client’s situation across four structured resolution pathways: installment agreements, Offer in Compromise, Currently Not Collectible status, and penalty abatement. The firm is explicit with clients that not every pathway is available to every taxpayer — an Offer in Compromise, for instance, requires documented inability to pay and is declined more often than it is accepted.

What 31 Years in the Room Actually Looks Like

Tax resolution is not a product. It is a negotiation, and the quality of the outcome depends almost entirely on preparation and positioning. A small business owner in the Tampa Bay area recently approached My Tax Relief Experts after receiving simultaneous IRS notices for three years of unfiled payroll tax returns — a situation that had triggered both a lien filing and a pending bank levy. The resolution pathway required rapid filing of all outstanding returns, accurate reconciliation of trust fund liabilities under IRS Form 941 compliance protocols, and a structured installment agreement negotiated before the levy date. The levy was stopped. The timeline from first consultation to IRS agreement: eleven weeks.

That outcome was not guaranteed, and McCaffrey is direct about that. “Avoidance is the mechanism that turns a manageable problem into a crisis,” he notes. But with complete documentation, timely filing, and an advocate who handles all IRS communications, the probability of a workable resolution increases substantially.

Why Local Expertise Changes the Outcome

National tax resolution firms process volume. My Tax Relief Experts processes cases. The distinction matters because IRS negotiations are not standardized — they respond to specificity, documentation quality, and the credibility of the representative. McCaffrey works each case personally, a structural difference that practitioners in the resolution field consistently identify as a factor in settlement outcomes. The firm’s transparent flat-rate pricing model also eliminates the billing uncertainty that often causes clients to delay seeking help in the first place.

For any Tampa Bay area taxpayer who has received an IRS notice, has unfiled returns, or is already facing garnishment or levy action: the time to act is before the next enforcement step, not after.

EXECUTIVE QUOTES

John F. McCaffrey, CPA, Founder — My Tax Relief Experts: “Most people in IRS debt are not there because they were dishonest. They are there because something broke — a business year went sideways, a life event hit, or they simply didn’t know what to file. My job is to walk into that situation with a clear head and a strategy. What I’ve seen in 31 years is that the clients who reach out early almost always have more options than they think. The ones who wait often don’t.”

John F. McCaffrey, CPA, on the Offer in Compromise misconception: “People come in having heard that the IRS will settle for ‘pennies on the dollar.’ Sometimes that’s true. Often it isn’t — and telling a client otherwise before we’ve reviewed their financials would be doing them a disservice. We look at what’s real, what’s provable, and what the IRS will actually accept. That’s the only approach that holds up.”

ABOUT MY TAX RELIEF EXPERTS

My Tax Relief Experts is a Tampa, Florida-based tax resolution firm founded and led by John F. McCaffrey, CPA, with more than 31 years of experience resolving IRS enforcement matters for individuals and small businesses. The firm handles all IRS communications on behalf of clients, offering structured resolution services including installment agreements, Offer in Compromise, penalty abatement, and levy/lien intervention. BBB accredited and serving clients nationwide, My Tax Relief Experts can be reached at mytaxreliefnow.com.

This press release is intended for informational purposes. Tax outcomes vary based on individual financial circumstances. No specific result is guaranteed.