IRS and Mississippi DOR representation in Hattiesburg, you forward the letter, we respond
The notice stops being yours to decode.
- Notices handled start to finish
- Power of attorney when needed
- Penalty abatement pursued
- Healthcare
- Insurance
- Real Estate
- Professional Services
- Retail
Sound familiar?
A letter from the IRS should not be yours to figure out
There is a particular kind of dread that comes with an envelope from the IRS or the Mississippi Department of Revenue. You open it, you read it twice, and you are no closer to knowing what it actually wants or how worried you should be. There is a deadline on it. There is a number on it. And the firm that signed the return it is asking about is not calling you back.
So you sit on it. Maybe you try to answer it yourself, in language you are guessing at. Maybe you pay something just to make it go away. What you do not have is the one thing that should have come with your return in the first place: someone whose job it is to deal with the agency, so the letter is their problem and not yours.
The owners who call us about a notice are rarely panicked. They are just done being the one who has to translate the IRS.
Our approach
You forward it, we deal with the agency
Representation is simple in principle and the principle matters: you should not be the one corresponding with a tax agency about your own return. That is the work, and it is the work this firm takes off your desk.
You forward the letter and we respond. Many notices resolve with a single correct response. When a matter calls for direct contact with the agency, a power of attorney gets filed so a credentialed CPA speaks to the IRS or MS DOR on your behalf. We handle the notice response, request penalty abatement where there are grounds, and reconcile your account with the agency. And if a return is selected for examination, federal or state, the same firm represents you through the audit, because we know what is on the return.
This is also the philosophy the firm is built on: if we prepared your return and you gave us accurate information, an IRS notice is our problem to handle, not yours to lose sleep over.
CPAs on staff
combined years of practice
filing from the same Hattiesburg office
You send us the notice and a credentialed CPA handles the response, so the letter becomes our problem, not yours.
So a credentialed CPA can speak to the IRS or MS DOR directly on your behalf and you stay out of the correspondence.
If a return is selected for examination, federal or state, the firm that knows it represents you through the audit.
The Clean Books Standard
Most firms go silent May through January, then scramble February through April. We run the opposite way — a clean file isn’t an accident, it’s a standard we hold every month.
We move your file and clean it up.
Sign one authorization and we pull your prior returns, schedules, and books from your old firm. The switch happens in the background.
- Prior-year return reviewed for missed deductions
- Every account reconciled, books brought current
- Live within 30–60 days of signing
We project your tax bill before April.
When your year calls for it, we run a full projection before year-end, so you know what you’ll owe with months to plan, not days, and weigh the tax impact of big decisions first.
- Available for Projection Meetings
- Quarterly federal & Mississippi estimates
- No scrambling for cash nobody warned you about
One firm, every filing, year-round.
Business return, personal return, payroll, sales tax, the Mississippi Department of Revenue (MS DOR), the IRS — all under one roof, all signed by a credentialed CPA. A letter shows up, we handle it.
- A credentialed CPA on the line, not a call center
- Monthly financials hit your inbox
- IRS & MS DOR letters handled by the firm
What that means for you.
Because you forward it and we respond, the envelope on your desk becomes a task on ours.
Because we file a power of attorney whenever a matter calls for direct contact, a credentialed CPA speaks to the agency and you stay out of the correspondence.
Because abatement is part of the work, you stop reflexively paying a penalty that there may be grounds to remove.
Because the firm represents you through a federal or state exam, being selected means calling your CPA, not reconstructing years of records alone.
Because we reconcile with the agency, the balance, the notices, and the record get squared rather than left half-resolved.
Because the response runs on our calendar, the date printed on the notice stops being a clock you are watching alone.
Owners who stopped chasing their accountant.
A few words from Pine Belt business owners who moved their books to the Clean Books Standard.
“I’ve been a client for 25 years. Always received prompt professional service. I would recommend this firm to anyone.”
Client for 25 years
“As a business owner, they have always met my needs and provided great service and direction. I have never once considered another firm. This one is the best!”
Business owner
“Ric and his team have been keeping our business books for several years. They have done an excellent job for us, and are always available for us and professional.”
Bookkeeping client
Before you call
The questions owners ask first
The first question is cost, and it depends on what the notice involves, from a simple response to a full examination. We will give you a clear arrangement in writing before any work begins, and we will be straight about scope, because nobody wants an open meter running on top of an IRS problem.
The second is the one people are almost afraid to ask: how bad is this? Usually less bad than the silence made it feel. Many notices are routine and resolve with a single correct response. We will read it, tell you plainly what it is, and not dramatize it to sell you more than you need.
And the last: will I have to talk to the IRS myself? No. We respond to the notice for you, and when a matter calls for direct contact with the agency, we file a power of attorney so a credentialed CPA does the talking. Your job becomes forwarding the letter and getting back to your business.
Zero pressure. Ever.
Your consultation is a real conversation with a CPA, not a sales pitch. If Voss isn’t the right fit for your business, we’ll tell you on the call and point you toward a firm that is. No contracts to trap you, no surprise invoices, and every return signed by a credentialed CPA who stands behind the work.
Month to month, stay because it works.
Your pricing discussed up front.
Received a tax letter on our work? We handle it.
The questions we hear most.
It depends on whether the matter is a single notice response or a full audit. You get a clear arrangement in writing before any work begins.
Responding to IRS and MS DOR notices, filing a power of attorney when the matter calls for it, requesting penalty abatement where there are grounds, reconciling your account, and representing you through a federal or state audit.
It is the authorization that lets a credentialed CPA speak to the tax agency on your behalf. A routine notice often resolves with a written response and no authorization at all. We file it when a matter calls for direct contact with the agency, an examination, a phone call, an account that needs reconciling, so you are not the one corresponding with the IRS about your own return.
Reach out in a Fit Conversation and we will tell you.
Do not respond to it yet, and do not pay it reflexively. Note the deadline, forward us the notice, and let a credentialed CPA tell you what it actually says before you do anything.
The firm represents you through the exam, handles the document requests, and deals with the examiner directly, so you are not facing it alone.
Hand your return to a CPA who'll still know it next year.
A credentialed CPA who signs the work, and answers when your decisions can’t wait for spring. Start with a no-cost Fit Conversation.