Oil and gas accounts for more than half of all jobs in Midland, and the income that work produces is unlike almost anywhere else in the country, and unlike almost anything the IRS expects to see in a straightforward filing. Geologists, engineers, and production managers at ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, Occidental, Diamondback, and EOG Resources earn salaries, performance bonuses, and equity compensation that swing dramatically with oil prices, pushing their tax bill well above what was withheld in a good year. Mineral rights owners throughout the Permian Basin collect royalty income that arrives quarterly from multiple operators, often with no withholding at all. Independent oilfield services contractors who work drilling, completion, or maintenance rotations handle their own self-employment tax obligations on income that can reach six figures, with quarterly payments that fall behind when a project ends or a rig moves on. The wave of industry consolidations, including ExxonMobil's acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources and Occidental's purchase of CrownRock, triggered equity acceleration events and severance packages that left thousands of Midland employees with massive single-year income they were not prepared to file correctly. And the boom-and-bust nature of Permian Basin employment means some workers have entire years of unfiled returns from the last bust cycle sitting in a drawer. Anthem Tax Services resolves federal IRS debt for Midland residents and businesses. Our practice is built entirely on IRS tax debt relief, and you can learn about us before you take any next step.

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Taking On IRS Debt in Midland

An unpaid federal tax balance does not sit still. Interest compounds on the original amount each month and penalties accumulate on top, and the IRS works through a predictable chain of notices before moving to seize wages and bank funds. Anthem steps in. We file our authorization with the IRS, which reroutes every agency contact away from you. We then analyze your income and obligations and shape a resolution your real finances can carry, with one licensed professional managing the case from beginning to end.

IRS Warning Signs in Midland

Midland taxpayers in the oil and gas industry sometimes discover their IRS situation has escalated further than they realized. Any of these signals means it is time to call.

• A series of IRS notices has arrived in sequence, from a CP14 through a CP503 and CP504 to a final LT11, tracking the debt's advance toward the agency's full enforcement authority.
• Your employer received a wage levy and the IRS is now taking a share of every paycheck before you see it.
• A bank levy landed on your account and froze the funds, with a countdown before they transfer to the IRS.
• Federal taxes from one or more boom years went unpaid and the compounding balance has climbed well above the original.
• Returns for one or more years, including years of high oil-sector income, were never filed, blocking most IRS relief options.
• A federal tax lien has been recorded against Midland property you own, placing that claim on your title in the public record.

Options Beyond What the IRS Tells You

The notice from the IRS states a number and a deadline. It says nothing about the provisions in federal tax law that allow taxpayers to reduce a balance, put enforcement on hold temporarily, or close the debt for far less than the stated amount. The agency has no obligation to volunteer those options. They exist in the tax code and the IRS's internal procedures, and matching you to the right one and making the best case for it is exactly what we do.

Midland Taxpayers We Help

The federal tax situations we resolve in Midland come directly from the Permian Basin economy. Recent clients include:

• Petroleum engineers, geologists, and operations managers at ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, Oxy, and Diamondback whose performance bonuses and equity compensation spiked in high-oil-price years.
• Mineral rights owners across the Permian Basin who collect oil royalty income from multiple operators with little or no withholding and owe quarterly estimated taxes they have not kept up with.
• Independent oilfield services contractors in drilling, well completion, and production maintenance who bill six-figure income on 1099s and are responsible for every dollar of self-employment tax.
• Former Pioneer Natural Resources, CrownRock, and Endeavor employees whose acquisition-related equity events and severance packages created larger taxable events than they anticipated.
• Pipeline and midstream workers at Kinder Morgan, Plains All American, and Targa Resources who earned overtime and project bonuses during expansion buildouts.
• Oilfield truckers, sand haulers, and equipment operators who work as sole proprietors or through their own LLCs and fell behind on quarterly self-employment tax during the last downturn.
• Small-business owners serving the oil patch in catering, housing, equipment rental, and support services who blend personal and business income and sometimes skip years of returns in the bust cycle.

How Anthem Resolves Federal Tax Issues

Getting All Required Returns Filed

The IRS will not negotiate any resolution while returns are outstanding. We pull the income transcripts the agency holds, reconstruct what no longer exists, and file accurate returns for each missed year, typically the last six the IRS requires before treating an account as current. Filing correctly usually lowers the balance on its own, since the returns the IRS assembled left out every deduction and credit that was yours. Our unfiled returns service handles it.

Currently Not Collectible: A Pause During the Bust

When covering the IRS would leave too little for housing and essential costs, the agency may place your account in Currently Not Collectible status and stop all enforcement. Levies and garnishments are lifted and the balance is held until things improve. For a Midland contractor who lost a rig, an oilfield worker laid off during a price downturn, or anyone riding out a slow stretch in the patch, this protection is critical. The debt stays, but the IRS backs off. Find out if Currently Not Collectible status is available.

Spreading the Debt Into Monthly Installments

When one payment is not an option, an installment agreement restructures the balance into monthly amounts the IRS accepts instead of demanding a lump sum. We drive the payment figure down from the agency's opening number to one that your actual cash flow can absorb, and running it through direct debit preserves the opportunity for a Fresh Start lien withdrawal. For an oilfield engineer with income that swings with the price of crude, or a contractor between projects, this is usually the steadiest path forward. Look into an installment agreement.

Settling for Less: The Offer in Compromise

A qualifying taxpayer may be able to close a federal tax balance through an Offer in Compromise for far less than the total. The IRS weighs your income against your allowable living costs, factors in what you own, and sets the maximum it could realistically collect. Submissions with gaps in documentation come back denied, so the quality of the application is decisive. Anthem has settled large balances for a small fraction of the original figure. Determine whether an Offer in Compromise applies to your situation.

Ending a Garnishment or Levy Immediately

An IRS wage levy or frozen bank account demands the fastest possible response. Once you retain us, we register authorization with the IRS, reach the agency directly, and push for a release while the longer-term resolution gets underway. A bank levy holds funds for 21 days before transferring them, so the day the levy hits is the day to call us. We move to remove a wage garnishment and reverse an IRS levy.

What Midland IRS Help Costs

A Free Opening Consultation

No charge for the first conversation. A licensed specialist looks at your balance, determines how far the IRS has already progressed in its collection process, and gives you a frank read on which resolution options are genuinely on the table. You know the likely cost and approach before spending anything, and no one pushes you toward a commitment.

One Flat Fee, Set Before We Begin

A single flat fee is established before work starts and holds firm regardless of how the case evolves or how long it takes. We never bill by the hour. If paying the full fee at once is difficult, we arrange a payment schedule. Access to serious IRS help should not be limited to those who can produce a large payment immediately.

Fee Versus Financial Outcome

The fee only makes sense when measured against what it recovers for you. When a $120,000 IRS balance is cut to roughly $14,000, or about $35,000 in penalties is eliminated through abatement, the fee is a fraction of what you keep. At the consultation we run your own figures through the comparison so the decision is grounded in real numbers.

Backed by a Guarantee

Every case is backed by a money-back guarantee. If your balance does not come down and your payment terms are not improved, the fee comes back. Bookkeeping and tax preparation services and the minimum deposit fall outside the guarantee. We make this offer because the outcomes over thousands of cases have consistently supported it.

Midland Neighborhoods and ZIP Codes We Serve

Tax situations in Midland vary by industry and neighborhood, and we handle cases from across the city.

• Downtown Midland: The corporate office hub for the Permian Basin, where energy company executives, engineers, and support staff deal with the complex returns that high oil-sector pay produces.
• North Midland and the Country Club area: Higher-income residential neighborhoods where petroleum professionals, mineral rights owners, and small-business owners serving the industry typically live.
• West Midland: Working-class neighborhoods and the oilfield services corridor, where contractors, truckers, and equipment operators handle large 1099 income with no withholding structure.
• Greenwood and South Midland: Established residential areas with a mix of oil industry workers, educators, healthcare professionals, and small-business owners.
• The industrial and warehouse corridors: Where oilfield equipment suppliers, pipeline companies, and logistics operations cluster, employing the field workers and shop staff whose income can be hard to predict year to year.

Find Your Midland ZIP Code Page

We maintain a page for every Midland ZIP code with guidance tailored to that area. Our coverage extends across the Permian Basin and the broader Midland-Odessa region, including Odessa, Andrews, Big Spring, Stanton, and Greenwood. Select your ZIP below to begin.

Fully Remote Service Across Midland

No office visit is required at any point. Every step runs by phone, email, and encrypted file transfers from our Woodland Hills office. A Diamondback Energy engineer in North Midland and an independent oilfield contractor in West Midland receive the same experienced professional handling, and neither has to leave the job site to get it. We deal with the IRS while you focus on the work.

IRS Audit Defense for Midland Taxpayers

High incomes and complex compensation structures in the Permian Basin make Midland taxpayers more likely to draw IRS scrutiny. If an audit notice has arrived, you are entitled to professional representation before you respond to a single question. Exercising that right changes the entire posture of the process. Anthem handles IRS audits for Midland taxpayers from the opening letter through to the final ruling.

How an Audit Unfolds

An examiner may press on particular deductions, ask for documentation of royalty income or business expenses, or want to verify what you reported across one or two prior years. Most audits proceed entirely through written correspondence and close without a face-to-face meeting. We handle the letters, organize your records, and respond to the examiner on your behalf, keeping the scope as narrow as possible and driving toward a fast close.

The Protections You Are Entitled To

Federal law gives you the right to professional representation, the right to understand why each record is being requested, and the right to challenge any finding you believe is wrong. The Taxpayer Bill of Rights sets these protections out explicitly. We enforce every one of them throughout the audit so you do not surrender more than the law requires.

Why Midland Taxpayers Choose Anthem

Proven Results Across Tens of Thousands of Cases

Anthem has helped more than 50,000 people nationwide work through federal back-tax problems, trimming millions from those combined balances. The results are concrete: Jeffrey Grolig came out over $90,000 ahead, Logan brought a $25,000 balance down to $100, and Dr. Jorge Partida kept more than $25,000. Mindy settled tens of thousands for under a thousand, and Michel Khlaif saved substantially on a $35,000 balance. Read more client stories.

Licensed Professionals, Not Sales Reps

Every Midland file goes to a professional with real credentials. Billy Fauller III is an Enrolled Agent, a Certified Tax Resolution Specialist, and an NTPI Fellow who spent eight years inside IRS collections as a Revenue Officer. Anna Phan and Ken Bruns are both licensed tax attorneys with prior experience in government institutions. Melissa Northrup holds a Licensed Enrolled Agent credential and more than twenty years of practice. Meet the full team.

A Former IRS Collector Who Knows the System

Billy Fauller III spent eight years as an IRS Revenue Officer collecting on delinquent federal accounts, not studying the agency from a textbook. That work gave him a first-person view of how the IRS builds its collection positions, what prompts it to escalate, and where the genuine flexibility in a negotiation actually sits. Every resolution Anthem puts together for Midland clients is shaped by that direct knowledge.

Federal Tax Lien Help for Midland Property Owners

A federal tax lien on Midland property locks the IRS's legal claim to your title in the public record. Once it is there, selling, refinancing, or borrowing against the property all become substantially more difficult. In a Permian Basin real estate market that has seen significant appreciation through the oil boom, a lien creates real financial obstacles. Several paths exist to address it.

Withdrawing the Lien Entirely

Under Fresh Start, the IRS can fully withdraw a lien once a qualifying direct debit installment plan is in place and current. That withdrawal removes the public Notice of Federal Tax Lien from the record entirely, a far better result than a release that marks the account closed while leaving the filing visible. We establish the plan and file the withdrawal request.

What a Lien Does to Your Financial Position

Tax liens have not appeared on credit bureau reports for years, but the filing persists in the public record. Lenders, title companies, and escrow officers check those records whenever a transaction is underway, and a lien that surfaces can stop the deal regardless of how strong your credit profile is. Removing it provides protection that no credit improvement alone can match.

Closing a Sale or Refinance While a Lien Is Active

When a real estate transaction must proceed before the underlying tax debt is paid, the IRS provides a discharge that releases the lien from one specific property so the closing can move forward, and a subordination that places a refinancing lender ahead of the IRS in the repayment order. We prepare both requests and align the timing with the IRS so the lien does not derail your transaction.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you serve areas beyond Midland?

Yes. We cover Midland and the surrounding Permian Basin region, including Odessa, Andrews, Big Spring, Stanton, and Greenwood. Since everything is handled remotely, your specific location in the region makes no difference to what you receive.

Texas has no state income tax. Does that affect my case?

It does. Your entire IRS problem is a federal matter with a single agency. There is no parallel Texas state tax balance to resolve at the same time, which keeps the focus on a single federal resolution and tends to make the process more direct for Midland clients.

My oil-sector income varied a lot over the years and I have unfiled returns. Can you help?

Yes, and this is one of the most common situations we see in Midland. Volatile income over multiple boom-and-bust years, with some returns filed and some not, is exactly what we are experienced handling. We obtain the transcripts, reconstruct whatever is missing, and file accurate returns, which regularly brings the balance down from what the IRS estimated on its own.

Is everything handled without an in-person meeting?

Completely. The case runs by phone, email, and encrypted file transfers from first contact to final resolution, with no office visit required. Midland clients receive the same quality of professional handling they would get in person, delivered entirely at a distance.

What does it cost?

A single flat fee, disclosed fully at the free consultation before you agree to anything. If paying it at once is not workable, installment arrangements are available. The money-back guarantee applies if the balance does not come down and the payment terms are not improved, with the exception of bookkeeping, tax preparation services, and the minimum deposit.

How fast can a garnishment or bank levy be stopped?

Immediately. Once our authorization is on file with the IRS, we reach the agency and press for a release while the resolution gets built. A bank levy holds funds for 21 days before they go to the IRS, so the day the levy arrives is the right day to contact us.

Begin Your Free Midland Tax Consultation

Every month without a resolution adds to the balance and moves the IRS one step closer to taking action. Royalty income, bonus pay, an acquisition event, an unfiled return from the last bust: whatever the source of the problem, Anthem can put together a federal resolution shaped around your real income and your real situation. A free consultation, at no cost and no commitment, is where it starts. A licensed professional will go through your case and tell you exactly what is achievable. Call (888) 548-0478 and let our team take the IRS off your hands.

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