The IRS has a process. I have a better one.
Trained as a CPA, practicing as a tax attorney — flat-fee tax debt resolution in NH & MA.In 17 years as a practicing tax attorney, I've helped people settle, restructure, or pause what they owe the IRS — through Offers in Compromise, payment agreements, and hardship status. Modern tools and AI handle the paperwork grind, so your fee buys judgment, not hours.
Not sure where to start? Call or text 603-233-4843 — no pressure, no obligation.
Every fee published on this site · No hourly surprises on core matters
Prepare for your Free Tax Debt Consultation
Start your free tax debt case evaluation.
Two simple steps: complete the intake worksheet, then send it through the secure intake form — and Attorney Clarke reviews your numbers before you ever meet.
Bank-level encryption | No SSNs required | No credit card to start.
- Private until you send.The worksheet runs entirely in your browser — nothing is transmitted until you choose to upload it through the secure form.
- Encrypted end to end.When you do send it, it goes directly to the Law Office of Peter J. Clarke’s secure Clio system, never by email and never stored on this site.
- No obligation.The evaluation is free and doesn’t create an engagement.
Five guided steps through your tax debt, assets, income, and expenses — totals calculate automatically. Save it as a PDF when you finish.
Open the intake worksheetAnswer a few short questions and attach your saved PDF. It goes straight into the firm’s encrypted Clio system — please don’t email it.
Open the secure intake formFree Tax Debt Tools
- Type a transcript code (570, 846, 971…) or a notice number (CP504, CP2000, LT11…)
- Plain-English meaning, urgency level, and what to do next — runs in your browser, no signup
What is waiting costing you?
Enter a balance and see what IRS interest alone adds — per day, per month, and per year, with daily compounding at the current quarterly rate. Nothing you type is sent anywhere.
What I Do
Built around the forms your case actually turns on.
Every engagement maps to a real IRS process — the same filings, deadlines, and financial disclosures the Service uses to decide your outcome.
Payment agreements
Installment agreements that fit your actual budget — negotiated, documented, and set up to stop levies and keep the IRS off your back.
Check your eligibilityOffer in Compromise
Settle tax debt for less than you owe when the numbers support it. I run the reasonable collection potential math before you spend a dollar.
Check your eligibilityCurrently Not Collectible
When you genuinely can't pay anything, hardship status pauses IRS collection — no levies, no payments — while the collection clock keeps running.
Check your eligibilityOIC appeals
A rejected offer isn't the end. I take rejected Offers in Compromise to IRS Appeals and make the case a second, independent set of eyes should hear.
Form 8857Innocent spouse relief
When a spouse or ex-spouse's tax mess landed on you, federal law can separate your liability from theirs. I build and file that case.
Forms 1040 · 1120-STax return preparation
Individual or corporate, current-year or delinquent — prepared from IRS transcripts and your records, and filed in the order your resolution requires.
Form 9423Collection appeals (CAP)
A rejected payment plan, a levy, or a lien can be appealed fast through the Collection Appeals Program — often before enforcement lands.
FBAR · Form 14653Offshore & FBAR disclosure
Delinquent FBARs, the Streamlined Filing Compliance Procedures, and the IRS Voluntary Disclosure Practice — getting compliant before the penalties find you.
Everything elseOther tax matters
Liens, levies, penalty abatement, unfiled-return strategy, audits touching collections. Hourly until the scope is clear — then we convert to a flat fee.
A Modern Practice
Technology and AI do the grind. I do the lawyering.
Most tax resolution work is document-heavy and deadline-driven — exactly what software is good at. My practice pulls and monitors IRS transcripts electronically, uses AI to accelerate drafting and financial analysis, and runs intake through a secure client portal instead of a fax machine.
Every filing and every strategy call is mine. AI never decides anything and never sees more of your data than the task requires — it just means the routine hours that other firms bill for don't exist here. That's how the flat fees stay where they are.
| Transcripts | Pulled & monitored electronically | Continuous |
| Notices | Identified, deadlines calendared | Same day |
| Financials | Secure digital intake → Form 433 | No fax, ever |
| Drafting | AI-assisted, attorney-finalized | Faster, cheaper |
| Your file | Encrypted portal, 24/7 access | Always current |
How It Works
Three stages. No mystery.
The order matters: you can't pick the right resolution until you know exactly what the IRS's file says about you.
See what the IRS sees
You sign a power of attorney (Form 2848); I pull your complete IRS transcripts. Balances, penalties, missing returns, collection deadlines — everything on the table before any strategy talk.
Model every path
Your financials go through the same national and local standards the IRS applies. I model an Offer, an installment agreement, and hardship status side by side and tell you which one the numbers support.
File, negotiate, close
I prepare and file the resolution, handle every IRS conversation, and monitor your account until the agreement is accepted and collection activity stops.
Transparent Flat Fees
You'll never wonder what this costs.
Every core service has a published flat fee, quoted before you sign anything. Retired military receive 25% off every flat fee. The full schedule — including self-employed and business tiers — is on the pricing page.
- Full transcript investigation
- Budget-based negotiation with the IRS
- $2,000 if self-employed
- Settle for less than you owe, if eligible
- Complete Form 656 package, filed & defended
- $5,000 Schedule C · $6,000 S-Corp owners
- Collection paused when you can't pay
- Levy and garnishment protection
- Account monitored while status holds
Know the Difference
Not a national "pennies on the dollar" outfit.
| This practice | National companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Who you talk to | A licensed NH + MA tax attorney — Attorney Clarke himself | Typically a salesperson, then a case manager |
| Fees | Published on this website — flat, in writing, before you sign | Typically quoted by phone after a sales call |
| Before you commit | Two free 30-minute consultations | Commonly a sales consultation |
| Accountability | One attorney, answerable to the NH & MA bars | Some national firms have closed mid-case |
General comparison; individual companies vary.See the full comparison
Two More Things You Should Know
Scam Victims — Free Tax Representation (NH residents only)
Retired Military — 25% Off All Tax Services
- Individuals taken by digital currency (crypto) investment scams
- Retired individuals who paid national tax debt relief companies that have closed their doors and are out of business
- Document it, and Attorney Clarke takes the case at no charge — aiming to at least recover the taxes you paid on retirement funds you withdrew
- 25% discount on every published flat fee — resolution work, return preparation, and offshore disclosure alike
- Mention your retired status at the free consultation, with proof (retiree ID or DD-214)
- The discounted fee is written into your engagement letter — and thank you for your service
Contact
Call. Text. Email. Your choice.
Reach Attorney Clarke directly — no intake call center, no phone tree.
| Call or text | 603-233-4843 | Direct line |
| peter@pjclarkelaw.com | Secure | |
| Main office | 1 New Hampshire Ave, Suite 125 Portsmouth, NH 03801 | By appointment |
| Satellites | Regus offices across NH & MA | By arrangement |
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Start with a free 30-minute scheduled phone consultation,
followed by a 30-minute free video or Portsmouth, NH office consultation.
For your convenience, Attorney Clarke is willing to travel to a Regus satellite office in Nashua, Bedford, Manchester, and Concord, NH, or to a Regus office in Boston, Bedford, Peabody, Wakefield and Lawrence, MA, to discuss your case in person.
If you live outside NH and MA, Attorney Clarke can still represent you before the IRS under federal practice rules. In this case, all meetings can be held through phone or video conferencing.
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