Gary W. Tidwell

After falling more than a few years behind in my taxes I started receiving lots of threatening mail from the IRS. I finally got enough guts to call them and set up a payment plan that was way out of my comfort zone to pay. After doing that a year I learned they were putting a lien on my credit report... because I simply could not catch up. I felt helpless and it honestly would keep me up at night. My mailbox was full of iRS relief letters, so many that I avoided the mail man because I was so embarrassed by the amount of agencies out there that to me look like a scam. After throwing most of them away I came across a letter on real stationary from Gary Tidwel. I opened it up right away and something told me to give this man a call. By this point I wasn’t even scared and really just wanted to know if he could help me or if I just needed to go into hiding! Mr. Tidwell and I spoke and set up a time to meet in person and from the get go he was very honest about his experience and he told me that he has success in winning offers in compromise but that it would take a little time and that he would need me to follow his instruction and guidance on getting my affairs in order. I did exactly what he told me to do which was, pay my new quarterly taxes on time and do not acquire any new debt. It was about a year later after meeting him that we were ready to submit my offer in compromise and WE WON!!!!!!!!!! I am forever grateful to Mr. Tidwel and Sydney his daughter, I had lots of questions and called them a lot and they were always so professional and happy to help me. I am forever grateful to them and do yourself a favor and call him to help you! Don’t wait!

I am a small business owner and several years ago I unfortunately found myself in the crosshairs of the IRS. Initially, I went with a CPA that assured me it would be a quick fix. I am a trusting person and she was a good salesperson. I quickly found out that I had made a terrible mistake. It wa...s at this point that I was referred to Mr. Tidwell. I owed in excess of $1,676,202.88 and was living in fear of the next move by the IRS. Gary allowed me to retain my sanity. He patiently and thoroughly explained where we were in the process, where we needed to be and how we would get there. What I appreciated most was his honesty. He made no unrealistic promises, explained that there would be minor pain and that he would be by my side every step of the way. Finally, he instructed me to focus and to return to what I did best, run my business. It took time, but, eventually Gary's experience and methodical approach allowed us to settle my debt for $62.000.

He and his partner, Kirk were hired in 2012 to help with a tax problem. They advertised heavily in the Houston area with letters etc. The initial meeting was positive, "we're going to fight this" "that's why I went to law school to protect the small businessman" , bla bla bla. As soon as the fee is p...aid they disappear. Hearings get missed, papers go unfiled, bank accounts get seized, etc. I finally had enough when a hearing was scheduled in August,2014. Tidwell was cc'd a copy but does a "no show". It's rescheduled for September, another "no show". Around the middle of February, 2015 I receive a letter from Mr. Tidwell advising me that he left the firm in September and wanted to know if I would like to retain him to handle my tax problem. Really Gary? I think I'll pass. In hind sight their "big successful firm" was a house of cards with 1 lawyer trying to pull in clients from Houston, 3-4 locations, San Antonio and who knows where else. One of the hands even bragged that you didn't need "brick and mortar" law offices you just do it all on the Internet. I guess it is easier to hide from your clients if you don't have real offices. He did manage to afford one of the best white-collar criminal defense attorneys in Houston. Don't say you weren't warned