Marianne Dawson-Man

Due to unfortunate circumstances which caused my business to go through a significant downturn, I incurred approximately 1.5 million in IRS tax liabilities. I tried to resolve the situation through my accountant, but the situation took a turn for the worse when an IRS summons was issued and my accoun...tant was not able to negotiate a resolution with the IRS. With a newborn and another young child, I was not able to rebuild my business, take care of my family and pay my IRS tax liabilities simultaneously. Luckily, Marianne Dawson-Man was referred to me by another trusted attorney, and she was able to convince the IRS agent to label my IRS tax case closed for my personal IRS tax liabilities, and stop the IRS collection enforcement actions against me for at least a year. This reprieve will allow me to work on rebuilding my business in order to take care of my family and pay my IRS debts.

Marianne Dawson-Man is a knowledgeable, strategic and persistent advocate She helped me to prevail on my IRS innocent spouse case. Marianne came very highly recommended by other top attorneys, and as a client, I felt that she listened intently to my specific concerns and factored them into her repres...entation. She conducted herself both ethically and professionally on my behalf, and I am grateful that she was able to protect my assets for me and for my children's future.

We cannot thank attorney Marianne Man enough for her legal guidance in helping us through the IRS Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program ("OVDP"). The IRS agent wanted to include our FOREIGN life insurance policy as taxable for purposes of FBAR/OVDP penalty calculation, and to increase our cumulative ...OVDP penalties. Marianne was able to negotiate with the IRS to exclude the entire amount of our foreign life insurance policy from taxability, and saved us a tremendous amount of money. Thank you, Marianne. We would highly recommend Marianne and her law firm for IRS cases.

Before I met with attorney Marianne Man, I had previously consulted with another tax attorney who told me that I did not have a good chance at prevailing against my spouse with an IRS Innocent Spouse Relief request. I was also told by this other tax attorney that I was too educated and that the fac...ts in my case didn't warrant an IRS innocent spouse relief. When I was referred to attorney Marianne Man for her expertise in handling Innocent Spouse Relief cases, Ms. Man carefully listened to the facts of my case, and determined that while the IRS receives approximately more than 50,000 Innocent Spouse Relief claims each year, and grants less than 50% of those requests, she told me I had a shot at prevailing in my tax case. I am very glad that she decided to take my case because she methodically guided me through each step of the process and took great care to gather all the difficult and appropriate personal and financial facts necessary to build a strong case, and her precise and well thought out presentation of my story coupled with supporting financial information ultimately led to the IRS ruling in my favor for the entire amount of the remaining of outstanding IRS tax liability, which amounted to more than $200,000! I was so happy and relieved that I prevailed with the help of Ms. Man. Without Ms. Man's guidance, I would not have known how to present or argue my case in the best light. And, we are not done yet. Ms. Man will now seek refunds on my behalf from the the State of California Franchise Tax Board under the CA FTB Innocent Spouse Relief exception. I would highly recommend Marianne Man to anyone faced with navigating the challenging path towards securing Innocent/Equitable Spouse Relief. Marla S. Larkspur, CA.

Marianne Man of The Tax Counsel did a great job handling my IRS tax case. Because of her knowledge of tax law and experience in dealing with the IRS, Ms. Man miraculously discovered about half a million dollars of net operating losses that my previous CPA told me was disallowed by the IRS was actuall...y allowed, and prevailed in getting the IRS in U.S. Tax Court to allow the entire $500,000 of net operating losses on my tax returns. As a result, I saved a few hundred thousand dollars in taxes, and instead of having the IRS breathing down my neck, I now have my life back and can start building my business up again. I highly recommend Marianne