IRS representation for taxpayers in Murfreesboro

A tax lien on Murfreesboro real estate is recorded with the Rutherford County Register of Deeds at 319 N Maple St, Room 133, in Murfreesboro itself. Tennessee law sends the IRS’s notice of federal tax lien to the register of the county where the property sits (Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-21-201), and the Tennessee Department of Revenue files its own lien notice in that same office (§ 67-1-1403).

So the lien isn’t filed in Nashville, even though the only IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center in Middle Tennessee is there. The right way to resolve the debt behind it depends on the balance, the assessment dates and how much of the ten-year collection window under 26 U.S.C. § 6502 is left. Tyrone reads those dates from the account transcripts before he suggests anything.

A Revenue Officer case means the IRS has handed the account to a named collection employee instead of leaving it with the Automated Collection System. Tyrone works with both. His Revenue Officer representation starts with Form 2848 and the transcripts, then moves to the financial statements an officer asks for: Form 433-A for a household, Form 433-B for a business.

Murfreesboro is the largest place on this site’s 30-mile list after Nashville, with 168,387 residents in the Census Bureau’s July 2024 estimate, up 15,552 from the April 2020 base. Size doesn’t change the process. The firm handles cases over $100,000, and its own page says a large balance “does not automatically eliminate your resolution options.”

A Murfreesboro business behind on sales tax answers to the Tennessee Department of Revenue rather than the IRS, and the rate it collects is 9.75%: the 7% state rate plus a 2.75% local rate. On a $2,000 taxable sale, that’s $195 held for the state.

The state has its own collection powers. If the tax stays unpaid 10 days after notice and demand, the commissioner may levy “all property, and rights to property” (§ 67-1-1405), and the department’s lien notice goes to the same register on North Maple Street. Tyrone represents taxpayers before state tax offices as well as the IRS. The firm also offers accounting and bookkeeping, so the records behind the sales tax returns can sit with the person answering for them.

A Murfreesboro client doesn’t have to come to the office: Tyrone can work the case by phone once Form 2848 is signed, because an Enrolled Agent is federally authorized to represent taxpayers before the IRS. The office at 301 S Perimeter Park Dr, Suite 100, is about 22 miles from Murfreesboro in a straight line, and meetings there are booked ahead.

If the IRS itself wants to see you, its Taxpayer Assistance Center at 801 Broadway in Nashville works by appointment through 844-545-5640, and arriving more than 15 minutes late can cancel the slot. When monthly payments are the likely answer, the steps are on the IRS installment agreements page. An Offer in Compromise is weighed only after the financial review shows what you can pay.