Where can you find help to write a hardship letter to the IRS?

Find a template letter on your Word processor. Follow the format. Then, in the first paragraph, state the issue: what is owed, when you received the letter, etc.

In the second paragraph, state what you can do (see link to site for ideas of solutions). If needed, back it up with copies of any documentation you have. If your problem is lack of income, for example, perhaps a pay stub would help.

Finally, add a line or two about the best ways to contact you and provide the phone numbers and best times to talk.

Run the spell check program on your Word processor. The above is a good procedure for any letter your going to write, but it doesn't acknlowge that there would be no template for the one you want. To start, there is no right to any abeance of tax because it is a hardship. In fact, the response you will get - correctly - is that no one in the IRS or government is allowed by law to consider it. While you consider if it is even worth writing the letter, you may want to consider writing them to others you pay asking for relief, who do not have the legal restraints of the Government or needs of society. (Don't pay them, but pay your tax...the hardship and choice of who you pay is yours, not the governments/society). The exception to the above is when it is the actions of the IRS that is causing a hardship...like they insist you come to a certain place for a meeting, or won't act on a dispute you filed in a timely matter. Then there is a process and a department to help...probably the one to contact if you want to try and work out an arrangement to pay your tax anyway. Again if your not disputing the tax calculation itself, there is no argument about the debt to be collected or compromise to be made. However, the IRS has fairly open procedures on establishing payment plans and such you may want to discuss with them ans you work out your financial difficulties. If you are suffering, or about to suffer a significant hardship because of the way Internal Revenue laws are being carried out, you may ask for special help from the IRS' Taxpayer Advocate Program. The Taxpayer Advocate represents your interests and concerns within the IRS by protecting your rights and resolving problems that have not been fixed through normal channels. You can reach that office by dialing (877) 777-4778.