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Since our establishment in 2007, we have helped low-income people tackle and resolve issues with the Internal Revenue Service. We offer tax controversy representation and free tax help to low-income individuals. Our clients typically navigate multiple challenges, such as poverty, disability, domestic violence, housing insecurity, literacy, and identity theft, and are overwhelmed by the intricacies of tax law and procedure.

About the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic:
We fight for the IRS to assess no more than the correct amount of tax, and for our clients to pay no more than they can afford. We also create outreach programs to serve people who speak English as a second language and to help low-income people understand tax issues that may affect them.

We are funded by the University of Michigan Law School and the Taxpayer Advocate Service of the Internal Revenue Service. Although the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic receives funding from the IRS, the clinic and its employees and volunteers are not affiliated with the IRS. Rather, the program is designed to provide low-income taxpayers with proper representation to achieve a correct outcome in an IRS dispute, regardless of the taxpayer’s ability to pay for representation.

What We Do:
We help low-income taxpayers with the following issues when the amount in dispute is $50,000 or less per tax year:

IRS Notices, including Notices of Intent to Lien or Levy and Notices of Deficiency
Petitions to the United States Tax Court
IRS Liens and Levies
Offers in Compromise
Installment Agreements
Innocent Spouse Relief
Injured Spouse Relief
Collection Due Process Hearings and Appeals Conferences
Tax Audits
Earned Income Tax Credit Eligibility and Denials
Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) Issues

If you wish to contact us for possible representation, please complete a client application or contact us at 734.936.3535.