IRS investigation
$79 one time
Counts toward your plan
- We pull your IRS records with your approval
- Every unfiled year, balance, deadline and collection action
- A fixed price for everything else
IRS help for people behind on their taxes
Caught up.
Kept current.
ScrubJay files your missing tax returns and handles the IRS for you, at a price you can see up front. Software does the legwork. A licensed preparer or Enrolled Agent signs everything that goes to the IRS.
Free estimate, no phone number needed. The ScrubJay assistant is an AI, and a person is a click away.
Your case
Example4 unfiled years found: 2021 to 2024
- IRS records pulled With your approval in your IRS Online AccountDone
- 2024 return Signed by a licensed preparer, e-filed and acceptedFiled
- 2023 return A licensed preparer is reviewing itIn review
- 2022 return Your to-do: confirm 6 expense categories so we can count your 1099 work costsYour turn
- 2021 return Sent by certified mail. Paper returns can take months to post.Waiting on IRS
- Payment plan An Enrolled Agent sets it up once your returns postNext
Wage levy, bank levy or a final notice? Talk to a person: [PHONE NUMBER], [HOURS].
Get urgent helpWhy we start with your missing years
Behind on filing? The IRS’s easy options stay locked until you catch up.
Most people who owe $50,000 or less can set up an IRS payment plan online, with no financial forms. But only once every required return is filed. Unfiled years also block the IRS’s new automatic penalty relief, which looks for three prior years filed and paid on time.
That’s why ScrubJay starts with your missing years.
More about unfiled tax returnsSimple Payment Plan
Pay an IRS balance of up to $50,000 over time, with no financial statement.
Requires: every required return filed
Automatic Exemption from Penalty
No failure-to-file or failure-to-pay penalty for a late year, from 2025 returns on.
Requires: the three prior years filed and paid on time
Filing your missing years is the first step toward both.
Source: IRS.gov, Simple Payment Plans and Administrative penalty relief. Reviewed by [REVIEWER NAME], [DATE].
How it works
From your first question to a filed return, with no sales call.
What can take minutes does. What depends on the IRS, we tell you up front.
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Get a free estimate
A few minutes
Chat with the ScrubJay assistant, an AI, or answer a few questions. See a price range before you share a phone number.
- 2
Start your $79 IRS investigation
Sign up on your phone
Approve our access in your IRS Online Account. We pull your records, find every missing year and deadline, and give you a fixed price.
- 3
Catch up on filing
Weeks for recent years, months for older ones
A licensed preparer prepares and signs each missing year. The last three years are e-filed; older years go by certified mail.
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Resolve what you owe
Once the IRS posts your returns
An Enrolled Agent weighs every option, from payment plans to an Offer in Compromise, then signs, submits and talks to the IRS for you.
Pricing
Prices you can see before you give us your number.
Fixed prices, published here and confirmed in the app once we’ve read your IRS records. No commissions and no sales calls.
Catch-up filing
[PRICE] per year
Federal individual returns
- Prepared and signed by a licensed preparer
- E-filed, or sent by certified mail for older years
- Tracked until the IRS posts it
Resolution
Included
Payment plan setup
- [PRICE] for Currently Not Collectible, an Offer in Compromise or balances over $50,000
- An Enrolled Agent decides, signs and submits
- You pay the IRS directly. We never hold your money.
Example: four missing years plus a payment plan comes to [TOTAL] all in.
You might not need us.
Filed every return and owe $50,000 or less? You can probably set up an IRS payment plan yourself on IRS.gov, with no financial forms. Our free guide walks you through it.
Who does what
Software does the work. Licensed people sign it.
Nothing reaches the IRS without a licensed signature.
ScrubJay software
Fast, tireless, and always labeled as AI
- Answers your questions any time, and always says it’s an AI
- Walks you through approving our access in your IRS Online Account
- Pulls and reads your IRS records to find every missing year
- Tells you why we need each document before asking for it
Licensed people
Accountable for every return and every IRS submission
- A PTIN-holding preparer prepares and signs every return
- An Enrolled Agent chooses your resolution, signs it and speaks to the IRS
- A person takes over whenever you ask, and right away if a levy is active
- An expert reviews every guide on this site, and we name them
IRS notices
Got a letter from the IRS?
Type the number printed in the top right corner. We’ll explain what it means, your deadline and your options in plain English. Every explanation is reviewed by an Enrolled Agent.
Not sure it’s real? How to spot a fake IRS letterSee where you stand in a few minutes.
The estimate is free. The $79 IRS investigation is the first thing you pay for, and it counts toward your plan.