We are a Bankruptcy and Tax firm located in New York City and in Long Island, NY. For more then 15 years the Law Offices of Stephen B. Kass, P.C. has offered experienced legal counseling in the areas of Bankruptcy (Chapter 7, Chapter 13 for Consumers and Chapter 11 Reorganization filings for Businesses with high tax debt as well as Chapter 11 filings for individuals with substantial liabilities, Tax Litigation and Agreements with the Internal Revenue Service [IRS] and Debt Negotiations with Creditors). We are one of the few firms in New York that deals with the IRS, NYS, the United Stated Attorneys and Attorney Generals on tax matters on a regular basis.

All of our attorneys are admitted in New York and are members of the American Bankruptcy Institute, New York District Courts and the Tax Court. We have authored articles on taxation and bankruptcy and have lectured on these subjects to other attorneys and accountants.
This article has been written in response to the numerous readers’ questions regarding the ways to save the house when the times get tough and homeowners fall behind on their mortgage obligations.
We have attorneys admitted to the Supreme Court holding LLM in Taxation and also a CPA, attorneys fluent in Russian and paralegals fluent in Spanish.

As a New York Bankruptcy firm and with Tax Attorneys in NYC we are able to work on complex tax litigation cases in New York, Brooklyn, Long Island, Westchester and Bronx Counties.

Please review our latest article on the topic of tax discharges and bankruptcy as well as our prior articles. For bankruptcy clients, please complete our financial information form for a free consultation and for tax clients in New York, please compete the following contact form for a free consultation.

Recent Accomplishments:

- Hundreds of successfully discharged consumer bankruptcy cases;
- Hundreds of confirmed Chapter 13 Plans;
- Confirmed Chapter 11 case with over $700K discount in payroll tax debt in New York. Repayment period extended to double the amount as per the statute;
- Structured deal with IRS and NYS to reduce income taxes over $800K per Chapter 11 Plan;
- Reduced Payroll tax debt by over $1.3M in Chapter 11 case;
- Confirmed numerous Chapter 13 cases with large individual tax debt and through claims objections and settlements substantially reduced tax debt by;
- Discharged IRS and NYS Debt in Chapter 7;
- Discharged substantial amounts of tax liabilities through the Tax Adversary Litigation cases;
- Structured deal with NYS for Sales Tax Debt resulting in discounts with extended payment periods up to 10 years;
- Had numerous Offers in Compromise approved with the IRS;
- Negotiated IRS Installment Agreements with over 10 year terms of repayment;
- Negotiated NYS Installment Agreements.