Work
The body of work.
A practice, a set of creative properties, and a teaching habit. Some of it earns a living. Some of it exists because it should.
01 · Enrolled Agent practice · Redlands, California
Tax Debt Consultants
Representation for individuals and business owners with serious IRS and California FTB problems: unfiled returns, collections, liens, bank levies, wage garnishments, installment agreements, offers in compromise, and compliance rescue for people who haven't filed in years. A real office with a name and a direct line, run with Liz.
Visit the practice →02 · Local newsletter · Redlands, California
RedlandsNow
Redlands has been part of my life since 1979. I've worked here, raised a family here, built businesses here and watched the community change. RedlandsNow grew out of a simple idea: there are interesting people, businesses, places and stories all around us that deserve to be noticed. Local people, food, events, history, culture, and the things happening around town.
Visit RedlandsNow →03 · Publishing & media company
Mill Creek Media
The publishing and media company I created to house the stories, publications and original projects I'm building outside my tax practice: books, newsletters, The Tax Underworld, comics, podcasts, video, local storytelling, and whatever comes next.
Visit Mill Creek Media →04 · Creative property
The Tax Debt Detective
The investigative approach to tax trouble: pull the file the government already opened, read the transcript, find the cracks, and negotiate from what the record actually shows instead of from desperation.
05 · Comic / framework
The Tax Underworld
A framework for how enforcement really behaves — the villains, the timelines, the 21-day window — turned into a comic. Issue #1, 'The Vulture Strikes at Night,' is free in digital; 100 signed copies are at the printer.
Read Issue #1 →06 · Taxpayers and tax professionals
Teaching & professional education
Plain-language teaching for taxpayers and training for practitioners on enforcement systems, resolution strategy, and protecting clients from predatory relief outfits.
07 · Media
Podcast, video & speaking
The Tax Debt Consultant Podcast, named a Top 10 small business tax podcast; Tax Debt LIVE every Sunday at 6 PM Pacific; a PBS Viewpoint documentary hosted by Dennis Quaid; plus interviews on NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX and USA Today.
Media archive →08 · In progress
Other projects
Photography, the sketchbook, and whatever is currently half-finished on the desk.
Company · Redlands, California
Tax Debt Consultants
Local newsletter · Redlands, California
RedlandsNow
Publishing & media company
Mill Creek Media
Creative property
The Tax Debt Detective
Comic / framework
The Tax Underworld
Publishing
Books
Media
Podcast, video & Tax Debt LIVE
Teaching
Speaking & professional education
Field Notes from Carlos
Stories worth passing along.
Taxes. Business. Books. Travel. Dogs. People. Places. Mistakes. Lessons.