Editorial Team & Standards
The people, sources, and review process behind every piece of tax content on this website
IRS Attorneys is an independent legal marketing service. We are not a law firm, and the content on this website is not legal advice. But the information we publish about IRS collections, audits, and tax controversy procedure is read by taxpayers in real, high-stakes situations — people facing wage garnishments, bank levies, federal tax liens, and audits. That responsibility shapes how we research, write, and review every page.
This page exists for transparency. It documents who is responsible for the content on this site, where our information comes from, how we keep it current, and how to contact us with corrections or questions.
Meet the Team
Ray Neu
Ray Neu is the publisher of IRSAttorneys.net. A former law enforcement officer with a background in criminal justice and digital publishing, he oversees editorial direction, partnership standards, and compliance review for the site. He is not an attorney and does not provide legal advice; all tax law content is sourced and reviewed against the standards documented on this page.
Responsibilities: Editorial direction, content planning, attorney network standards, compliance review, final publication approval.
Credentialed Legal Reviewer & Tax Content Writer
We are actively expanding our editorial team to include a bar-admitted tax attorney as our Legal Reviewer and a dedicated Tax Content Writer with federal tax background. These contributors will be named on this page as they are onboarded. Until then, all tax-procedure content on this website is sourced from the primary references listed below in our Editorial Standards, and is published with the disclaimers required for general legal information.
Editorial Standards
Every page on this website is researched, drafted, reviewed, and updated against a documented standard. Tax law is technical, the IRS revises procedure regularly, and the difference between accurate and almost-accurate matters when someone is making a decision about their tax debt. The principles below govern how we approach every piece of content.
1. Sourcing
Tax-procedure content is sourced from primary government and judicial authorities, not from secondary blog content. Our standard sources include:
- Internal Revenue Code (Title 26, U.S.C.) — the federal statutory tax law itself
- Treasury Regulations (26 C.F.R.) — the Treasury Department’s interpretation of the IRC
- Internal Revenue Manual (IRM) — the IRS’s internal procedural guidance, especially Part 5 (Collecting Process) and Part 8 (Appeals)
- IRS Notices, Revenue Procedures, and Revenue Rulings — official IRS administrative guidance published in the Internal Revenue Bulletin
- U.S. Tax Court opinions — published decisions on tax controversy matters
- Federal court decisions — including the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, U.S. District Courts, and U.S. Courts of Appeals on tax matters
- IRS official publications — including Publication 1, Publication 594, Publication 1660, and other taxpayer-facing IRS documents
- Taxpayer Advocate Service annual reports — for systemic IRS issues and procedural commentary
2. Writing & Review Process
Every substantive page on this website goes through a documented process before publication:
- Research. Primary sources are gathered for every claim. Internal Revenue Code sections, form numbers, deadlines, and dollar thresholds are verified against current IRS documentation.
- Drafting. Content is drafted with citations to specific IRC sections, IRM provisions, or IRS publications where applicable.
- Compliance review. Every page is reviewed against state attorney advertising rules, the IRS Circular 230 framework for tax content, and FTC standards for legal services advertising.
- Disclaimer placement. All content carries the disclosures required for general legal information published by a non-law-firm marketing service.
- Publication. Final approval is given by the Publisher. Pages are date-stamped on publication.
3. Accuracy & Updates
Tax law and IRS procedure change. Dollar thresholds for streamlined installment agreements adjust periodically. IRS notices are updated. Court decisions reshape what is collectible and what is not. Our content is reviewed and refreshed on the following cadence:
- Annual full review: Every substantive page is reviewed at least once per calendar year against current IRS procedure
- Event-driven updates: Significant IRS policy changes, court decisions, or statutory revisions trigger immediate review of affected pages
- Reader-flagged review: When a reader contacts us about a factual concern, the page in question is reviewed before any other scheduled work
When a page is materially updated, the “last reviewed” date is updated. When a substantive correction is made, it is noted at the bottom of the page.
4. What We Do Not Do
Transparency about limits is as important as transparency about standards. The following are things this website does not do and does not claim to do:
- We do not provide legal advice. Nothing on this website is legal advice. General information is not a substitute for counsel from a licensed attorney reviewing your specific facts.
- We do not analyze your case. We are a legal marketing service. We do not evaluate the legal merits of an individual taxpayer’s situation. Attorneys we connect you with do that during the consultation.
- We do not recommend specific attorneys. We work to make introductions based on case type and geography. We do not endorse, rank, or recommend one attorney over another.
- We do not guarantee outcomes. No content on this website should be read as a prediction or promise of any specific result in any tax matter.
- We do not publish AI-generated content without human review. Drafting tools may assist in writing, but every published page is reviewed by a person before publication.
Corrections & Editorial Contact
If you find a factual error, an outdated citation, a broken link, or content that does not meet the standards above, we want to know. Editorial correspondence is handled separately from intake calls and is reviewed by the Publisher.
Editorial inquiries: editorial@irsattorneys.net
For tax help — not editorial inquiries — please use our intake line at (202) 968-1121 or submit a free evaluation.
Join Our Editorial Team
We are actively recruiting credentialed contributors. If you are a bar-admitted tax attorney interested in serving as a paid Legal Reviewer, a tax professional (CPA, EA, or LL.M. in Taxation) interested in writing or fact-checking, or a journalist with federal tax controversy experience, we would like to hear from you.
Inquiries: editorial@irsattorneys.net
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IRS Circular 230 Disclosure: To ensure compliance with Treasury Department rules governing tax practice, any tax information contained on this website was not written and is not intended to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of avoiding any federal tax penalty. You should consult a licensed tax professional regarding your individual situation.
Results described on this website are not a guarantee, warranty, or prediction of the outcome of any tax matter. Every situation is different. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. All photos and images on this website are of models and are used for illustrative purposes only.