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ABOUT CHARLES J. ELWIS, Jr. CPA
Who I Am and Why I’m Helping People Solve Tax Problems If my life turned out as I had hoped, I would still be in professional baseball. The IRS would not be part of my life except for the rendering unto Caesar part that arrives every April 15. I grew up in Los Angeles during the golden years for the Dodgers and their famous announcer, Vin Scully. From age nine, all I wanted to do was play in Major League Baseball. My parents expected me to do well in school, so I endured that seemingly unnecessary distraction. Otherwise, unless I was playing touch football and basketball with my friends, it was baseball, baseball, and more baseball. I was fortunate to meet a wonderful man and baseball scout, Kenny Myers. Kenny persuaded the Dodgers to draft me, a lefthander, as a pitcher out of high school. Kenny spent many days with me, passing on some of his vast knowledge of the game. Incredibly, as an 18-year-old kid who lived and died with the Dodgers and Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, Maury Wills, et al., that summer, I was given the rare privilege of pitching batting practice to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Dodger Stadium before the games they were going to face a lefthander. How good could life be? Kenny Myers became head of scouting for the California Angels, so I signed with the Angels that winter. Good fortune continued shining upon me because the Angels invited me to spring training with the major league team for the first few weeks. During those few weeks, the pitching coach sought to change how I threw the ball. Unfortunately, as a result, I hurt my arm and could never regain my previous ability to pitch. I struggled in minor-league baseball for a while and was greatly frustrated by my inability to excel. Realizing that my dream was unlikely to become reality and tired of long bus rides and shoddy hotels, I left baseball. Home and out of baseball so prematurely, I needed to decide on a new career. Since my father was a successful CPA, I decided to study accounting. Upon graduating from college, I went to work for one of the most prestigious accounting firms, PriceWaterhouse & Company. I spent nearly three years at the firm, passed the CPA exam, and met the experience requirement to be licensed. After Price Waterhouse & Company, I worked in accounting for two corporations. I hated the dull and dreary life of being an accountant in corporate America. It was about all I could stand, so on the advice of a good friend and mentor, I tried out an entirely different career. Telling me that I had become bored and unchallenged, my friend thought my life would be more exciting living on a straight commission. Being selfemployed and living on a straight commission is both exciting and occasionally terrifying. For roughly the next thirty years, I liked working as a real estate broker in California and Texas most of the time, meeting people from all walks of life and helping them realize their dreams by assisting them in negotiating the purchase and sale of homes and investments. The skills I developed in dealing with people and negotiating successful agreements have served me well in dealing with the IRS. An event occurred during one of the boom-and-bust cycles of Southern California real estate that led me to where I am today. Although the tax trouble I found myself in at the time was stressful, it has since turned out to be a fortuitous event. In the first part of the 90s, the real estate market suffered a severe downturn. I had a young family with two small children and a home encumbered with a large mortgage. I was worried and wondered how we would survive with substantial unpaid taxes. Everything I had worked so far seemed to be at risk. Before the 1990s, the IRS had considerable power and discretion in its operations with little oversight. The IRS conducted overzealous collection tactics and conducted aggressive and unfair practices, leading to ruined lives, bankruptcies, and even suicides. Congress passed the first Taxpayer Bills of Rights in 1988, followed by widely publicized hearings investigating the IRS in the 1990s. The Offer in Compromise (OIC) program, administered by the Internal Revenue Service, began in 1992. A CPA who worked in the same building suggested I try it. She prepared and submitted an OIC for me, and the IRS promptly rejected it. Frustrated, she suggested I try making an Offer in Compromise for myself instead. That’s when I realized I may have a future dealing with the IRS. My offer was even less than she had offered. The IRS accepted my offer! I stayed in real estate but grew weary after the Great Recession of 2008. I started looking into other occupations while preparing tax returns for a number of years. I wanted to do something besides preparing returns. That is when I became aware of the evolving Tax Resolution business. Choosing to go into Tax Resolution has been a happy choice. I particularly enjoy helping people overcome their tax difficulties, remembering the relief I felt from solving my own tax problems. I look forward to helping you overcome your tax problems and worries. Let’s get the IRS off your back!
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Charles J. Elwis, Jr. CPA, EA, CTRS PLLC
Colleyville, Texas 76034, United States
(817) 455-3485 / Fax (817) 549-5559 Charles@CharlesElwis.cpa
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