I DON'T GET FULLY PAID UNLESS I GET A FINANCIAL RESULT IN YOUR FAVOUR!!

Hi, my name is Steve Dent.

Officially, I am a Tax Debt Specialist... but you can consider me your "hired muscle" to help in your fight to get a fair shake out of the IRD. This work is 100% of what I do - it is not an "add on" to an existing business, so I am really focussed on getting a result for you!!

Here's a little more about me...Steve Dent - Tax Debt Specialist

For the past four years, I have been employed by the IRD specialising in negotiating the payment of the tax arrears of small business people. Before that, I was in business for 20 years (8 years in finance), so I have a real understanding with people like you - who are in small business, and with what you have to deal with on a daily basis.

I have now resigned from the IRD and recently started Tax Debt Brokers ( NZ ) Limited.

I want to use my business, finance and negotiating skills for the benefit of people in small business, who have tax arrears. You will maximise the saving of both your time and money by having me act on your behalf... solving your tax issues with the IRD.
By preferring me to negotiate the settlement of your tax arrears, you have one crucial advantage over the others when it comes to gaining the best settlement possible .... my internal knowledge of the way the IRD works! When combining this fact with my business and finance experience, you will be a winner!!

The initial consultation with me is FREE (normlly $150 per hour) and I am happy to come to you. I will give you an indication there and then as to how I can solve your tax arrears with the IRD.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, you can be assured that I work in YOUR best interests and I will always put your financial interests ahead of my own. Remember, my fees are "results based" which means I don't get fully paid unless I get a financial result in your favour!

So, if you have tax arrears, and you want to have them settled in a quick and “pain free” manner - with the best possible result for you ... then call me NOW to make an appointment for a NO OBLIGATION consultation or, fill out the form on the right of this page and send it.

I look forward to meeting you.

Yours Sincerely,

Steve Dent
Managing Director

DON'T DELAY ANY LONGER ... phone (04) 385 6811 or 021 733 001 or email: steve@taxdebtbrokers.co.nz

Last week I sent letters promoting my new service to some Accountants in the area from Wanganui to Wellington. Having followed them up by phone I ended up with an 85% success rate. Securing 17 appointments out of 20 firms contacted.

In my conversations most of the Accountants see me as adding value to what they are doing.

One commented that, she was concerned about whether her clients would see her as being incompetent and that she would be passing it off to me. My response was ...
“What is the highest income percentage of your business, where does your main business come from.” Her response, “From accounting”, I went on and asked “and what percentage of your income comes from settling tax arrears on behalf of your accounting clients” and she said “about 2%”. I said that sounds about right, and then said “100% of my business is coming from those clients”. “All I will be doing is pulling them out of your business sphere for a matter of a couple of months while I settle with the Inland Revenue and they will come back into your business with a clean balance sheet, and I would have added value to your business at the same time. Then you have got a clean client who is actually able to pay your bills and go forward.”

“Contrary to what you believe, if I was one of your clients and you did that for me I would be rapt because you were looking after my best interests and not trying to protect your own”. She got it in the end and so I said on a scale of 1-10 what is the chance of you giving me referrals and she said "oh a 10".

My first client that I had a talk with on Monday, my very first appointment, has now already resulted in work coming through. Another accountant that I had a meeting with this morning also rung up and said that they could pretty much give me work straight away as well. So it is looking quite positive.

The very first client I saw last week resulted in another referral. I had my first client meeting on Tuesday and she hired me, so that is all very promising.

The very first client I saw last week resulted in another referral. I had my first client meeting on Tuesday and she hired me, so that is all very promising.

On Tuesday afternoon I met a guy down here, he is an accountant as well, he is a director of an accounting firm that has at least 10 accountants working for them. You wouldn’t even realise that this number of accountants were up there. But he was brilliant and said look, you know I will take this to our directors meeting next Tuesday, but as far as I’m concerned we will refer you our clients that need your help.

This week has been really good where I haven’t had any more of those accountants that have been defensive. All I have really done this week is completed my appointments with those accountants that I sent out letters to at the beginning. I have also got the promise of three of those other accountants that are going to give me their business as well . So out of those 17 appointments, I have 4 definite clients and 5 definite who are going to be passing their business onto me.

I have just purchased what I think to be a good method of advertising and have attached a copy. I think it is concise and pertinent. I would be interested in your comments.

I was asked a question by a client. How long does it take after you submit a proposal to the IRD before you get a response or a resolution? I responded...

I was asked a question by a client.

How long does it take after you submit a proposal to the IRD before you get a response or a resolution?

I responded, I was down there the other day and they were saying that they have a service standard saying that they will answer 85% of their correspondence within 14 days. But it could be as long as 4-6 weeks, it just depends on how quickly my clients get me all the information I need. I guess you could say that this is my golden key, because I know how it all works on the inside and I know who the proposal will have to go to and so therefore I know the depth and type of information that I need to put in that proposal so they don’t keep coming back to me or the client asking for more information. So what I do is put the proposal in such a way so that basically all they have to do is rubber stamp it.

There is a person down here that I am dealing with, they have got serious tax debt. Now they were put onto this tax expert by their accountant, who happens to be my accountant and this was done in April, May this year. This tax expert is brilliant in "tax technical" areas but doesn't really get involved when a person has tax arrears.

There is a person down here that I am dealing with, they have got serious tax debt. Now they were put onto this tax expert by their accountant, who happens to be my accountant and this was done in April, May this year. This tax expert is brilliant in "tax technical" areas but doesn't really get involved when a person has tax arrears - preferring to refer this person to a business advisor. The business advisor spent the next 5 months writing communications between him and the IRD’s case officer, but he wasn’t supplying what the case officer wanted. So these communications went on for 5 months and you could imagine the penalties and interest that the customer gained. He wasn’t actually getting to the core problem nor giving the material that the case officer wanted and it just went on and on, all to the customer's detriment.

In the end, my accountant asked me to see the customer so I said to this customer that I had been asked to come down to check things out. I met with them Tuesday 27th October at their shop and by Monday 2nd November I had a proposal into IRD, only 6 days later. The accountant told me that at that point they were being threatened with liquidation. The business advisor charged the customer for all his time - even though there was no resolution at that point, but at least the customer will now get a resolution and she will be able to stabalise her business.

Most people just put their head in the sand, they just don’t want to deal with tax debt and they just let it get out of hand. The best way to get out of tax trouble no matter where you are at any stage is to actually become tax compliant from that point forward.

Most people just put their head in the sand, they just don’t want to deal with tax debt and they just let it get out of hand. The best way to get out of tax trouble no matter where you are at any stage is to actually become tax compliant from that point forward. So if you have got tax arrears and you suddenly think oh god I have got to deal with this, whether you use us or your accountant or whatever. The best thing that you can do to get out of tax trouble is to make sure that the next tax return that you need to file is actually filed on time and that your next tax payment also goes along with that tax return.

So it doesn’t matter what your history is you always have a chance of staying out of tax trouble if you maintain tax compliance from that point onwards. Through Tax Debt Brokers we will start communication on your behalf, make sure that you can maintain tax compliance with your current tax returns and then the tax arrears can be dealt with as a separate issue and put on hold until we can negotiate a suitable resolution.

There are over 200,000 taxpayers who have tax debt in New Zealand.

There are over 200,000 taxpayers who have tax debt in New Zealand. Tax debt becomes tax debt when a taxpayer doesn't pay their tax by the due date. Tax debt is also known as tax arrears. Tax Debt Brokers was formed to do solely as the name suggests, we broker the settlement of tax debt on behalf of those taxpayers that have tax arrears and don't like dealing with the tax department. Those people who have tax debt choose us to settle their tax debt for them because they know that we specialise only in the settlement of tax debt. In fact we do not do anything else BUT negotiate the settlement of tax debt. It is our expertise in negotiating tax debt that will achieve for our clients the best tax debt settlement terms possible.

Something from a very happy client

"Dear Steve,
The accountant said you would not be able to get it all written off so we did not dare hope, but you did !!!!

Wow, what a wonderful result. Your service has been professional, friendly and highly successful.

Thank you very, very much. I have already recommended you to a friend. She will be in touch.

What a wonderful feeling – no more arrears !! You have given us a fantastic Xmas present, thank you again"