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Miami, FL Tax Help: IRS & State Back Taxes, Levies, Audits (2026)
Tax help in Miami: who this guide is for
If you live or run a business in Miami and the IRS or Florida DOR has started writing to you, this page explains what actually happens next, where the local offices are and what they can and cannot do, and how cases from Miami-Dade County get resolved without anyone taking a day off to sit in a federal building.
I am an Enrolled Agent, federally licensed to represent taxpayers before the IRS, and my firm handles back taxes, levies, audits and unfiled returns for clients across Miami and its suburbs, including Hialeah, Miami Beach, Coral Gables, Doral, Kendall and Homestead. Everything here is general information, not individual advice; the last section explains how to get a free review of your own notices.
Your IRS office in Miami, and what it can actually do
The IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center serving Miami is the IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center, Miami, at 51 SW First Ave., Suite 311, Miami, FL 33130. By appointment only; call 844-545-5640. The IRS lists weekday service Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., plus select Saturdays in 2026; confirm in the IRS office locator. Other offices in the area include Plantation Taxpayer Assistance Center (Broward County, serving Fort Lauderdale), 1248 N. University Drive, Plantation, FL 33322 and West Palm Beach Taxpayer Assistance Center (named by the IRS; address not confirmed).
It helps to know what a Taxpayer Assistance Center is for. It can verify your identity, take a payment, give you transcripts and answer account questions. It does not negotiate: nobody at the counter can settle a balance, release a levy on their own authority or decide an audit. Those decisions sit with collection, examination and appeals units that work by mail, phone and fax, which is why most representation happens without a visit to the office at all.
The Taxpayer Advocate Service is different. It is an independent office inside the IRS that steps in when normal channels have stalled or a levy is causing hardship. The local office for Miami: Taxpayer Advocate Service, Ft. Lauderdale office, 1248 North University Drive, Plantation, FL 33322 (TAS lists no Miami office), 954-423-7677. It is a genuine safety valve, but it is not a shortcut around filing the missing returns or answering the notice in front of you.
The Florida side: Florida Department of Revenue
Florida does not impose a personal income tax, so there are no Florida individual filing requirements and no Florida income-tax debt. A Miami taxpayer's state problem is almost always a Department of Revenue business account, usually sales and use tax or reemployment tax, a Miami-Dade tourist tax account, or income tax still owed to a previous state.
Florida Department of Revenue local office: Miami Taxpayer Service Center, 3750 NW 87th Ave., Suite 300, Doral, FL 33178, 305-470-5001, open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Broward residents can use the Coral Springs center, 3301 N. University Dr., Suite 200, Coral Springs, FL 33065, 954-346-3000..
Federal and state collection are separate tracks: an IRS installment agreement does nothing to stop a Florida garnishment, and a state payment plan does not pause the IRS. Every Miami case we take is mapped across both agencies before anything is negotiated. Our Florida state page covers the state side in detail.
Miami taxes people forget about
Beyond the IRS and Florida DOR, Miami has local obligations that show up as surprise bills, usually when a business or a rental has been running for a few years without them:
Miami-Dade Convention and Tourist Taxes: hotels, restaurants and rental accommodations owe bed, food and beverage, and homeless and domestic violence taxes, together called Convention and Tourist Taxes; since October 1, 2024 the county's Department of Regulatory and Economic Resources collects them, and registered businesses must file monthly even with no tax collected.
Miami-Dade short-term rentals: anyone renting transient accommodations for six months or less must register for a Tourist Tax Account, and a vacation rental needs a county Certificate of Use, renewed annually, before it is listed.
Local business tax receipts: a business in unincorporated Miami-Dade needs a county Local Business Tax Receipt, a business inside a municipality needs both a city and a county receipt, and every business in the City of Miami needs a city Business Tax Receipt, usually after a Certificate of Use.
Broward County: the Records, Taxes and Treasury Division collects Broward's tourist development tax from an office at 115 S. Andrews Ave., Room 121, Fort Lauderdale, 954-357-8455.
The Miami tax problems we see most
Every metro has its own pattern of tax trouble, because it has its own mix of work. In Miami the cases that reach us most often look like this:
Real estate investors and Airbnb hosts: A Miami short-term rental touches federal income tax, Florida transient rental tax, the Miami-Dade tourist tax account and a certificate of use, and owners who relied on the platform often have unfiled county returns.
Latin American business owners with foreign accounts: Accounts, companies and investments back home create FBAR and FATCA reporting duties once someone becomes a U.S. tax resident, with penalties separate from any tax owed.
Foreign owners of U.S. LLCs: A single-member LLC owned from abroad must still file Form 5472 with a pro forma corporate return each year, even with no U.S. income, and missed years stack penalties.
Hospitality and restaurant workers: Tips, cash wages and second jobs across Miami Beach and Brickell produce income the IRS matches against W-2s and third-party reports, and the resulting notices need records to answer.
Crypto traders and early adopters: Exchange statements rarely track basis across wallets, and the IRS asks about digital assets on the return itself, so prior-year gains and losses must be reconstructed accurately.
Three things to know about Miami cases
Florida's lack of a personal income tax means a Miami balance-due case is purely federal; the state side, if any, is a Department of Revenue sales or reemployment tax account or a Miami-Dade tourist tax account.
The Florida Department of Revenue's Miami service center is actually in Doral on NW 87th Avenue, and the nearest Taxpayer Advocate Service office is in Plantation, at the same University Drive address as the Plantation IRS center.
The IRS Florida newsroom page lists hurricane relief for Debby, Helene and Milton that postponed deadlines statewide or for many counties, which changes how penalties should be calculated for the affected years.
How we work with Miami clients
The process is the same whether you are in Hialeah, Miami Beach and Coral Gables or overseas. You sign IRS Form 2848, which lets us speak to the IRS for you and pulls the notices to our office instead of your mailbox; for state matters we file the state's own power-of-attorney form. We then pull your IRS account and wage transcripts and the state account history, so the first conversation is about real numbers rather than guesses.
From there the order is almost always the same: stop any active levy or garnishment, file whatever returns are missing (a return the IRS prepared for you is usually far higher than the real liability), and only then negotiate the balance through a payment plan, an offer in compromise, penalty relief or currently-not-collectible status, depending on what the financials support. Meetings are by phone or video, documents move through a secure upload link, and signatures are electronic. You never need to visit an office, and neither the IRS nor Florida DOR requires an in-person meeting for the vast majority of cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Florida have a state income tax problem at all?
No. Florida does not impose a personal income tax and there is no individual Florida return. A Miami taxpayer's state issue is usually a business account, such as sales and use tax, reemployment tax or the Miami-Dade tourist tax, or an old balance owed to a state they moved from.
Do I have to go to the IRS office on SW First Avenue in downtown Miami?
No. The Miami Taxpayer Assistance Center works by appointment through 844-545-5640, and collection cases and notices are handled by phone, mail and online. We work by phone, video and secure upload, and we file IRS Form 2848 so we can speak to the IRS for you, whether you are in Kendall, Hialeah or overseas.
I own a Florida LLC but I live in Colombia or Venezuela. What am I supposed to file?
A U.S. LLC owned by a foreign person generally has federal reporting duties every year even with no income, including Form 5472 for a foreign-owned single-member LLC. We review the entity documents and bank activity, then file what is missing before requesting any penalty relief.
I rent my condo on Airbnb. Which taxes apply in Miami-Dade?
Rentals of six months or less require a Miami-Dade Tourist Tax Account with monthly returns, Florida transient rental rules apply, and a certificate of use may be required before listing. The income also goes on your federal return, and we map which pieces the platform handled and which it did not.
I live in Fort Lauderdale, not Miami. Can you still help?
Yes. We work remotely nationwide, and Broward has its own local pieces: the Plantation IRS center, the Taxpayer Advocate office at the same address, the Coral Springs Department of Revenue center, and a county tourist development tax collected by Broward's Records, Taxes and Treasury Division.
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