Michael Raanan, MBA, EA
President, Landmark Tax Group
Licensed Enrolled Agent
Former IRS Agent
Landmark Tax Group
Honesty. Exceptional service. Proven results. These are the ingredients that make Landmark Tax Group a premier tax debt resolution firm.
At the helm is Landmark Tax Group founder and President, Michael Raanan, MBA, EA. With 15 years experience resolving IRS concerns, he has personally managed thousands of tax relief cases, while helping numerous taxpayers break free of IRS and State of California tax problems.
Along with a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Phoenix (UofP) and a Bachelor’s Degree in Business from Florida State University (FSU), Michael holds a federal license in good standing from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as an Enrolled Agent.
Highest Credentials
The Enrolled Agent License is the highest credential the IRS awards to tax professionals. It gives Michael and Landmark Tax Group the authority to represent taxpayers nationwide. The IRS refers to an Enrolled Agent as having “Elite Status.” Those who earn this status “have unlimited practice rights”and “are unrestricted as to which taxpayers they can represent, what types of tax matters they handle, and which IRS offices they can represent clients before.” ( Source: IRS )
This gives our clients the upper hand when dealing with back taxes. It’s why they don’t have to worry about tax liens, wage garnishments, bank levies or losing their home. In fact, almost everyone who chooses Michael and Landmark Tax Group as their representative is rewarded with results like these.
For years Michael and his team have negotiated such beneficial settlements for their clients as:
- Settling a $137,000 IRS tax debt for just $864 (a 99.37% savings)
- Settling a $93,940 IRS tax debt for just $5,176 (a 95% savings)
- Removing 100% of penalties while forcing the IRS to pay interest to the taxpayer
Michael and Landmark Tax Group have not only resolved over $100 Million in tax liabilities but done so while maintaining the highest ethical standards of service.
Before starting Landmark Tax Group, Michael spent eight (8) years as a Senior Revenue Officer (IRS Collector) at the IRS, helping taxpayers resolve their back taxes while also managing, training, and coaching fellow IRS employees.
Actually working at the IRS provided Michael extensive knowledge and expertise in handling some of the most difficult tax cases in the often challenging world of tax resolution. It’s part of the reason he’s become a well-established authority; one of the nation’s leading IRS problem-solving experts, highly regarded by his peers, legal and accounting firms, and even the IRS itself.
Excellence Award
Michael is an ardent advocate of ethics in the tax resolution industry and is dedicated to promoting and ensuring the protection of taxpayers from unfair and deceptive advertising claims from unscrupulous tax relief providers. Upon authoring his work on Common Tax Relief Scams, he has helped protect countless taxpayers who are seeking relief from their back taxes, while simultaneously exposing the ethically challenged tax relief companies trying to take advantage of them.
In 2014, Michael’s outreach efforts led to Landmark Tax Group’s receipt of the Excellence Award from the United States Trade and Commerce Institute (USTCI) which recognized his work as an expert in the Tax Resolution industry. For years, Landmark Tax Group has also been awarded and recognized by Yelp as one of “the most highly rated and best reviewed businesses on Yelp”.
Michael also empowers people to know their rights as taxpayers. He believes knowledge is power and the key to gaining a new lease on your financial life. Michael shares insider tax relief tips and innovative IRS tax settlement strategies directly with taxpayers. He’s committed to ensuring Landmark Tax Group can answer your most pressing IRS tax questions and is a firm believer that you have a right to know your options when dealing with the IRS. To that end, Landmark Tax Group has made available plenty of Free Reports that do just that.
Michael and the Media
For years, Michael has been a guest expert, appearing on podcasts, in industry periodicals, and in print and online publications. He’s been a featured guest on the “Entrepreneur Next Door” show and his expert tax relief advice has been published numerous times in Inc. | Entrepreneur | Business News Daily | Nerd Wallet | INSIGHT Magazine and many more outlets. To fulfill his mission as an industry leader in empowering and educating consumers about their rights as taxpayers, Michael continues to take to the airwaves, the media, and taxpayers directly to share his knowledge.