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Stephen K. Galgoczy, Esq.

Tax Attorney

Stephen K. Galgoczy, Esq.

Founder, Lead Attorney & CEO — Fortress Tax Relief

With over 26 years of experience resolving serious and complex tax liabilities, Steve Galgoczy built Fortress Tax Relief on a simple but powerful belief: taxpayers with aggravated, serious or complex tax debts require a much higher level of expertise than that offered by ordinary tax relief companies, and they deserve the very best legal minds defending their rights and advocating for their financial futures. 

As Founder, Lead Attorney, and CEO of Fortress, he combines decades of experience both securing superior results with the most difficult tax collection cases and training scores of other attorneys and professional support staff to do the same. Steve is renowned within tax relief industry as a pillar of integrity, and he has played an integral role as a leader in the industry’s fight to eradicate unethical tax relief companies who preyed (and continue to prey) upon the vulnerable, far too often swindling them out of their last few dollars in exchange for promises they cannot deliver.

 “While, sadly, too many firms in the tax relief industry make many pie-in-the-sky promises but deliver results that are appallingly few and far between, I envision creating an alternative for taxpayers faced with serious tax debts that provides ultra-competent and high-intellect tax attorneys, makes few promises, and delivers many exceptional results on a regular basis while always, always, always doing what’s right for the client,” declared Galgoczy when he founded Fortress in 2003.

Experience

  • 1999–2003 — Tax Attorney, two large national tax relief companies, devised and implemented sophisticated tax relief strategies for serious and complex tax debts, demonstrated track record of exceptional results on aggravated and exceptionally difficult cases, defended taxpayers’ rights, advocated for business and individual taxpayers in collections with the IRS or state taxing authorities, top-performing attorney at two large national tax relief firms.
  • 2003–present — President, CEO, and Lead Attorney, Fortress Tax Relief, architect and creator of America’s #1 choice for taxpayers faced with serious or complex tax debts.

Client-First Approach

Since founding Fortress in 2003, Steve’s mission has been clear: deliver the most effective tax relief services in the nation, uphold integrity without compromise, treat every client with dignity and respect, and always put the client’s best interest ahead of Fortress’s bottom line.

Education

  • University of Washington – Foster School of Business — B.A., Business Administration (Finance & Marketing); Gary Ausman Scholarship recipient.
  • Seattle University School of Law — J.D., cum laude; top 25% of class; partial academic scholarship.

Selected Articles

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Articles by Stephen

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IRS Settlement Officers

Summary Understanding the critical role of IRS Settlement Officers in resolving tax disputes. How the IRS chain of command impacts tax relief efforts, including Offers in Compromise. The importance of persistence and thorough preparation when

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