If you owe back taxes and don't know how you're going to pay the debt, try to work out a payment plan directly with the IRS (for your federal taxes) or your state comptroller (for your state taxes) and: Read notices you get from the IRS or your state comptroller. Ask those agencies about collection alternatives.

Once you have all the details on exactly what went wrong, the next step is to contact the IRS, state tax agency, or local tax agency to ask for help resolving the issue. In most cases, they will be willing to work with you to put together a payment plan to keep your operation current.

To ask for an abatement, you would need to file Form 843, Claim for Refund and Request for Abatement. You may qualify for back tax assistance penalties if you have: Arranged to pay the taxes due by a certain date Filed all required forms for an extension Avoided any penalties for the previous three tax years

To pay an employee back pay, you can follow these steps: Add the back pay amount to the employee’s next paycheck or create a separate one-time payroll. Deduct applicable taxes, Social Security, Medicare, etc. from back pay wages. Create accounting records for wages paid. Remember that back pay is subject to the tax year in which you receive it.