Avoiding IRS Trouble, with Kristine Stevenson, Author, How to Avoid Trouble with the IRS (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 808)
In this episode of North Fulton Business Radio, host John Ray interviews Kristine Stevenson, owner of Proverbs 16:16 LLC and author of How to Avoid Trouble with the IRS. Kristine shares her journey from struggling with personal debt to now helping others manage IRS issues, drawing from her experience as an IRS employee and her own past financial challenges. She emphasizes the importance of financial knowledge, particularly for self-employed individuals and small business owners. Kristine describes how her work with Dave Ramsey coaches, who were repeatedly asking questions about their own business, inspired her to write her book. She discusses some of the major ideas in the book, which offers straightforward tax tips for gig workers and contractors, and shares stories of clients she’s helped. The episode underscores the importance of financial coaching and the practical wisdom that can transform financial struggles into successes.
John Ray is the host of North Fulton Business Radio. The show is recorded and produced by the North Fulton affiliate of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.
Kristine Stevenson, Author, How to Avoid Trouble with the IRS
Kristine Stevenson is an Enrolled Agent with the IRS, founder of Proverbs 16:16 LLC, and the author of How to Avoid Trouble with the IRS: 10 Best Tax Tips for the Self-Employed, Gig Worker, and Indie Contractor. Proverbs 16:16’s message, “How much better to get wisdom than gold, to get insight rather than silver,” served as the inspiration for the name of her business.
Having completed the Ramsey Solutions Financial Coach Master Training program and now serving as a Dave Ramsey Preferred Coach, Kristine is equipped with advanced skills in financial coaching and debt management. This experience provides her with a strong foundation in personal finance principles and strategies for helping individuals overcome financial challenges, particularly those related to tax debt.
As a former employee and now an Enrolled Agent with the IRS, Kristine combines her financial coaching expertise with specialized knowledge of tax regulations and IRS procedures. She offers guidance and support to individuals struggling with tax-related financial issues, helping them navigate the complexities of dealing with the IRS, developing strategies for tax debt resolution, and negotiating tax debt settlements with the IRS.
Kristine has been quoted in Fox Business News, Marie Claire, Yahoo! Finance, Lovely Impact, Best Company, and U.S. News & World Report, to name a few. She speaks at various conferences, universities, and other gatherings of business owners. She hosts a live radio program, “Dollars & $ense℠ with Kristine,” in Central Texas.
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Topics Discussed in this Episode
00:00 Welcome to North Fulton Business Radio
01:36 Guest Introduction: Kristine Stevenson
03:31 Kristine’s Background and IRS Experience
04:49 Starting a Business and Financial Coaching
06:50 Common Financial Issues and Solutions
15:07 Writing the Book: How to Avoid Trouble with the IRS
21:20 The Importance of a Business Checking Account
24:01 Personal Milestones and Tax Issues
26:02 Client Success Stories
31:04 Home Service Professionals and Tax Compliance
34:49 IRS Programs and Relief Options
37:01 How to Get in Touch and Final Thoughts
Renasant Bank supports North Fulton Business Radio
Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions, with over $17 billion in assets and more than 180 banking, lending, wealth management, and financial services offices throughout the region. All of Renasant’s success stems from each of their banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way of better understanding the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.
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Renasant Bank supports the Georgia Alliance for Breast Cancer
Georgia Alliance for Breast Cancer (formerly It’s The Journey) is a registered 501c3 non-profit that strives to support Georgia’s breast cancer community by raising funds to support breast health and breast cancer programs throughout the state of Georgia.
GAABC’s mission is to engage with Georgia’s breast cancer community to increase access to care and reduce disparities in cancer outcomes.
Randi Passoff, a breast cancer survivor, founded GAABC in 2002. She created “the kinder and gentler breast cancer walk” based off the Avon 3-Day Breast Cancer Walk. Instead of a 3-day walk of 60 miles over 3 days and sleeping in a tent, the Georgia 2-Day Walk covers 30 miles over 2 days, and participants sleep in a hotel. Most importantly, what’s raised in Georgia stays in Georgia.
Renasant Bank is a major supporter of GAABC, both in corporately donated funds and employee donations and participation in the walk.
To learn more about GAABC and the 2-Day Walk, go to the GAABC Website.
About North Fulton Business Radio and host John Ray
With over 800 shows and having featured over 1,200 guests, North Fulton Business Radio is the longest-running podcast in the North Fulton area, covering business in our community like no one else. We are the undisputed “Voice of Business” in North Fulton!
The show welcomes a wide variety of business, non-profit, and community leaders to get the word out about the important work they’re doing to serve their market, their community, and their profession. There’s no discrimination based on company size, and there’s never any “pay to play.” North Fulton Business Radio supports and celebrates business by sharing positive business stories that traditional media ignore. Some media leans left. Some media leans right. We lean business.
John Ray is the host of North Fulton Business Radio. The show is recorded and produced from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, and many others.
The studio address is 275 South Main Street, Alpharetta, GA 30009.
John Ray also operates his own business advisory practice. John’s services include advising solopreneurs and small professional services firms on their value, their positioning and business development, and their pricing. His clients are professionals who are selling their expertise, such as consultants, coaches, attorneys, CPAs, accountants and bookkeepers, marketing professionals, and other professional services practitioners.
John is the national bestselling author of The Generosity Mindset: A Journey to Business Success by Raising Your Confidence, Value, and Prices.
