Serving clients in all 50 states · Based in Central Arkansas (501) 209-7393
About

We've opened those letters too. That's why we do this.

Clearway is two people, Katrina and Phillip Gangluff. We help people and businesses get out from under IRS and state tax debt. You work with us from your first call to your last letter.

Why we started Clearway

We’ve run our own business for more than 20 years. So we know what it feels like to open an IRS letter from the owner’s side of the desk. Your stomach drops. You read it three times. And you still aren’t sure what they want from you.

Katrina spent 13 years helping Arkansas families get through a government system that doesn’t explain itself. There were deadlines, forms, and rules at every turn. She saw how much a calm voice and a plain answer could change someone’s week.

Phillip has spent six years on one kind of work: fixing IRS problems. Over and over, he met the same kinds of people.

  • Some had waited too long, because they were scared to look.
  • Some had paid a national company a lot of money and gotten very little back.
  • Some had been put on a payment plan for a balance nobody ever questioned.

That last group bothered us the most. The IRS’s number is a claim, not a final answer. Sometimes it’s wrong. You deserve someone who checks it before you pay a dime of it.

So we started Clearway. We’re a husband-and-wife firm based in Bryant, Arkansas. We help people across all 50 states, by phone and video.

What we do, and what we don’t

We do one thing. We help people and businesses with IRS and Arkansas state tax debt. That means letters, garnishments, frozen bank accounts, old unfiled years, and balances that keep growing.

We don’t do regular tax returns. We only prepare the back returns our clients need to fix their case. That keeps us focused on one job: getting you out from under this.

How we work

Our standards

These are the rules we hold ourselves to on every case.

01

We check the number first

Before we talk about payment plans or deals, we pull your IRS records. We read them line by line. If the IRS got the number wrong, we fight that first.

02

Flat fees, in writing

Each step has one flat fee. You get it in writing before the step starts. It's never a percentage of what you owe.

03

The honest answer

We'll tell you what your case can really get, even when it's not what you hoped. If you don't need us, we'll say so.

04

No salespeople

You talk to us, not a sales team. Nobody here earns a bonus for signing you up. We return calls within one business day.

Who you'll work with

The people in your corner

Not a sales team. Not a call center. Just the two of us, from your first call to your last letter.

Katrina Gangluff

Katrina Gangluff

Co-Founder · Case Manager

Katrina is the person you'll talk to first, and the one who keeps you in the loop until your case is done. Before Clearway, she spent 13 years as a family services supervisor with the Arkansas Department of Human Services. She helped families get through Medicaid, SNAP, and TEA, with all the deadlines, forms, and rules that come with them.

She learned there that most people in a hard spot don't need a lecture. They need someone who will listen, explain what's really going on, and then handle it. As your case manager, she makes sure nothing slips through the cracks and that you always know where your case stands.

Phillip Gangluff, EA

Phillip Gangluff, EA

Co-Founder · Enrolled Agent · Certified Tax Resolution Specialist · NTPI Fellow

Phillip is a tax accountant who has spent the last six years on one kind of work: fixing IRS problems for people and small business owners. He's licensed by the federal government to represent you before the IRS. He's also a Certified Tax Resolution Specialist and a Fellow of the National Tax Practice Institute, which is advanced training in dealing with the IRS.

He's run his own business for more than 20 years, so he's read IRS letters from the owner's side of the desk. He's the one who goes through every line of your IRS file, finds where they got it wrong, and builds the plan.

Want to talk it over? Your first hour with Katrina is free.

Picture a few months from now

You open the mail without your stomach dropping.

The IRS calls us, not you. The balance has been fought down to what you actually owe, if anything, and whatever's left has a plan in writing built on your real numbers. And you've stopped carrying this alone. That's what we're working toward, starting with one free conversation.

(501) 209-7393

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Talk to Katrina: (501) 209-7393