The IRS Fresh Start Program, also known as the IRS Fresh Start Initiative, provides taxpayers with more flexible repayment terms and initiatives that may decrease or eliminate their tax debt without imposing penalties. It was established by the U.S. government in 2011. The Fresh Start Initiative Program offers tax assistance to a certain crowd of people who owe the IRS money. It is the federal government's reaction to the IRS's predatory methods, which include the use of compound interest and financial penalties to penalize people with unpaid tax debt. Taxpayers may be able to have their federal back taxes forgiven almost entirely under certain circumstances.