The Fresh Start Initiative made three changes. Streamlined installment agreements increased to $50,000. The IRS will withdraw a Notice of Federal Tax Lien once you enter a Direct Debit agreement. And the OIC formula was adjusted to make more taxpayers eligible.
Lien withdrawal removes the public filing entirely. Not a release, which shows the lien was satisfied, but a withdrawal, which erases it as if it never existed. This is enormously better for credit. We handle the application.