Taxpayers living overseas or traveling for months at a time may worry that they won’t receive notification of IRS passport revocation until it is too late. Find out how a newly approved warning letter can help taxpayers respond before they are cert…
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For the last few years the IRS has certified taxpayers with seriously delinquent tax debt to have their passport applications denied or their existing passports revoked. The program may be successful in collecting overdue taxes, but as a recent audit…
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When Motown writer Edward J. Holland, Jr., owed the IRS nearly $20 million, the agency took some extreme steps to collect on the tax debt. It even seized 100% of his social security payments. Find out how the IRS could do that, and whether you need t…
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Being a Motown artist behind famous songs like “Stop in the Name of Love” and “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” doesn’t excuse not paying millions of dollars in tax debt. But did the IRS go too far when it placed a levy on royalties owed to Gold F…
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There has been a lot of news lately about the IRS certifying taxpayers to the State Department for seriously delinquent tax debt. Certification means a taxpayer’s passport will not be renewed and could be revoked. If you are behind on your taxes, d…
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When taxpayers discover errors in their tax returns, or they learn they were supposed to file FBAR reports, the problem they uncover can sometimes span years. The larger these foreign financial accounts are, the quicker the unpaid taxes, penalties, a…
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In April 2017, the IRS began using private debt collectors to pursue unpaid back taxes. But after only two months, it appears at least one of the contractors may have broken federal law to get the job done. 2015 Law Allows for Private IRS Debt Collec…
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