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Responding to an IRS Final Notice of Intent to Levy: Completing Form 12153

By Howard S. Levy, Esq., Appeals - collection actions, Automated Collection Service, IRS collection notices, IRS levies and property seizures

A certified mail slip comes in the mail, with a notation a letter awaits from you from the IRS, likely from the IRS Automated Collection Service. Or maybe an IRS Revenue Officer makes an unannounced visit to your home or work, and after introductions, hands a letter to you. This, you tell yourself, is serious. You get the letter and open it, and find that you have been served with an IRS Final Notice Notice of Intent to Levy, identified in the upper-right hand corner as LT11. Intimidating as it all may seem, you have the right to put the brakes on the IRS's desire to levy your ... Read More

IRS just sent me a final notice of intent to levy – what should I do?

By Howard S. Levy, Esq., IRS Appeals, IRS collection notices, IRS levies and property seizures

You were brave enough to pick-up and open your certified mail, and there it was - an IRS Final Notice of Intent to Levy. The law is intended to avoid surprises from the IRS and protect you, and the Final Notice of Intent to Levy does just that, giving you notice in advance that they are considering sending a levy to your employer or bank or even taking your personal property or real estate. Now that you are on notice that the IRS wants to gear up its collection activities, what are your next steps? You do have rights. First, it is important to make sure you have received an actual ... Read More

Thinking of calling IRS Automated Collection System? Here’s what to expect.

By Howard S. Levy, Esq., Automated Collection Service, Form 433A, IRS collection notices, IRS Financial Statements

You just received a batch of IRS collection letters stating that your tax problem is "Urgent," that the IRS might levy your wages, and, finally, that you should call the IRS immediately. You consider doing what the IRS asked - picking up the phone and calling the IRS Automated Collection System (commonly known as "ACS"). The day of reckoning cannot be put off any longer. But the call to the IRS is not always that simple. First, know that when you call, the IRS ACS agent on the other end is trained to immediately ask you a script of questions. Here are the first questions you ... Read More

Five truths about how long the IRS has to collect taxes

By Howard S. Levy, Esq., IRS collection notices, Statute of limitations on collections

Will my IRS debt ever just go away? Will there ever be a time that the IRS will just leave me alone? Yes, and yes. The collection of most every IRS debt eventually ends, and that would include yours. This is called the statute of limitations on IRS collections. The Internal Revenue Code gives the IRS a window of time to collect from you; after that window closes, you are free from your tax debt and the IRS. Here are five truths about how many years the IRS to collect back taxes from you: 1. There is an IRS statute of limitations on collecting taxes. The IRS is limited to 10 ... Read More

Negotiating with the IRS: Tips to remember

By Howard S. Levy, Esq., Automated Collection Service, IRS audits, IRS collection notices, Offer in compromise

Negotiating with the IRS can be frustrating for the uninitiated. Intimidating. Overwhelming. Stressful. Not the best way to feel when entering into a negotiation, much less when the party on the other side has the power of the IRS. When I was an IRS trial attorney, I negotiated on behalf of the IRS. Since moving into private practice over 20 years ago, I have spent most waking moments of my professional career negotiating with them, rather than for them. And one thing is very clear: Negotiating with the IRS has its own unique, unstated rules of engagement. Here are a few tips I ... Read More