IRS Law Blog

When all of your efforts at resolution with the IRS have failed, and your frustrations have reached a boiling point, intervention from the IRS Taxpayer Advocate can help. The IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service is just...

Is the IRS getting ready to levy your bank accounts and wages? If they are, how do they know where you bank and work? In most cases, your bank or employer tells them. Sometimes, the...

Ask anyone and they would say “Of course I don’t want the IRS to levy my paycheck!” Believe it or not, the IRS really does not want to levy your wages and take your paycheck,...

The IRS has two main sources of carrying out its work in collecting taxes:  local Revenue Officers and its Automated Collection Service. When you get that call or letter from IRS collections, it’s important to...

If you owe the IRS money and are dealing with an IRS Revenue Officer, or even IRS Automated Collection Service, expect deadlines.  Deadlines to provide financial information, deadlines to provide unfiled returns, and deadlines for...

When working with an IRS Revenue Officer, there are two warning signs that levy action is imminent. The first sign is the IRS Final Notice of Intent to Levy.  This notice is required by law...

Resolving your tax debt often involves providing a financial statement to the IRS that discloses what you own, who you owe, what you make, and how much you spend. Your financial disclosures are required to...

Meeting with the IRS is a stressful situation, filled with questions about what to expect.  If you have to meet with the IRS, a common concern is how to present yourself. Whether you are meeting...

Unpaid employment tax liabilities results in the highest level of IRS enforcement.  The IRS usually assigns its most experienced Revenue Officers to investigate employment tax cases, including pursuing the individuals in the business personally for not...

Another great question from a reader on how the bankruptcy code and tax code can intersect when discharging taxes in bankruptcy. Dear Mr. Levy, We owe income tax from 2007.  We filed the return on...

Here is a practical question from a reader about a concern of everyday living – IRS seizure of your car to pay your tax debt. If I own a free and clear vehicle that is...

Here is an issue to be aware of before filing a Chapter 7 bankruptcy on the IRS: I just completed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy.  It was determined to be a no-asset case.  A few months...

My response to a reader’s question about what happens to your bank account after the IRS hits it with a levy. The IRS has levied my bank account and there was not enough funds to...

When you make a payment to the IRS, it will be automatically applied to your account in a manner that is in the IRS’s best interest. But what is best for the IRS in handling...

My clients with IRS collection problem come to me with different ideas about what will happen to them because they did not pay their taxes.  Is the IRS going to show up one day and...

If you owe the IRS back taxes, the IRS is required to give you a 30 day notice before they can start to levy and seize your property.  This warning of levy action is required...

If you owe the IRS back taxes, it is not always enough to just be “right” when negotiating with the government. You need to be right, but you also need to be in the right place...