IRS Law Blog

An IRS Notice of Determination can be a frustrating experience. You were working things out with an IRS Settlement Officer when you hit a fork in the road. You believed that they were not allowing...

One day, you receive a letter in the mail appearing to be from the IRS. As you read the letter, you begin to sweat: it’s threatening to seize your property, garnish your wages, levy your...

You are in the process of selling your house, and your bank alerts you that they found an IRS tax lien, and it needs to removed for your buyer. It is not financially feasible for...

If an IRS tax lien is hurting your credit, or stopping you from purchasing a house or car, the IRS offers a path to freedom. The IRS will withdraw the lien from public record in...

The general rule is that a Federal tax lien attaches to all of your property.  But there are exceptions – known as “superpriorities” – situations in which you can sell your property even though the...

Making it through an IRS audit is stressful and anxiety ridden, but for many, it is not the end of the road in dealing with the IRS.  Many IRS audits result in balances due.  Here...

The Internal Revenue Code does not make it easy to understand how Federal tax liens work.  Hopefully, that is what I am here for. The starting point to understanding your tax lien is to know...

Here is a situation from a reader showing why location counts when it comes to Federal tax lien filings: The IRS has filed a tax lien against me where I live in Hamilton County, Ohio.  But I own real...

The IRS has two ways to collect back taxes:  a Federal tax lien and tax levy.  A tax lien is different from an IRS levy – the lien does not result in the IRS taking your property from you.  That is done...

What to expect from the IRS collection division in 2010: 1.     More aggressive IRS tax lien filing practices. IRS Revenue Officers have been instructed to make decisions on the filing of Federal tax liens...

IRS tax liens are not forever.  They do expire – here is an overview of when: For starters, the IRS has 10 years to pursue you for the unpaid taxes that caused the lien to...