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Defaulting on an IRS Payment Plan: What Happens?
An IRS payment plan default puts your installment agreement at risk of termination and can return your account to active collection. A CP523 or Letter 2975 explains why the IRS considers the agreement in default, what you must do to prevent termination, and how much…
Can the IRS Revoke Your Passport for Unpaid Taxes?
Unpaid federal taxes can affect your passport, but not every IRS balance creates a passport problem. The IRS must first classify the debt as seriously delinquent tax debt and certify it to the U.S. Department of State. Once that happens, the State Department can deny…
IRS Form 9465: How to Request a Payment Plan
When you cannot pay an IRS tax balance in full, the issue is not whether you owe the debt. It is how you resolve it before collection activity creates a bigger problem. IRS Form 9465, the Installment Agreement Request, allows eligible individual taxpayers to ask…
How to Use the Taxpayer Advocate Service to Stop an IRS Levy or Garnishment
Your paycheck came in smaller this week. The IRS started taking a chunk of every check, and you may be wondering how you are going to pay your bills without your full income. The Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) can sometimes stop a levy or a…
IRS CP2000 Notice: What It Means and How to Respond
A CP2000 Notice Gives You a Limited Window to Correct an IRS Income Mismatch A CP2000 notice means the IRS found a difference between the income or other information reported on your tax return and information reported by a third party. It is not a…
IRS CP504 Notice: What It Means and How to Respond
What an IRS CP504 Notice Means for You An IRS CP504 notice means the IRS is moving closer to collection action. If the balance remains unpaid after the deadline shown on the notice, the IRS can levy your state tax refund without sending another notice…
IRS Audit Reconsideration: When to Request It
When an IRS Audit Can Be Reconsidered A closed IRS audit is not always the end of the matter. If you never received the audit notice, missed the response deadline, or now have records the examiner never reviewed, audit reconsideration may give you a way…
Injured Spouse vs. Innocent Spouse: What Is the Difference?
A joint tax return can create two very different problems when one spouse has a separate tax debt or made an error on the return. A refund may be reduced because the IRS applied it toward your spouse's debt, or you may receive a notice…
How Many Years Back Can You File Taxes?
The IRS does not use one universal deadline for every unfiled tax return. How far back you need to go depends on whether you are trying to become compliant, respond to IRS enforcement, or recover a refund that may still be available. Those timelines are…
How Far Back Can the IRS Audit You?
An IRS audit notice does not always mean the agency has unlimited time to question an old tax return. Federal law sets specific deadlines for assessing additional tax, but those deadlines change when a return contains a substantial omission, involves certain foreign assets, was fraudulent,…
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