If you owe the IRS over $52K and aren't paying, prepare to lose your U.S. passport
owe the IRS more than $52,000 in back taxes, penalties and interest for which the IRS has filed a Notice of Federal Tax Lien, and the period to challenge it has expired or the IRS has issued a levy.
The law requires State to deny a passport application or renewal from those on the IRS list. If a taxpayer currently has a valid passport, the State Department can revoke the passport or limit his or her ability to travel outside the United States.When the IRS certifies a taxpayer to the State Department as owing a seriously delinquent tax debt, they receive afrom the IRS. The notice explains what steps a taxpayer needs to take to resolve the debt.
The idea of the passport/tax law is to get you to pay, of course. So when a taxpayer no longer has a seriously delinquent tax debt because they paid in full or made another payment arrangement, the IRS will reverse the taxpayer’s certification within thirty days. The State Department will then remove the certification from the taxpayer’s record, so their passport won’t be at risk under this program.
Having collection suspended because a taxpayer has made an innocent spouse election or requested innocent spouse relief.Payment agreement.
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