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Delinquent Tax Debt Can Lead To Passport Revocation

Delinquent Tax Debt Can lead to Passport Revocation. The fixing America’s Service Transportation (FAST) Act of 2015 which was signed into law on December 2015 requires the Internal Revenue Service to notify the State Department of taxpayers who are certified as owing a seriously delinquent tax debt.

Seriously certified tax debt is $51,000 indexed yearly for inflation which includes interest and penalties. This tax debt remains unpaid and legally enforceable and all administrative remedies have been lapsed and exhausted.

The IRS is required to notify you at your last known address of their intent to notify the State Department.

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Important Facts To Know About IRS Levy

A levy is a legal seizure of your property to satisfy a tax debt. Refusal to pay the tax will have the following result. The IRS will usually issue a levy after they assess the tax and send a tax bill or a Notice and Demand for Payment.

If you still refuse to pay, then the IRS will issue a Final Notice of Intent to Levy and Notice of Your Right to a Hearing at least 30 days before the levy. The IRS may give you this notice in person, leave it at your home or business, or send it to your last known address by certified or registered mail with return receipt request. Read More

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2018 Pocket Tax Guide Online Edition

It has been a busy time for tax-related news and upcoming changes. We have compiled many of the tax changes, deductions and tax rates for easy reference year round. It is more important than ever to plan ahead and review your options to maximize your financial results. Also please visit our side-by-side comparison of 2017 tax law and and the recently enacted “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.”

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CHANGES AFFECTING 2018

Congress in December of 2017 passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that made sweeping changes to the tax laws. The issues impacting individuals and small businesses are included throughout this pocket tax guide. The following are changes not covered elsewhere in the guide.  Read More

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Following Congress On Its Path To Tax Reform

Bernell Ward, Tax Advisor

As Congress begins debating tax reform, you might be interested in an overview of the GOP’s proposed changes so you’ll have an understanding of what the proposals actually entail as you follow the debate and won’t have to rely on politically motivated analysis by the various media sources.

It is important to understand that the GOP’s tax reform proposal is actually only an overall framework of the tax legislation that will be formulated later by congressional committees. So it only provides the “big picture,” with details to be added later. However, the devil is always in the details, and you frequently have to read between the lines and listen to and read comments by Washington insiders to glean additional detail.

Based upon that, the following are the provisions of the proposed tax reform that will apply to individual taxpayers and small businesses.

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