If you owe back taxes and you have not heard from the IRS in a while, that could change.
Under a new law, the IRS must turn over certain delinquent tax debts to private collection agencies. And you know that those agencies know how to turn up the heat!
Want to learn how to avoid dealing with a collection agency and protect all your rights?
Don’t miss my new article titled Tax Tips: Warning! The IRS Is Outsourcing Tax Debts to Private Debt Collectors!
Three ways our fact-filled article can help you:
- We’ll tell you if you’re at risk. You could be in real trouble if you have an “inactive tax receivable.” Those receivables are the ones that the IRS must send to a private collection agency. What makes a tax receivable inactive? There are three criteria which we’ll explain when you read the full article.
- You’ll learn when an inactive receivable can not be sent to a private collection agency. Good news. The law says that there are ten categories of inactive tax receivables that can’t be outsourced for collection. We’ll tell you what they are when you read the full article.
- We’ll explain your rights under the law. For starters, private collection agencies must abide by the same standards of service and taxpayer-rights protection that the IRS requires of its own employees. There are other protections too as you’ll learn when you read the full article.