IRS Tax Lawyer's Blog

If you are having problem with the Internal Revenue Service because of unresolved tax debt, there may be a chance that the federal government or the Internal Revenue Service will ask the court to order a wage garnishment into your salary. You see, the Internal Revenue Service is doing this in order to collect your unpaid tax debt that you keep on ignoring for years. It can be a stressful experience especially now that the economy is down and at the same your family will also be in difficulty especially if they rely on your salary to bring food on the table as well as rent for the house.

Expectation for unresolved tax debt

First of all, if you have unresolved tax debt that has been overlook for years and one day you receive letters from the Internal Revenue Service do not ignore it because it may lead to more trouble to your tax debt. You have to contact the Internal Revenue Service right away in order to know your options or you can get the service of a tax attorney so that he or she can handle your tax problem especially if you are being informed of the impending wage garnishment.

Understanding wage garnishment

Wage garnishment is legal court orders that portion of your salary are being withheld in order to pay for your unresolved tax debt. Wage garnishment will stay on until all your debt are paid and while your salary is under a wage garnishment the Internal Revenue Service has the control of your money until you resolve your tax debt up to the penalties and interest.

What are your options?

For any problem there is always a solution, wage garnishment can be stop or can be avoided as long as you are willing to settle your tax debt. First, if you receive letters from the Internal Revenue Service it means there is something wrong, contact the Internal Revenue Service so you will know what option you can get so that wage garnishment will not happen. Secondly, if you do not have the money or other resources in order to pay your tax debt you can ask for a tax relief in a form of instalment agreement or offer in compromise. However not all tax relief can be easy to get for instance, offer in compromise has the rules that need to follow most especially if you are qualified for offer in compromise. That is why you need to contact the Internal Revenue Service once you receive their notice so that it will not be difficult to ask for a tax relief.

In conclusion, you can stop wage garnishment anytime you want especially you are given a chance to defend yourself to court. But the most important thing that you need to remember, you need a tax attorney to represent you during the court hearing and the negotiation to the Internal Revenue Service.