Most people who owe the IRS money never deal with an actual person. Notices come by mail, payments get set up online or by phone, and the account eventually resolves itself. An IRS revenue officer is what happens when that path stops working. It’s a specific employee assigned to your case in person, and their…

Two notices from the IRS can both be called a “levy,” but they don’t work the same way, and mixing them up can cost you real time. A bank levy grabs what’s in an account on one specific day. A wage levy keeps taking a slice of every paycheck until someone stops it. If you’re…

If your paycheck just came in short and your employer mentioned a notice from the IRS, you’re dealing with what’s called a wage levy. Unlike most collection actions, it doesn’t stop on its own. It keeps taking a chunk of every check until it’s released, paid off, or the debt itself goes away. That sounds…

If you’ve just opened a pay stub and found a chunk of it missing, you’re probably doing quick math in your head: rent, car payment, groceries, and now this. An IRS wage garnishment, technically called a levy on wages and salary, doesn’t ask your permission and it doesn’t wait for a convenient month. Here’s the…

If you owe back taxes, there’s a number that matters more than almost anything else in your file: your collection statute expiration date, or CSED. It’s the date the IRS legally loses the right to collect what you owe. Most people who call us have heard a version of “the IRS only has 10 years”…