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A wage garnishment or wage levy is a legal seizure of property. It is an effective method of tax collection used by both the IRS and many States. The IRS or States will issue a wage garnishment to seize all or part of a taxpayer’s wages if a taxpayer does not respond to collection letters or fails to live up to an agreement to re-pay back taxes. A wage garnishment does not take the taxpayer’s financial situation into account and is often thought of by collection agents more as an “attention getter” than a true resolution to a tax problem.

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IRS penalties and interest can quickly turn a reasonable tax debt into something completely unaffordable and financially burdensome.

The information below contains information about the various collection procedures used by the IRS and State tax agencies to collect outstanding tax debts.

In addition to assisting taxpayers with IRS tax debts, Washington Tax Services also offers tax help for taxpayers who owe money to their State. Every State has it's own taxing agencies and tax collection branches. Collection policies and procedures vary widely from State to State. However, because of the success of many of the IRS' tax resolution procedures, such as the Offer in Compromise Program, many states have implemented similar procedures to help taxpayers resolve their past due tax debts.

Have you ever fallen behind on your taxes? For most wage earners, taxes are something that they deal with sometime between January 1st and April 15th every year, they usually pay a little or get a little money back and then forget about them until the next year. For the self-employed and for business owners, taxes are a whole different beast. Saving money for estimated payments, dealing with payroll taxes, sales tax, and all of the other taxes we have a duty to pay is an everyday concern. Have you ever fallen a little short one month and not made those payments?

Most people are not overly concerned about being selected for a state tax audit. However, it pays to be careful. There are ways to ensure that one’s tax return does not come under state tax audit. Those who work from home should remember that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tends to focus on home office deductions. People who qualify for home office deductions operate their offices as principal places of business that are in regular and exclusive use for business. In other words, a home office should be the place where one spends most of one’s time and make the majority of one’s income.