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The IRS Can Take Your Passport Over Back Taxes

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The IRS can actually take your passport, and most people have no idea until it's too late. If you owe more than $62,000 in seriously delinquent tax debt, the IRS can notify the State Department and get your passport revoked or your application denied. That means you could show up to the airport, try to travel internationally, and get stopped. No warning, no second chance at the gate. And it's not just people hiding money overseas. Regular people, business owners, people who fell behind during COVID, went through a divorce, had a bad year. If the number hits that threshold and you haven't made arrangements with the IRS, you're at risk. The fix, get into a resolution, an installment agreement, Offer in Compromise, Currently Non-Collectible or CNC status. Any active arrangement with the IRS typically stops the passport block. If you owe back taxes and have travel coming up, call us before you get to the airport and it's too late. Free consultation and link in the bio.

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