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NCLC Digital Library: Best Practices in Responding to IRS Debt

September 26, 2024

This article describes best practices when taxpayers are unable to repay their IRS tax obligations.

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Unpaid Taxes Owed to the IRS

June 11, 2018

This article also outlines consumer rights and tactics when past-due federal taxes are owed to the IRS, including how to reduce or pay the tax debt over time, a spouse’s legal obligation, why one should file a tax return even if one cannot pay the taxes, and more.

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Alert: IRS Sending Letters About Unactivated Stimulus Prepaid Cards

July 2, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 2, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. – People who have not received their Economic Impact Payments (EIP) should be on the lookout for letters being sent starting today by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) telling them that they may have an unactivated prepaid card. Last month, the IRS sent stimulus payments via the…

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New Tax-Time Report: The Return of the Interest-Bearing Refund Anticipation Loan and other Perils Faced by Consumers

April 3, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 3, 2019 Download the full report at: http://bit.ly/2TSpEGK Boston – Tax time, typically a time for a substantial influx of funds for American consumers in the form of their refunds, was transformed into a time of uncertainty and drastic change this year, as documented in the National Consumer Law Center’s report…

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2019 Tax Filing Season: More Questions than Answers

February 14, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 28, 2019 BOSTON ― As the potentially chaotic tax filing season officially begins today after a protracted government shutdown, advocates from the National Consumer Law Center issued their annual consumer advisory on taxpayer consumer protection issues. These include: • Refund delays likely to be exacerbated by the shutdown. Low-income taxpayers were…

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NCLC Digital Library: Best Practices in Responding to IRS Debt

Unpaid Taxes Owed to the IRS

Alert: IRS Sending Letters About Unactivated Stimulus Prepaid Cards

New Tax-Time Report: The Return of the Interest-Bearing Refund Anticipation Loan and other Perils Faced by Consumers

2019 Tax Filing Season: More Questions than Answers

Support NCLC