If you owe the IRS more than $50k you are about to lose your passport. The US Congress passed legislation in December requiring the IRS to provide a list to the US State Department of all US taxpayers who owe the IRS $50,000 or more. If you owe the IRS...
Can the IRS Take Your Passport for Unpaid Taxes
When can the IRS take your passport for unpaid taxes, and does that prevent you from international travel? Yes, the IRS has the power to take many actions to collect unpaid US taxes including the ability to take away your passport. At present, you must owe the IRS $50,000 or...
IRS Gains Power to Revoke Passports of Delinquent Taxpayers
The President signed the "Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act" into law on December 4, and a portion of this act enables the IRS to revoke the passports of delinquent taxpayers who owe more than $50,000 to the Internal Revenue Service. In a section of the law entitled "Revocation or Denial...