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IRS and State Department revoking passports
A 2015 law allows the IRS to “certify” to the State Department that a person has a “seriously
delinquent” tax debt. In that case, the State Department is authorized to either deny a passport
application or revoke a passport that’s already in effect. You’re seriously delinquent if the assessed
liability is more than $50,000, and either a tax lien has been filed, or the IRS issued a levy in the past
to collect the assessment. While the law has been in effect since 2015, the IRS is only now getting
around to enforcing it. They changed some of their notices to explain this, but most people are going
to be blindsided because the notices are inadequate.
YOUR RIGHT AS A TAXPAYER
Exceptions and Exemptions
Regardless, the IRS cannot revoke a passport if you meet one of the exceptions. Most notably, if you
prove you can’t afford to pay, or if you’re in the process of a collection appeal, or are negotiating a
compromise, you are exempt from revocation. If you have delinquent tax debt, you better get on the
stick with some kind of resolution, and sooner than later. For details on how negotiate a settlement,
see my book, How to Get Tax Amnesty.
DANIEL J. PILLA CAN HELP YOUR AUDIENCE
As the author of How to Get Tax Amnesty he tells your audience how to solve
compliance problems with:
– 5 programs of Tax Debt Forgiveness
– How to avoid wage levies before they start
– 7 ways to remove tax liens
– How to Cure the 8 Most Devastating Tax Collection Problems
– 2 Secrets to cancelling all IRS penalties
– How to respond to critical collection notices
– How to avoid criminal prosecution
– How to immediately stop wage and bank levies
– How to recover seized property
– 4 ways to stop enforced collection action
– How to be forgiven of business tax debt
– 2 tricks to negotiating a fair and reasonable installment plan
At just 18 years old, Dan Pilla beat IRS at their own game. His mother was facing collection
action and all hope seemed lost. But by using the tax code itself, he found that the IRS was
proceeding illegally. He used that information to sue the IRS and won. Since that day he’s
fought for taxpayers’ rights across the country, helping hundreds of thousands of people
overcome IRS problems they thought might never be solved.