Posted on 07/06/2018 2:55:43 PM PDT by Theoria
IRS officials provide new details on enforcement of law Congress passed in late 2015
At least 362,000 Americans with overdue tax debts will be denied new or renewed passports if they don’t settle these debts, the Internal Revenue Service says.
Recently IRS officials have provided new details on the enforcement of a law Congress passed in late 2015. It requires the IRS and State Department to deny passports or revoke them for taxpayers who have more than $51,000 of overdue tax debt. Enforcement began in February.
An IRS spokesman says the 362,000 people are current tax debtors who are affected by the law. The IRS is sending their names in batches to the State Department, a process the tax agency aims to finish by year’s end. A State Department spokesman confirmed that it has already denied passports to some debtors.
IRS Division Commissioner Mary Beth Murphy said in late June that for now U.S. authorities are denying passports rather than revoking them. So, many tax debtors with current passports should be able to travel abroad, but they won’t be able to renew their passports; those without passports will be denied them if they apply.
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good, I made it under the limit (ha ha).
The old
“No Soup for YOU!” method.
Good, no moving down to Belize for a cheap lifestyle after you skinflint the American people by not paying your taxes. Now we need to crack down on illegals working under the table who paid no taxes and half of what they make is sent back down to Mexico/ South America.
It’s like their bodies are security for their debts to the state. Sounds akin to slavery.
One of the fundamental rights in a free state is the right to leave, or so I thought.
Hmmm, sounds like the IRS should lose on this one, in a law suit.
But the Millions who sneak into the United States with no Passports walk free and even get to Vote for Democrats.
One of the fundamental rights in a free state is the right to leave, or so I thought.
I see a long line of tax evaders on the southern border trying to sneak into Mexico /s
Those that smuggle illegals to the north or called coyote, would those smuggling American tax evaders south be called “poodles” /s
I believe this law already applies if you owe child support to your ex-spouse or baby mamma.
Bet 90% of them are democRATS
Maybe it should be that if you don't pay, you can't vote, as well!
Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Great point. Indentured servitude. I have to work, so will spare the rant, but this is pertinent:
United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Article 13.
(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.
(2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.
Ironically, note #1 as it pertains to the “open borders” logic...
“One of the fundamental rights in a free state is the right to leave, or so I thought.”
It is, but if you owe, you owe.
When does Al Sharpton’s passport expire?
This is hugely bad.
Let me explain.
A few years ago I had a complex financial transaction.
I hired an accountant, who I am still with, I could not maneuver the transaction on my own at tax time.
THE IRS USES COMPUTERS TO SCAN AND FIGURE OUT YOUR RETURN. STUPID COMPUTERS.
Now the computer did not pick up the complex transaction AND because of it, I was dinged with a 200K plus tax bill.
I called the accountant, and he said no problem, that eventually it would be placed in the hands a of human and be cleared up. He sent in a letter. Four months later another IRS bill came for 150K.
This process continued for over 18 months until I got the tax bill that I owed zero.
I would have been trapped with no recourse if I needed to travel abroad during this time.
VERY BAD IDEA.
Each time a bill came
How about we revoke the passports of the Congress and Senate critters until they pass a balanced budget amendment.
After I posted my comment I scrolled down to see the post about the millionaires fleeing Kalifornia.
Irony.
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