How To Get Your Passport Reinstated When You Owe the IRS

In 2015, US Congress created a law to deny your passport application and/or revoke your current passport if you have seriously delinquent tax debt. Provisions that revoke passports for taxpayers with unpaid tax debts were included in the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, H.R. 22, at Sec. 7345.

Under certain circumstances, some individuals will not be denied a passport. This includes being in active bankruptcy, having a pending installment agreement or paying timely on an existing installment agreement, having a pending Offer in Compromise or paying on an accepted Offer in Compromise, being placed in Currently Non-Collectible Status, or being identified as a victim of identity theft.

If you are not in the process of resolving your tax debt, you need to be if you want your passport privileges reinstated. There are quite a few options available like an Offer in Compromise, currently not collectable status, or a well-structured installment agreement. The IRS accepts only 30% of Offer in Compromise applications that taxpayers submit on their own, so unless you’re calling the IRS to pay your debt in full, you most likely need a tax resolution professional to help you negotiate a plan that works for you and keeps the IRS off your back.

Call The Tax Resolution Experts now to see which tax debt settlement option is best for you.