Category: tax collections

IRS Automated Collection System (ACS)

7 April, 2024 | Payment Plans tax collections Tax Help Tax Issues

What to Expect When the IRS's Automated System Tries to Collect Your Back Taxes If you have outstanding tax debts your account is typically sent to the IRS Automated Collection System (ACS). The ACS is a system used to manage the collection of outstanding IRS tax debts from individual taxpayers and businesses. If you have received a notice from IRS ACS and are unsure what to expect, here’s everything you need to know. What is the IRS Automated Collection System?... CONTINUE READING

Letter 9297 – IRS Has Assigned a Revenue Officer to Your Case

5 August, 2023 | tax collections

The Taxpayer’s Guide to IRS Letter 9297 If you receive IRS Letter 9297 (Summary of Taxpayer Contact), that means an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revenue officer is working on your account, and the agency needs your financial information. The IRS typically assigns accounts to revenue officers when taxpayers have compliance issues, a substantial back tax balance, or the agency’s automated approach has failed to collect payment. You likely have several questions... CONTINUE READING

Willful and Non-Willful Failure to File FBAR Penalties

FBAR Penalties: What to Expect If You Don't Report Foreign Bank Accounts Nothing’s quite as alarming as finding out you’re in violation of a law that you didn’t know existed. If you have foreign bank or financial accounts, you may be required to file an FBAR every year. Failing to do...