The U.S. has a progressive income tax system. Therefore, the rate of tax increases as taxable income increases. The purpose of imposing progressive taxes is to reduce the tax incidence of people with a lower ability to pay taxes, as these taxes shift…
In the spring of 2017, the IRS will begin outsourcing the collection of not all, but some, overdue federal tax debts to private contractors. In early December of 2015, President Obama signed into law the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act,…
For individuals with delinquent tax debt, thoughts of IRS contact may haunt their daily thoughts. IRS operatives may be lurking, waiting, ready to move in and assert their authority. At least this has often been the public perception, albeit somewhat…