Ignoring Treasury demand letters triggers escalating collection actions, including the Treasury Offset Program (TOP) and Administrative Wage Garnishment (AWG) These letters are official notices from ...

When a debt collector reaches out, it can be unsettling, even if you knew that you'd defaulted on your obligations and were expecting the call. Between the pressure to pay, the perceived urgency of ...

The IRS collection process begins when IRS does not receive full and timely payments from a taxpayer after it issues a collection notice. Based on the information in the taxpayer’s 1040 tax return, if ...

Debt Collectors are in a tough spot. They get blamed for all evil-doing when it comes to calling consumers and asking payment for debts owed. What is almost never talked about is that these companies ...

Skip tracing is a process used to find a debtor who has relocated or disappeared to avoid legal responsibilities, such as debt payments. The skip tracing process involves verifying a debtor’s ...

Enrolling in a debt relief program can impact the debt collection process, and not always in the way you'd expect.

Here's how to handle a debt collection lawsuit or possibly prevent one in the first place Ana Gonzalez Ribeiro is a Spanish personal finance educator at W!SE and has 10+ years of experience as a ...

In a case involving a request to abate penalties, the Tax Court partially granted the IRS’s motion for summary judgment, allowing the remaining issues to go to trial to determine whether a taxpayer’s ...