Wage Garnishment, Levy and Tax Liens

If you have issues with the IRS or State Tax Agencies
Call Us Today at 866.6NO.TAXES or 866.666.8293

Do you owe back taxes to the IRS? Have you received a Notice and Demand of Payment letter? Have your wages, property, business, bank accounts been levied? We can help stop IRS wage garnishments and Levies!

The Internal Revenue Services has broad powers to collect unpaid taxes. At the Tax Settlement Center, we have extensive experience working with people who have received a Notice and Demand of Payment and people who currently have an IRS wage garnishment or property levy.

Skilled Orange County, California Tax Relief Lawyers

One of the most powerful tools the IRS has to collect back taxes is wage garnishments and property levies. We have broad tax relief experience with the IRS negotiating an offer in compromise or an installment agreement when the government is threatening wage garnishment or levies. Additionally, we regularly represent clients at Collection Due Process hearings.

In addition to handling wage garnishment and levy issues related to federal tax collections, we handle issues associated with California tax agencies such as the Franchise Tax Board, the Employment Development Department and the State Board of Equalization.

IRS Wage Garnishments and Levy - The Basics

If you have received a Notice and Demand for Payment from the IRS it is important to contact us immediately. You only have 30 days to request a hearing with an IRS manager. At this hearing, we can typically have a levy or wage garnishment released if:

• The tax debt owed was paid before the Notice and Demand of Payment or levy notice was sent.
  
• The time legally available to collect the tax expired.
  
• Release of the tax levy would allow for the tax debt to be collected.
  
• An installment loan agreement or offer in compromise has been established or is in the process of being worked out.
  
• An Innocent Spouse defense is being made.
  
• The tax levy was made while the taxpayer was in bankruptcy.
  
• The fair market value of the levied property exceeds the liability.

While the IRS can levy most of your assets including your wages, home, retirement accounts, dividends, bank accounts, rental income, the cash loan value of your life insurance, and commissions, there are some limitations. Some of your assets that cannot be levied include clothes, school books, unemployment benefits, some annuity and pension payments, workers' compensation benefits, judgments for support of minor children, and a certain amount of books and tools of a trade, business, or profession.

Contact our California Garnishment and Levy Attorney

If you have been contacted by the IRS or state tax agency about a tax matter and need an experienced California tax relief attorney, please contact the Tax Settlement Center. We can be reached by phone at 866.6NO.TAXES or 866.666.8293 or by filling out the form on the contact us page.

The Tax Settlement Center is headquartered in Irvine, California. A majority of our clients reside in the Southern California areas of Irvine, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, Long Beach, Torrance, Norwalk, San Diego, Oceanside, North San Diego County, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, San Clemente, Santa Ana, Anaheim, Orange, Huntington Beach, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, Lake Forest, Foothill Ranch, Dana Point, San Juan Capistrano, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, and all of Orange County.