IRS: Tax Debt Threatens Passports

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The IRS has a method of 'last resort' to collect overdue taxes: Revoking your passport

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By law, the IRS must notify the State Department if an individual's federal tax debt is "seriously delinquent" This is a large federal debt — of more than $62,000 in 2024 — that the taxpayer has repeatedly ignored.

If taxpayers don't remedy their overdue bill, the government will generally deny their passport application and can revoke their active passport.

The State Department can limit the passport's use only to return travel to the U.S. , a spokeswoman says.

The IRS looks at "taxpayer noncompliance in the past and taxpayer failure to cooperate with the IRS " when opting to revoke a passport.

Sometimes the IRS may have the wrong address on file and mail notices to the wrong place, an expert says.

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