Tax debts

The Internal Revenue Service is expanding its efforts to ensure businesses and individuals are paying their taxes, particularly payroll taxes, with in-person visits planned by revenue officers to more parts of the country, starting recently in Wisconsin and later this month Texas and Arkansas.

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The Internal Revenue Service is cautioning taxpayers and tax professionals to beware of a new twist on an old scam.

The service is offering a direct debit payment option to allow taxpayers to pay off their tax debts.

Resource limitations and a drop in staff at the service allowed businesses to get away with billions of dollars in unpaid taxes.

Some expatriates who have relinquished their U.S. citizenship will have the chance to comply with their U.S. tax and filing obligations and in turn qualify for relief from back taxes, penalties and interest.

Rudy Giuliani said he was forced to borrow $100,000 from President Donald Trump’s lawyer Marc Mukasey to pay his taxes after his wife tied up a joint bank account in their bitter divorce case.

The Internal Revenue Service issued a warning Friday to taxpayers who haven’t yet filed their 2018 tax returns.

A new program requiring the IRS to hire collection agencies is falling far short of its goals and putting taxpayers at risk of falling prey to scammers.

Stephen Moore, whom President Donald Trump said he’ll nominate for a seat on the Federal Reserve, owes more than $75,000 in taxes and other penalties, according to the U.S. government.

97 percent of taxpayers who owe back taxes qualify for one.

The private firms that contract with the Internal Revenue Service to collect overdue tax debts fell short, according to a new TIGTA report.

Kering SA, the French owner of the luxury brand, owes about 1.4 billion euros to Italy in back taxes.

Tax settlements are often scuttled when you ignore the “dissipated asset” rule.

The court sided with the IRS and against the action star's legal appeal.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to be more timely and transparent in resolving tax appeal cases, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office.

Authorities tried to collect an allegedly unpaid $655,000 unemployment tax bill, but car maker said it's a clerical error.

The private debt collection agencies that have contracted with the Internal Revenue Service to help collect overdue tax receivables have some security vulnerabilities, according to a new government report.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’s decision to sell his remaining equity holdings could save him from future run-ins with the government’s top ethics watchdog. But it could also set him up with a sizable tax bill.

Private debt collection agencies that are collecting tax debts on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service have been forcing many taxpayers into payment plans they can’t afford.