In the United States 362 thousands of Americans cancel new or renewed passport if they do not settle overdue tax debts, said the IRS (Internal Revenue Service).
Recently, her representatives told about new details of the execution of the law, adopted in late 2015. Since February, the Agency counted 362 thousand «serious» debtors, each of which is obliged to pay the state more than $51 million
According to the procedure, the names of these «unscrupulous» taxpayers send to the State Department. In turn, the state Department confirmed that already had their passports confiscated some debtors. Finally, the procedure will be completed by the end of the year, according to the IRS.
The chief Commissioner, internal revenue service Mary Beth Murphy believes that the new measure is indeed effective. The official stressed that there was one case where the tax debtor paid a sum of $1 million to avoid punishment.
In addition, as of the end of June, 220 people have already paid $11.5 million of debt and 1,400 others have signed the agreement on the installment plan, according to an IRS spokesman.
Despite this, the national consultant in the support of taxpayers , Nina Olson criticizes the new procedure. The advocate believes that the IRS has to inform the debtor 30 days before the Agency will send their names to the state Department.
Olson also strongly recommends changes to the alert Americans about the deprivation of the passport. In the opinion of the consultant, the IRS is in his notification to the debtor to provide information about all the exceptions from the new law, and in a letter to the State Department, you need to add information about emergencies and exceptions on humanitarian grounds.
Here are some exceptionsthat can «rescue» the person from the deprivation of the document:
Identity theft;
If the innocent spouse relieve from liability for the debt;
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Bankruptcy;
When a person is in the affected area or serves in a combat zone.
Also a resident of the US, faced with this problem should know that before you take a passport, the state Department gives 90 daysso people have time:
To eliminate all the errors of the certification;
Full payment of the tax debt;
To find an alternative way out of the situation, agreed with the IRS.
If the passport is cancelled, it is possible to obtain again, making the entire amount of tax debt. After that, the service is supposed to withdraw the request to the Department within 30 days from the beginning of the solution to the debt issue.
