Rappaport Tax Relief Blog: Expert Tips on IRS Issues
October 12, 2026Tax Resolution
The IRS sends dozens of different notices. Most of them are informational. A Final Notice of Intent to Levy is not. It means the IRS has finished warning you and is now authorized to take your money, garnish your wages, or seize your assets. What you do in the days after it arrives shapes every option still available to you. Key Takeaways A Final Notice of Intent to Levy…
Most people who owe the IRS don't lose their resolution options in one dramatic moment. They lose them gradually, while they're still deciding what to do. By the time enforcement arrives, several of those options are already gone, and the balance is larger than it was when the first notice arrived. Key Takeaways Each stage of the IRS collection sequence closes off…
September 21, 2026Tax Resolution
Ignoring an IRS notice doesn't make the debt disappear. It triggers a defined escalation sequence where each stage removes options that were available at the previous one. Understanding what that sequence looks like, where it leads, and what can interrupt it is the difference between a manageable resolution and a financial crisis that compounds quietly until it can't be…
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