Skip to content

Recent Posts

  • Taxgirl Goes To The Movies: Star Wars
  • Looking For Tax Breaks?
  • Taxgirl Goes Back To The Movies In 2025
  • Here’s What You Need To Know About Submitting Tax Questions
  • Looking For More Great Tax Content?

Most Used Categories

  • individual (1,314)
  • politics (862)
  • IRS news/announcements (753)
  • tax policy (582)
  • ask the taxgirl (543)
  • prosecutions, felonies and misdemeanors (479)
  • just for fun (478)
  • state & local (403)
  • pop culture (399)
  • charitable organizations (389)
Skip to content
Taxgirl

Taxgirl

Because paying taxes is painful… but reading about them shouldn’t be.

  • About Taxgirl
  • Info
    • My Disclaimer
    • A Word (or More) About Your Privacy
    • Subscribe
  • Ask The Taxgirl
  • Comments
  • Taxgirl Podcast
    • Podcast Season 1
    • Podcast Season 2
    • Podcast Season 3
  • Contact
  • Home
  • debt collections

Tag: debt collections

What To Know About Taxes When You Can’t Pay Your Credit Card & Other Bills

What To Know About Taxes When You Can’t Pay Your Credit Card & Other Bills

Kelly Phillips ErbOctober 23, 2020January 10, 2021

There was an article that circulated recently suggesting that bankruptcies didn’t peak as expected. If the folks who are reaching out to me are any

Read More
IRS Will Limit Collections Activities During COVID-19 Crisis

IRS Will Limit Collections Activities During COVID-19 Crisis

Kelly Phillips ErbMarch 25, 2020May 5, 2020

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced a series of steps to assist taxpayers impacted by COVID-19. Relief ranges from easing payment guidelines to postponing compliance actions.

Read More

Congress, Ignoring History, Considers Turning Over Tax Debts To Private Collection Agencies

Kelly Phillips ErbMay 20, 2014July 31, 2020

The tax gap in the United States is estimated to be about $385 billion. The tax gap is the difference between what the Internal Revenue

Read More

IRS Reverses Course On Collections

Kelly Phillips ErbMarch 7, 2009May 16, 2020

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Doug Shulman has announced that the IRS will not renew its contracts with two private debt collection agencies. Those contracts

Read More

Indebted To Uncle Sam?

Kelly Phillips ErbAugust 14, 2006November 14, 2019

You can’t turn on the TV lately without seeing those ads from so-called “debt counseling” services that offer to reduce or eliminate your credit card

Read More
© 2005-2022, Kelly Phillips Erb | Theme: BlockWP by Candid Themes.
Skip to content
Open toolbar Accessibility Tools

Accessibility Tools

  • Increase TextIncrease Text
  • Decrease TextDecrease Text
  • GrayscaleGrayscale
  • High ContrastHigh Contrast
  • Negative ContrastNegative Contrast
  • Light BackgroundLight Background
  • Links UnderlineLinks Underline
  • Readable FontReadable Font
  • Reset Reset
  • SitemapSitemap
  • FeedbackFeedback