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The GMD Tax Law blog provides practical information about IRS tax problems, Massachusetts Department of Revenue issues, tax collections, liens, levies, penalties, and other tax resolution matters.

Browse the latest articles below, or visit our IRS Tax Relief and Massachusetts State Tax Issues pages for information about specific tax problems.

Employee paycheck representing an IRS wage garnishment without a court order.

Can the IRS Garnish My Wages Without Going to Court?

Wad of cash representing money taken through an IRS wage garnishment.

How Much Can the IRS Garnish From Your Paycheck?

Taxpayer reviewing a paycheck after receiving an IRS wage garnishment notice.

How Do I Stop IRS Wage Garnishment?

Taxpayer reviewing empty bank account after IRS bank levy

How Much Money Can the IRS Take From My Bank Account?

Taxpayer reviewing frozen bank account after IRS levy notice

Can the IRS Freeze My Bank Account?

Taxpayer reviewing an IRS Notice of Federal Tax Lien while calculating how long an IRS tax lien remains in effect.

How Long Does an IRS Lien Last?

Taxpayer reviewing IRS tax lien notice and financial documents

What Happens After the IRS Files a Tax Lien?

Taxpayer reviewing IRS tax lien documents and credit report

Does an IRS Tax Lien Affect Your Credit?

Comparison of an IRS tax lien and an IRS bank levy

IRS Tax Lien vs. IRS Levy: What’s the Difference?

Taxpayer reviewing IRS collection notices before a bank levy

Which IRS Notices Come Before a Levy?

IRS notices before bank levy enforcement action

How Many IRS Notices Before a Levy?

IRS levy notice and bank account documents reviewed during tax debt resolution

How Do I Get an IRS Levy Released?