The IRS Just Updated Its Collection Process Guide for 2026 – Clear Start Tax Highlights What Taxpayers Should Know Before the Notices Start

The agency's revised collection process publication outlines the steps the IRS takes when a taxpayer falls behind - ...

Most Taxpayers Don’t Know Which IRS Program They Qualify For – Clear Start Tax Breaks Down the Four Options

Offer in Compromise, Installment Agreement, Currently Not Collectible, and Penalty Abatement each solve a different ...
Morningstar

Most Taxpayers Don't Know Which IRS Program They Qualify For - Clear Start Tax Breaks Down the Four Options

Offer in Compromise, Installment Agreement, Currently Not Collectible, and Penalty Abatement each solve a different problem - and taxpayers who confuse them often end up in the wrong one. IRVINE, CA / ...
Columbus Dispatch

The IRS’s $66,000 Tax Debt Cap on Passports Just Adjusted for Inflation – Clear Start Tax Explains What’s New for 2026 Travelers

Federal law allows the IRS to flag seriously delinquent tax debt for the State Department, which can deny, revoke, or restrict passports – and the threshold quietly climbed again for 2026. IRVINE, CA ...
The Florida Times-Union

OIC, IA, CNC, Penalty Abatement – Clear Start Tax Explains Which IRS Program Fits Which Taxpayer

The IRS offers four core resolution programs, each tailored to a different financial profile – and choosing the wrong one can mean months of delay or an outright rejection. IRVINE, CA / ACCESS ...
Livingston Daily

IRS Warns of New Scam Targeting Taxpayers With Fake ‘Fresh Start’ Offers – Clear Start Tax Shares How to Stay Protected

Fraudulent schemes exploiting the IRS Fresh Start Program are on the rise, putting vulnerable taxpayers at risk of financial loss. IRVINE, CA / ACCESS Newswire / September 17, 2025 / The Internal ...
Knoxville News Sentinel

What Happens After You Owe the IRS? Clear Start Tax Shares Its Client Resolution Data and the Programs Behind the Outcomes

Across Clear Start Tax clients who enroll in resolution services, roughly four in ten qualify for an installment-based plan, three in ten settle for less than they owe, and the rest are placed in ...

Automatic First-Time Penalty Abatement Arrives in 2026 – Clear Start Tax Explains Who the IRS Now Forgives Without Asking

As of the 2025 filing season, the IRS is applying First-Time Abatement automatically - without requiring taxpayers to ...
Morningstar

IRS Automated Collection System Resumes Paused Notices - Clear Start Tax Warns Taxpayers to Open Their Mail

After years of slowed collection activity, the IRS Automated Collection System is generating notices, liens, and levies again - and many taxpayers will receive letters about balances they had assumed ...

Bank Levies Take 21 Days Before Funds Move - Clear Start Tax Explains the Narrow Window Taxpayers Have to Act

When the IRS Freezes a Bank Account, the Bank is Required to Hold the Funds for 21 Days Before Sending Them - a Narrow Window in Which an Experienced Taxpayer Can Sometimes Secure a Release IRVINE, CA ...