http://www.bankruptcylawnetwork.com/2007/10/20/can-the-irs-take-my-social-security/ Real Lawyers, Real Solutions Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:25:57 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.bankruptcylawnetwork.com/2007/10/20/can-the-irs-take-my-social-security/comment-page-1/#comment-38439 Protect Social Security from IRS Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:40:08 +0000 http://www.bankruptcylawnetwork.com/2007/10/20/can-the-irs-take-my-social-security/#comment-38439 [...] When the IRS collects overdue tax from social security benefits it normally relies on the Federal Payment Levy Program.  This automated collection program takes 15% of your benefit and redirects it to the IRS.  The IRS first sends a notice to the delinquent taxpayer indicating a tax debt remains unpaid and warning that 15% of the social security benefit will be taken unless the taxpayer pays the tax or contacts the IRS about payment.  If there is no response, an offset notice is sent to the Social Security Administration and the money will be deducted from benefit payments until the tax is paid or the levy is lifted.  I have described this process and the manual levy that can take even more of the social security benefit in a previous article. [...] [...] When the IRS collects overdue tax from social security benefits it normally relies on the Federal Payment Levy Program.  This automated collection program takes 15% of your benefit and redirects it to the IRS.  The IRS first sends a notice to the delinquent taxpayer indicating a tax debt remains unpaid and warning that 15% of the social security benefit will be taken unless the taxpayer pays the tax or contacts the IRS about payment.  If there is no response, an offset notice is sent to the Social Security Administration and the money will be deducted from benefit payments until the tax is paid or the levy is lifted.  I have described this process and the manual levy that can take even more of the social security benefit in a previous article. [...]

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