Last year, a new law expanded the Internal Revenue Service’s power over your passport. However, if you are on a payment plan, you may still be eligible for a passport.
But if you owe the IRS and you’re not on a payment plan, here’s what you need to know about the IRS, taxes, and your passport.
Read ArticleOne common question we get asked here at RushMyPassport is whether or not you can be denied a passport if you owe taxes. In most cases, the answer is no: the IRS does not share its tax data with the Department of State, and current law does not allow passports to be denied simply because you owe the government money (though if you’ve got a criminal case against you for tax evasion, that might be a different story).
Read ArticleWhenever you apply for a passport, you are required to provide your social security number, which is then forwarded to the Department of the Treasury. Does that mean that the government will withhold your new passport if you owe the IRS money?
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