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What does it mean when you have a tax warrant?
A tax warrant is a legal action against you and creates a lien against your real and personal property.
It’s considered very negative and can cause your credit scores to drop significantly.
Even worse, under federal law, unpaid tax liens can remain on credit reports indefinitely, though in practice credit bureaus may remove them after a decade or so.
The Florida Tax Collection Process
The Florida Department of Revenue begins the collection process when a taxpayer fails to file a return, fails to make a payment, underpays the amount due, files late, pays late, or owes additional money that was discovered in an audit.
A delinquency notice (Notice of Delinquency) is issued when a return is not filed and a bill (Notice of Amount Due) is issued when a return is filed late or additional money is due.
The delinquency notice indicates a return has not been filed, while the initial bill contains a breakdown of the additional amount due.
It is extremely important to take prompt action when you receive a delinquency notice or bill.
Penalties and interest continue to accumulate until the entire amount of the tax due is paid.
If the debt remains unpaid for 90 days, the Department will charge a 10% administrative collection processing fee to cover the costs of collecting the debt.
Has a Florida Tax Warrant Been Issue Already?
Under Florida tax law, the Department of Revenue (DOR) can issue a tax warrant, which is effectively the same as a lien, when you or your company fail to pay allegedly past due taxes.
This puts into place various collection actions and penalties against you or your business.
Your wages can be garnished, your bank accounts frozen, and both can be used to pay the back taxes.
Assets and property that you own can be seized, put up for sale and the proceeds used to pay off your tax debt.
The DOR can revoke your business licenses and, even when your debt is paid, the Florida tax warrant will stay on your credit history for 7-10 years.
If these consequences were not enough, the Daily interest accrues on the unpaid balance of your debt and a 10% warrant penalty is assessed on the taxes you owe.
This is on top of a 10% per month penalty for the first five months the amounts are unpaid.
What Taxpayers Can Do if Unable to Pay in Full
The first thing you should do was call us today and get immediate tax help and attention and find out the best way to resolve the situation immediately.
You the taxpayer will be required to provide financial documents that support their inability to pay the debt in full.
The taxpayer should also be prepared to pay a minimum of 25% down and the full balance within a year.
Taxpayer Rights Advocate
The Taxpayer Rights Advocate helps resolve taxpayer problems and complaints not solved through normal channels. Read the Florida Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights.
If a taxpayer believes that they have not been treated fairly by the Department, they should try to resolve the issues/problems through normal channels.
If this has already been done but the taxpayer still believes the Department has not addressed the concerns, contact the:
Taxpayer Rights Advocate at 850-617-8168 or write to:
Taxpayer Rights Advocate , Florida Department of Revenue PO Box 5906 Tallahassee FL 3231
Where the Tax Warrant Filed
The warrant or lien is a public record filed with the Clerk of Court or other government office in the county where the taxpayer is located.
The list is published according to section 213.053(19), Florida Statutes.
Unauthorized use of this information is prohibited by Florida law.
The list will be updated every 30 days.
If your name or business name appears on the list and you want to resolve your tax liability, contact your local Department of Revenue service center.
Call us today for immediate help if you have a Florida tax warrant, we are located in South Florida.
