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Benefits can be levied by the IRS.
Through the Federal Payment Levy Program (FPLP), Social Security benefit payments outlined in Title II of the Social Security Act, Federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Benefits, are subject to the 15-percent levy, to pay your delinquent tax debt.
However, benefit payments, such as lump sum death benefits and benefits paid to children, will not be included in the FPLP. Additionally, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments, under Title XVI, and payments with partial withholding to repay a debt owed to Social Security will not be levied through the FPLP.
Before your Social Security benefits are included in the FPLP, we will send you a final notice of our intent to levy, with appeal rights, if one has not already been issued. If we don’t hear from you, or if you have already received this notice, we will send you an additional notice CP 91 or CP 298, Final Notice Before Levy on Social Security Benefits, explaining that your Social Security benefits may be levied.
See Tax Information for Appeals for additional information about your appeal rights.
You have 30 days from the date of this notice to make arrangements to pay your tax debt before we begin deducting 15 percent from your monthly benefit. See Topic 201, The Collection Process, Publication 594, The IRS Collection Process, and Publication 1, Your Rights as a Taxpayer, for additional information.
Because the FPLP is used to satisfy tax debts, the IRS may levy your Social Security benefits regardless of the amount. This is different from the 1996 Debt Collection Improvement Act which states that the first $750 of monthly Social Security benefits is off limits to satisfy non-tax debts. Fifteen percent of the Social Security benefit will be levied through the FPLP regardless of whether or not the remaining benefit sent to you is less than $750.
How we get an Immediate Release of Wage or Bank Levy:
1. We immediately send a power of attorney to the IRS letting them know we are now your representative. You will never have to speak them.
2. We will make sure your tax returns are filed and current. If they are not filed, we will prepare and file your tax returns.
3. We will secure a required 433-F (IRS financial statement), verify the income and expenses and work out a settlement agreement.
4. Settlement agreements can be in different forms:
a. Hardship. Hardship cases usually go into a 3 year suspended status because of an inability to pay. This is also called currently noncollectable.
b Payment Agreements are agreed upon monthly installment payments to the IRS.
c. Offer in Compromise. A much longer and detailed process of tax settlement. We will discuss in detail with you the merits of each.
5. The IRS will then fax to your payroll department, bank, or third party a Release Of Levy.
