Tax Relief: Getting Yourself a Wage Garnishment Release
Posted by LWM Team on Mon, Mar 08, 2010
If the IRS imposes a wage garnishment on you, it is important you are aware of how to get a wage garnishment release, should you quality for it.
The IRS may decide to serve you a wage garnishment if you have any unpaid taxes. In the event they decide to do this, they will warn you beforehand. However, the IRS must stick to certain strict procedures around wage garnishments.
You can get a wage garnishment release if you are not in default on your tax payments. The IRS needs you to be in default to go ahead and apply the wage garnishment on to your salary. You should contact them and let them know as soon as possible should you not have defaulted your tax payments.
Once the wage garnishment goes into effect, you get around 30 days or so warning beforehand, meaning you have a little time to prepare for the effects of the wage garnishment. The IRS can take whatever they want out of your earnings once they start, so preparing for what may come is important. Make sure you check the date it is due to begin.
To get the best chances of getting wage garnishment release, your best bet is to get the advice of a reliable tax professional who will be able to guide you and tell you if you quality for wage garnishment release. They may also be able to help you negotiate with the IRS, so that if you cannot get out of the wage garnishment, you may be able to at least get a better deal out of it.