Written By: Michael Vale Reviewed By: Bridgette Austin, Esq., EA, Co-Founder and Tax Attorney Last Reviewed: August 21, 2026 Yes, you can file back taxes even if you have no W-2s, no 1099s, and no shoebox of receipts. The IRS already holds most of the income data...
Written By: Michael Vale Reviewed By: Bridgette Austin, Esq., EA, Co-Founder and Tax Attorney Last Reviewed: August 19, 2026 Yes, you can sell or refinance a home that has an IRS tax lien on it. People do it every month. The lien makes the deal harder, not impossible,...
Written By: Michael Vale Reviewed By: Bridgette Austin, Esq., EA, Co-Founder and Tax Attorney Last Reviewed: August 17, 2026 Yes, the IRS can garnish 1099 wages, though not the way it docks an employee’s paycheck. There’s no employer to withhold a slice...
Written By: Michael Vale Reviewed By: Bridgette Austin, Esq., EA, Co-Founder and Tax Attorney Last Reviewed: August 15, 2026 Yes. The IRS can garnish Social Security. It uses a program called the Federal Payment Levy Program to take 15% of your monthly retirement,...
Written By: Michael Vale Reviewed By: Bridgette Austin, Esq., EA, Co-Founder and Tax Attorney Last Reviewed: August 13, 2026 A CP2100 notice isn’t an audit, and it isn’t a penalty. It means the IRS found a name and TIN combination on your 1099 filings that...
Written By: Michael Vale Reviewed By: Bridgette Austin, Esq., EA, Co-Founder and Tax Attorney Last Reviewed: August 11, 2026 A CP14 is the first balance-due notice the IRS sends, and it starts the clock on collection. If one just arrived, you are not in serious...
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