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Tax

Feb. 9, 2017

Amid Trump ban, IRS moves to revoke passports for tax debt

Bon Voyage might turn to Non Voyage if you owe the IRS more than $50,000. By Robert W. Wood

Robert W. Wood

Managing Partner
Wood LLP

333 Sacramento St
San Francisco , California 94111-3601

Phone: (415) 834-0113

Fax: (415) 789-4540

Email: wood@WoodLLP.com

Univ of Chicago Law School

Wood is a tax lawyer at Wood LLP, and often advises lawyers and litigants about tax issues.

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By Robert W. Wood

President Donald Trump's executive order on travel may be generating big protests, but an Internal Revenue Service missive on travel and passports may not go down too well either. More than a year ago, in H.R.22, Congress gave the IRS a new weapon to collect taxes. Tax Code Section 7345 is labeled, "Revocation or Denial of Passport in Case of Certain Tax Delinquencies." The law isn't limited to criminal tax cases, or even cases w...

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