Privacy Policy
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Our Role in Your Privacy
We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. By accessing or using the Website and engaging our services, you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.
Your Responsibilities
Read this Privacy Policy: It's important to understand how we handle your personal information.
Check our Contracts: If you're our customer, please review the contracts, including Engagement Agreements for our services, as they may contain further details on how we collect and process your data. These are available upon request at [email protected]
Submission of Information: If you provide us with personal information about yourself or other people, or if others give us your information, we will only use that information for the specific reason for which it was provided to us. By submitting the information, you confirm that you have the right to authorize us to process it on your behalf in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Information We Collect
Personal Information: We may collect personal information from you when you voluntarily provide it to us. The types of personal information we may collect include your name, email address, phone number, business information, and any other information you choose to provide.
Automatically Collected Information: When you visit our Website, we may automatically collect certain information about your device, browsing actions, and patterns. This information may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, and other technical information.
Cookies and Similar Technologies: We may use cookies and similar technologies (such as web beacons and pixels) to collect information and enhance your experience on our Website. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. You can control the use of cookies through your browser settings and other tools.
Use of Information
Provide and Improve Services: We use the information we collect to provide and improve our services to you. This includes facilitating comprehensive services to assist your business in maximizing the services we offer as outlined in our Terms and Conditions.
Communication: We may use your personal information to communicate with you, respond to your inquiries, and provide you with updates and information related to our services. We may also send you promotional and marketing communications if you have opted to receive them.
Analytics and Improvement: We may use the information collected to analyze trends, administer the Website, track users' movements, and gather demographic information for aggregate use. This helps us understand how our Website is used and improves its functionality and content.
Disclosure of Information
Service Providers and Subcontractors: We may disclose your personal information to third-party service providers and qualified subcontractors who assist us in delivering our services. These service providers and subcontractors are contractually obligated to protect your personal information and can only use it for the specific purposes for which it is disclosed.
Legal Compliance, Requirements, and Protection: We may use or disclose your personal information as necessary to comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, or governmental requests. We may also use and disclose your information to protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property, and that of our users, subcontractors, or the public, as permitted by law. Furthermore, we may disclose your information to enforce our Terms and Conditions or investigate potential violations.
Business Transfers: If Redo Tax is involved in a merger, acquisition, sale of assets, or other business transaction, your personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you via email or prominent notice on our Website of any such change in ownership or control of your personal information.
Data Security
We take reasonable measures to protect the security of your personal information and maintain its confidentiality. However, please be aware that no security measure is perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information. It is important that you protect your own information and take steps to secure your devices and accounts.
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Children's Privacy
Our services are not intended for individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe we may have collected personal information from a child, please contact us immediately and we will take appropriate steps to remove the information from our records.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with the updated "Last Updated" date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we collect, use, and protect your personal information.
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Can You Get a Passport If You Owe Back Taxes?
You’re planning your dream vacation, a beautiful 5-star hotel hand-picked in Palau: dreaming of its crystal-clear waters teeming with purple and pink jellyfish, a surreal and serene experience with a mai-tai in one hand, other hand shading your eyes from the blue-white rays of the sun. Ah.
When all of a sudden, you’re snapped back to reality. Some tax debts from 5 years you never paid have finally caught up to you.
When you go to renew your passport, they deny your application. What happened?
Can You Get a Passport If You Owe Back Taxes?
The question doesn’t have a simple yes or no answer. Passport denial is a lever the IRS can pull if they’ve found you particularly uncooperative in paying your taxes.
However, obtaining a passport or going through a passport renewal isn’t prohibited while you owe taxes.
The IRS may block your passport status only if you owe a significant debt and other interventions have not worked.
How Much Can I Owe in Taxes and Still Get a Passport?
As of 2024, the IRS may certify tax debt to the State Department only if an individual's liability exceeds $62,000. The liability threshold includes the individual’s back taxes, penalties, and accrued interest. The figure is also subject to annual adjustments for inflation, which can change the amount owed every year.
Even at this threshold, the IRS may decide not to implement the measure if the taxpayer is making a good-faith effort to pay back their taxes owed. Such an effort will generally include one of the following:
A confirmed offer in compromise, an agreement to pay off a lower amount of tax debt overall.
Regular payments on an installment agreement.
Is deemed “currently not collectible” due to hardship.
Can You Travel Internationally if You Owe Taxes?
A common question, your passport doesn’t automatically become voided when you owe taxes, even past the $62,000 threshold.
Therefore, international travel is often still possible even for those with substantial tax debts. The critical factor here is whether or not the IRS has certified the debt to the State Department. Absent such certification, your access to international travel will remain unrestricted.
However, if the IRS does choose to certify you have a seriously delinquent account to the State Department (that is, at least $62,000 owed) and it is approved, consequences may include passport revocation or limitations.
In certain instances, individuals may be issued a restricted passport solely for direct return to the United States.
Criteria for IRS Debt Certification to the State Department
The IRS does not indiscriminately certify all tax debts. We said earlier that it is a lever they will only pull for seriously delinquent accounts. Specifically, those for whom the following is true:
Persistent non-response to payment notices and demands
Failure to enter into an installment agreement or offer in compromise
Non-compliance with existing payment agreement terms
Neglect to file for innocent spouse relief when applicable
Not all of these factors must be present for the IRS to file to certify, but generally speaking, these are the criteria upon which the IRS relies to decide whether passport revocation or limitation is a good disincentive in this case.
Circumstances That Can Prevent Certification
Certain situations exempt tax debts from State Department notification:
Active participation in an installment agreement or offer in compromise
Suspension of collection due to innocent spouse relief request
Pending Collection Due Process hearing
Ongoing bankruptcy proceedings
These exemptions highlight the importance of engaging with the IRS and utilizing available tax resolution options.
Strategies to Prevent Passport Denial
Here are the steps you can take to avoid any passport-related complications due to your tax debt:
Full Payment: Settling tax liability in full is the most direct method to avoid passport issues.
Installment Agreement: If you cannot pay it back in full, you can establish a payment plan with the IRS to pay your tax debt off over time.
Offer in Compromise: In many cases, negotiating a reduced settlement is possible for those facing financial hardship.
Collection Due Process Hearing: If you dispute the amount of the debt, requesting a hearing can halt certain consequences, like passport denial.
Maintain Communication: Simply engaging in regular contact with the IRS can often prevent escalation to debt certification.
The Fastest Way to Get Your Passport Back
If you absolutely need your passport in the near future due to emergency circumstances, the IRS provides a process for expedited decertification (see Imminent travel plans).
To do so, you’ll likely have to plan a full debt resolution with the IRS or enter into a payment agreement, then you can request an urgent decertification.
Professional Guidance
Given the complexity of tax debt resolution and its potential impact on passport status, consulting with a qualified tax professional may be prudent. Expert guidance can facilitate navigation through tax resolution processes and help preserve travel capabilities.
Conclusion
Owing back taxes does not disqualify you from obtaining a passport. Passport denial and revocation are only used as a last resort by the IRS in cases of extreme tax delinquency.
With proper management of your tax obligations and keeping lines of communication open with the IRS, you will likely never face this consequence, so there is typically no need to worry about it.
