The IRS is garnishing your wages
The IRS has issued a wage garnishment levy against your employer, and portions of your paycheck are being withheld and sent to the IRS.
What wage garnishment means
It's an active collection action
The IRS has determined your account requires enforced collection and is taking funds directly from your paycheck.
The underlying debt is significant
Wage garnishment means unpaid taxes, penalties, and interest have accumulated to a point where the IRS is taking enforcement action.
Your options are limited until you know the numbers
Payment plans, settlements, or even financial hardship relief depend on understanding exactly what you owe and why garnishment is happening.
You need complete account information to address this.
What's owed, what accounts are in garnishment, and what would change the levy status.
What a compliance review does
A compliance review uses IRS records to document:
- •Total amount owed and breakdown by tax year
- •Which accounts are currently in garnishment
- •Principal, penalties, and interest amounts
- •What payment or resolution would release the levy
You'll have verified information about what's driving the garnishment.
This tells you what would release the levy and what your realistic options are for payment or resolution.