TaxEsqBlog -by Ronald J. Cappuccio, J.D., LL.M.(Tax)

State Department denying passports! Under President Obama's urging, Congress in 2015 passed a nefarious law denying passports to taxpayers owing $50,000 or more To the IRS.  The State Department is now issuing letters denying passports to individuals owing taxes. If you owe taxes to the IRS you need to immediately contact a tax attorney to fight the issue to prevent losing your existing passport were being denied a passport renewal! Here is a letter issued this week from the State Department:

Prohibiting citizens from traveling abroad was the hallmark of many communist countries such as East Germany, the Soviet Union, Cuba, North Korea and China. Now, the US joins this dishonorable crowd by prohibiting travel by American citizens. Specifically, Congress and the previous Obama administration passed a law authorizing the State Department to revoke a passport of an American citizen if $50,000 or more of taxes are due. The IRS has a public pronouncement on this: https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/revocation-or-denial-of-passport-in-case-of-certain-unpaid-taxes The IRS claims that sometime in 2017 they are going to implement this draconian policy. We now have a new Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson. He can simply tell the IRS that he is not going to revoke anyone's passport. President Trump can make an Executive Order prohibiting any regulations enforcing this misguided law. Finally, and more importantly, Congress should immediately repeal   ...