How does the IRS determine how much to garnish out of a social security check?
We recently found out that the IRS is garnishing my dad's social security check as well as his part-time paycheck due to previous unpaid taxes. Is this something they determine by a percentage? He has had emergency heart surgery, several complications, and it doesn't look like he'll be getting back to that part-time job. So would the IRS take less out of his social security check now? He won't have enough to live on if they don't decrease what they're taking out. Thanks for any help out there.
Public Comments
- Usually around 25%.
- Nothing will happen automatically to decrease the amount taken out. But your dad should talk to the IRS about this. If they agree that he has a legitimate problem, not of his own making, they might adjust the garnish amount.
- You father needs to call the IRS ASAP and make an agreement with them. An IRS garnishment (levy) is one of the worst. There is not a percentage they take, they take everything except a minimum to live on. Here is the chart of amounts exempt from levy for 2006 and 2007. http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p1494.pdf
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