Discussion:Hold on account and POA
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| 29 September 2009 | |
| Can (will) the IRS put a hold on taxpayer's account without getting a POA. There is an intent to levy and client is currently unavailable for conf call/sign POA.
I thought that sometimes the IRS will put a hold on the account even without POA. Thank you. | |
| 29 September 2009 | |
| They can put a hold on the account but they cannot tell you they put a hold on the account. | |
| 29 September 2009 | |
| gotcha. I called IRS and agent said he would be breaking the law. I might call again and see if I get a different answer. | |
Outwesttax (talk|edits) said: | 29 September 2009 |
| "There is an intent to levy and client is currently unavailable for conf call/sign POA. "
Client's problem not yours, don't make it yours. | |
| 29 September 2009 | |
| what is a 'hold' on an account, I only know about levies on accounts. | |
| 29 September 2009 | |
| It is routine to get a "hold' or suspension of collections, for 10, 30, 60 days etc. to deal with a case. | |
| 29 September 2009 | |
| ah, I thought this was referring to a hold (but not a levy) on the taxpayer's bank account. thanks for the clarification. | |
| 29 September 2009 | |
| As far as I know, the IRS will not put a hold on an account without prior authorization from client or POA. It depends on where the case is on the timeline as to how much time you have to get that hold before the levy. I would think that you may have more time to get signatures. I agree with Outwesttax, it would be the client's problem if there was a levy. These notices of intent to levy do not show up out of the blue, there is a progression before it reaches that point. Did the client not send you anything prior to this notice? As long as you do your due diligence to contact the client to get this resolved, you can only do so much. | |
| 29 September 2009 | |
| I have had it done. I called to get a hold before the POA had posted. Since I was not asking for information, it did not violate disclosure rules. However, they could not confirm that a hold was on the account. I called back a couple of days later after the POA had posted and they confirmed that a hold had been put on the account. | |
| 30 September 2009 | |
| Thanks everyone....I called an agent (the 2nd one I talked with) and was able to get a 30 day hold on the account. | |
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