Though the Internal Revenue Service does not take the collection of taxes lightly, the IRS is prevented by law from attempting to collect assets that a person needs to survive and to live a normal life. These necessities have been dubbed allowable living expenses, and they are the expenses a person must be able to
allowable living expenses
National and Local Standards
When a tax debtor is unable to meet his or her tax obligations, or more specifically, where the tax debtor’s attempt to meet those obligations would result in an untenable financial situation, the IRS is willing to make alternative arrangements. These arrangements include offers in compromise, whereby the tax liability owed by the tax debtor