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Well in the old days and most part of the world I wouldn't expect Government to take money directly from my account.

But is that the case with IRS in US?



Generally the way it works for IRS is:

(1) IRS warns you a lot

(2) You ignore

(3) IRS takes money from the bank

(4) you can prob take them to court, but court isn't required for them to pull your money

Any time you owe someone money it works similar

(1) you owe someone money

(2) you never pay them

(3) they are angry/rich enough to sue you for that money

(4) the court orders you to pay them

(5) you still never pay them

(6) they are angry/rich enough to go back to the court, show all the times you demanded payment and never got paid

(7) court may or may not order the money forcefully returned


No, I'd expect the Government to seize my physical assets and auction them off. Not sure it's very different.


They can, yes.




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