The IRS has levied my wages. What can I do to remove the lien?

A wage levy is the most common tactic used by the IRS to force collections of your alleged IRS debt. The IRS contacts your current employer, demanding they withhold a certain percentage each pay period from your check in order to satisfy your tax liability. Should the employer ignore or refuse, they become responsible for your tax liability, so don’t expect your employer, no matter how many years you have been working for them, to not follow the IRS demands. The IRS will continue to garnish your wages until such time as they have collected the tax amount owed plus the interest and penalties they likely slapped you with. Unless you are very lucky and the IRS does not collect from you before the ten year statute of limitations has been reached, then you may be stuck with a wage levy. 

The IRS must follow certain guidelines when implementing a wage levy against you, and should they not follow the legal process your levy can be released through a tax levy appeal. You should be aware that the IRS would actually rather resolve your tax bill in a manner other than a wage levy. The IRS generally offers taxpayers the opportunity to make monthly payments on the tax bill until it is paid in full. If the IRS has levied a wage garnishment against you and you are having trouble making ends meet because of it, hiring a tax professional may signal the IRS that you are serious about resolving your tax bill and have hired a professional to help you do so. In general, the IRS will likely give a more favorable response regarding a wage levy to those who have hired a tax attorney and are seriously attempting to resolve their issues.