{"id":16285,"date":"2016-07-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/tax-liens-and-what-you-can-do-to-revive-your-credit\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T15:15:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T15:15:52","slug":"tax-liens-and-what-you-can-do-to-revive-your-credit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/tax-liens-and-what-you-can-do-to-revive-your-credit\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax Liens and What You Can Do to Revive Your Credit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#039;s the version of tax resolution the late-night commercials sell you. Then there&#039;s how it actually works. I&#039;m Darrin Mish, a Tampa tax attorney. I&#039;ve spent 32 years on the inside of these cases. Here&#039;s the real version.<\/p>\n<p>When a person fails to pay their tax debt, a federal lien can be placed against their property. Such a lien protects the government\u2019s interest in all your property, which includes real estate, personal property, and financial assets.<a href=\"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/tag\/tax-lien\/\"> A federal lien goes live after the IRS assesses your liability and puts your \u201cbalance due\u201d on the books<\/a>. They\u2019ll also send you a bill explaining how much you owe (Notice and Demand for Payment). If you still neglect, or refuse, to fully pay your debt in time, the IRS files a public document to alert creditors that the government has a legal right to your property.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/category\/irs-problem\/\">Click here to read or watch more IRS Problem resources.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once alerted, creditors will place this information on your credit report. That\u2019s when life gets interesting. Your credit is negatively impacted. Your purchasing power and ability to get auto loans, school loans, or credit loans will be compromised.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16286 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/getirshelp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/infographic-129-Tax-Liens-and-What-You-Can-Do-Revive-Your-Credit.jpg\" alt=\"infographic-129-Tax Liens and What You Can Do Revive Your Credit\" width=\"800\" height=\"3902\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Share this Image On Your Site<\/h3>\n<p><textarea style=\"width: 540px; height: 100px;\">&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please include attribution to http:\/\/getirshelp.com\/ with this graphic.&lt;\/strong&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#8217;http:\/\/getirshelp.com\/tax-liens-and-what-you-can-do-to-revive-your-credit\/&#8217;&gt;&lt;img src=&#8217;http:\/\/getirshelp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/infographic-129-Tax-Liens-and-What-You-Can-Do-Revive-Your-Credit.jpg&#8217; alt=&#8221; width=&#8217;800&#8242; border=&#8217;0&#8242; \/&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;p&gt;<\/textarea><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#039;s the version of tax resolution the late-night commercials sell you. Then there&#039;s how it actually works. I&#039;m Darrin Mish, a Tampa tax attorney. I&#039;ve spent 32 years on the inside of these cases. Here&#039;s the real version. When a person fails to pay their tax debt, a federal lien can be placed against their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[592],"tags":[127],"class_list":["post-16285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irs-problem","tag-tax-lien"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16285"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22797,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16285\/revisions\/22797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}