On February 13, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed summary judgment in favor of a defendant law firm accused of violating the FDCPA when it sent the plaintiff a collection ...

With tax season kicking into high gear, the IRS is also ramping up its efforts to collect outstanding payments from the last few years. As the Detroit Free Press reports, IRS letters known as LT38 ...

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In Bordeaux v. LTD Fin. Servs., L.P., a Third Circuit district court granted summary judgment to the defendants in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) case. In its holding, the court ...

The IRS collection letters are arriving in mailboxes once again. And if you get one, tax professionals say, please, don't throw it in a drawer and ignore it. The automated reminder notices resumed in ...

If a letter arrives in your mailbox, that doesn't necessarily mean it's legitimate. The envelope arrives in the mail and looks official, and it has important documents stamped on it, or time-sensitive ...

For the first time since the pandemic, the Internal Revenue Service is sending out collection letters. And while no one wants to look in their mailbox and see a letter from the tax agency, the letter ...

Could your debt be reduced or forgiven? Take our financial relief quiz. Before a debt collector can pursue you for a debt, they are generally required to first send you a debt validation letter. This ...

Collection letters from the IRS are going out in the mail again after a two-year pause. The automated reminder notices started up again in January after they had been halted temporarily due to the ...