by Noah Green CPA CFE | Oct 22, 2026 | Tax Liens
The short version An Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax lien can complicate a mortgage refinance, but it does not automatically rule one out. A lien is the government’s legal claim against property for unpaid taxes. The IRS may agree to subordination, allowing a...
by Noah Green CPA CFE | Jul 6, 2026 | Tax Liens
By Noah Green, CPA, CFE, for Sheepdog Tax Resolution. The short version A filed Notice of Federal Tax Lien does not mean the IRS wins every priority fight. It means the IRS has put the world on public notice, and that notice changes who gets paid first when another...
by Noah Green CPA CFE | Jul 1, 2026 | Tax Liens
By Noah Green, CPA, CFE, for Sheepdog Tax Resolution. The short version The IRS does not have forever to collect. It generally gets 10 years from the date a tax is assessed. That deadline is the Collection Statute Expiration Date, or CSED. When it runs out, the debt...
by Noah Green CPA CFE | Jun 29, 2026 | Tax Liens
By Noah Green, CPA, CFE, for Sheepdog Tax Resolution. The short version When the IRS files its first Notice of Federal Tax Lien for a tax debt, it has to tell you, and it has to tell you in time, so you can ask for a Collection Due Process hearing. That hearing is...
by Noah Green CPA CFE | Jun 26, 2026 | Tax Liens
By Noah Green, CPA, CFE, for Sheepdog Tax Resolution. The short version There is more than one way to get a federal tax lien off your back, and they are not interchangeable. Some remove only the public notice while the lien quietly survives. One extinguishes the lien...
by Noah Green CPA CFE | Jun 22, 2026 | Tax Liens
By Noah Green, CPA, CFE, for Sheepdog Tax Resolution. The short version A Notice of Federal Tax Lien (the public document the IRS files to put creditors on notice that it has a claim against your property) can be challenged, but you have to challenge the right thing....
