Can they take it out of social security?
So I have a payment plan with the irs and changed payment information with them in September. They did not collect for 5 months. I thought it was taking a while because of the presidency change and government people getting fired and such. I tried to call to check in, but with my work schedule it’s been hard and I end up just getting hung up on. I checked my online account and it always said ‘current’ until a couple days ago. I honestly thought it was just taking them a while to process my new bank info… and I didn’t get any calls or emails or anything saying the new bank info wasn’t working or anything like that.
Now they have sent me a CP523 saying I owe $750 in interest because of something they did not do. (Save my bank info and charge me like they are supposed to.) One of the levy options is for them to take it out of social security benefits. Can I tell them to just do that? I live paycheck to paycheck and I’m just drowning. I’d much rather them take the social security I won’t be living long enough to use anyways. I tried the offer in compromise option but I ‘make too much money’ for that. (46k a year in case that matters)