{"id":261,"date":"2011-06-29T16:58:37","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T16:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxdebtadvisors.com\/blog\/?p=261"},"modified":"2022-08-22T16:23:52","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T16:23:52","slug":"form-8546-claim-for-reimbursement-of-bank-charges-incurred-due-to-erroneous-services-levy-or-misplaced-payment-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taxdebtadvisors.com\/blog\/form-8546-claim-for-reimbursement-of-bank-charges-incurred-due-to-erroneous-services-levy-or-misplaced-payment-check\/","title":{"rendered":"Form 8546:  Claim for Reimbursement of Bank Charges Incurred Due to Erroneous Services Levy or Misplaced Payment Check"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>IRS Form 8546<\/h1>\n<p>Yes, the IRS is known for making mistakes from time to time.\u00a0 When the IRS, by known mistake, levies one of your accounts and you have proof or substantial documentation Form 8546 can be filed to get reimbursed for the expense.<\/p>\n<p>Is it worth filing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/pub\/irs-pdf\/f8546.pdf\">Form 8546<\/a>?\u00a0 Yes, depending on the circumstances and the amount that you are asking the IRS to refund.\u00a0 However, usually charges are relatively small amounts and is only going to be worth\u00a0it if that taxpayer prepares and files\u00a0Form 8546\u00a0on his or her own as the fee a professional might have to charge would nearly equal the amount you are trying to get refunded.<\/p>\n<p>What expenses will the IRS refund?\u00a0 The IRS will refund bank charges that include a financial institution&#8217;s\u00a0customary charge for complying with the levy instructions and charges for overdrafts that are a direct consequence of an erroneous levy.\u00a0 In addition, there are times when a taxpayer&#8217;s check may be lost or misplaced in processing.\u00a0 When the IRS asks for a replacement check, the taxpayer maybe reimbursed for bank charges incurred in stopping payment on the original check.\u00a0 The charges must have been paid by the taxpayer and must not have been waived or reimbursed by the financial institution. All claims must be filed within one year after the expense.<\/p>\n<p>Form 8546 is a one page form with a one page instruction.\u00a0 Please read the entire form before submitting and be sure your claim meets all the requirements.\u00a0\u00a0Include copies of required documents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IRS Help from Tax Debt Advisors, Inc &#8211; Scott Allen, E.A.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3155 E Southern Ave\u00a0 Ste 101\u00a0 Mesa, AZ\u00a0 85204\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getirsoffmyback.com\">www.getirsoffmyback.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IRS Form 8546 Yes, the IRS is known for making mistakes from time to time.\u00a0 When the IRS, by known mistake, levies one of your accounts and you have proof or substantial documentation Form 8546 can be filed to get reimbursed for the expense. Is it worth filing Form 8546?\u00a0 Yes, depending on the circumstances [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,26,60],"tags":[88],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taxdebtadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taxdebtadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taxdebtadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taxdebtadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taxdebtadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/taxdebtadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7346,"href":"https:\/\/taxdebtadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261\/revisions\/7346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taxdebtadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taxdebtadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taxdebtadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}