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David Selig of Selig & Associates sounds off on a bill that would allow the government to revoke passports for delinquent tax payments over $50K.
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Well if you -- more than 50000 dollars to BI arrests -- say your tax delinquent and the punishment.
No payment no passport joining us now is federal tax practitioner David -- David you're really not about this but -- To me there's a certain amount of logic I mean if you -- 50000 dollars seems like maybe your flight risks -- taking away your passport makes sense now now yeah yeah.
Totally outrageous you know this administration has been nothing but welcoming -- illegal aliens and yet.
Honest Americans -- -- not charged of any wrongdoing not charged with a crime.
Just met this arbitrary standard.
Might have their liberty their autonomy restricted.
And I want to tell you that the government makes mistakes.
Well you may not in fact owed this money all they need do is file -- -- You may find out about that when you're off your honeymoon we're going out on vacation and to try to correct that little core agenda him.
We'll take months it's not something that's going to be fixed in a matter of.
Days it's like it I mean it's -- to believe that the government really would really act that quickly.
You know that your behind 50000 -- boom you know they take away your passport it seems like you would know about it that would have been some sort of back and forth.
That's not the way this provision is written in the senate bill this 1813 says -- -- is filed your name most -- appear on a -- -- And how does it take for the put a lien against I mean it hasn't that been a wild back and forth with them telling you what you -- -- not necessarily -- it depends on the facts and circumstances all the government house to be interest that in that is protecting their position.
A lot of people have leans against them they're not even aware of that for instance a liability that may -- -- corporate -- made in nor do an individual who.
Really wasn't involved in the dated a actions of the business and now they're on the hook.
Perhaps for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
And they find out about it in the most unfortunate of ways we really have to resist this it smacks of something that took place once before.
I think it was 1933.
In Germany -- expression of stroke.
They would say.
-- -- Practical and -- and that went with words and deeds will tell you what to -- tissue there I don't have.
Up 50000 dollars -- -- they come up with that number OK that's a very -- thing thing apparently they must've done some sort of cost and risk analysis.
And decided that the people who couldn't come up with a lesser amount.
We're just going to waste a lot of money time and resources 50000 dollars is most likely going to be a businessperson perhaps some professional -- such.
And this is a great way to.
Put the screws them and make them pay something they may not even now sports a privilege it's not a right.
That's very true but.
The presumption of innocence seems to have just been initiated in this bill I did my best David thank you so I -- -- appreciate it interesting topic there.
