I have been working with a IRS employee with at $1300 tax bill. I have not ignored her calls, provided her with the information she requested. Anyhow, she placed a levy on my SSN at my bank. The only account I had at that account was a joint account I had with my daughter who is a college student. Needless to say, for a 12 hour period, the bank held the funds in her account--we did not know they were going to do this--I thought that since I was working with her, she would not take such a drastic action for such a small amount. I was wrong! The money was released the next business day, but the damage was already done-- she was charged several hundred dollars in overdraft fees, levy charges, etc.

I recall reading somewhere (don't remember where) that you can petition to have the fund reimbursed... is that true? If so, how? Where?

The sad thing is, the charges are more than was actually in the account to begin with!

Thanks

You can contact the IRS Tax Advocate (phone number can be found at Internal Revenue Service (http://www.irs.gov)) to determine if you have any recourse.