If there is a federal tax lien on your home, you must satisfy the lien before you can sell or refinance your home. There are a number of options to satisfy the tax lien.
Help resources. Centralized Lien Operation — To resolve basic and routine lien issues: verify a lien, request lien payoff amount, or release a lien, call 800-913-6050 or e-fax 855-390-3530.
How a lien affects you. Assets — A lien attaches to all of your assets (such as property, securities, vehicles) and to future assets acquired during the duration of the lien. Credit — Once the IRS files a Notice of Federal Tax Lien, it may limit your ability to get credit.
Complete Form 14135, Application for Certificate of Discharge of Federal Tax Lien attached with this publication.
The IRS generally has 10 years – from the date your tax was assessed – to collect the tax and any associated penalties and interest from you. This time period is called the Collection Statute Expiration Date (CSED).
More detailed information on each filing status can be found in IRS Publication 501, "Exemptions, Standard Deduction, and Filing Information."
Requesting copies by phone — 800-TAX-FORM (800-829-3676).
To get a copy, visit the IRS web site at .irs under the “Forms and Pubs” section. It can be accessed directly at ftp.fedworld/pub/irs- pdf/p17. pdf. Or it can be ordered by calling 1-800-829-3676.
To order these instructions and additional forms, go to .irs/form1099s or call 1-800-TAX-FORM (1-800-829-3676). Caution: Because paper forms are scanned during processing, you cannot file Forms 1096, 1097, 1098, 1099, 3921, 3922, or 5498 that you print from the IRS website.