<prompt> Human: Now besides the obvious which is forking over 14k, any advice on what we can do to address this issue? Understandably shes too upset to talk to me about it.For starters, I want to suggest her hiring a Tax Attorney. I dont know what their range is. Also, I want to check with her if they had settled on an installment plan or something. Due to time constraints, I did help her file an extension this year via turbotax and we got an email that it was approved. So I doubt that was the reason why.In previous years, we had filed on time and they had taken all the money and applied toward her balance. Just wondering why the freeze all of a sudden.Regardless, what are the best steps to go about this, to ensure we can unfreeze her account and of course keep Uncle Sam happy?Thanks in advanceEDIT: New developments.. it turns out it may not actually be from the IRS itself. She did go to the bank and they said while they couldnt see exactly who froze the account, it was actually garnished wages from a laywer. We will reach out to the lawyer on Monday when they open to get more info but we had suspected the IRS at first because of her current status with them. Thank you all for the advice. I will present these options to her once we clear up whats going on with the lawyer first. I dont think the IRS would go thru a lawyer to do this to her income.  <response>: IRS only reaches out to taxpayer through written notices first. Your mother shouldve received a notice of demand. The letter itself should explain in detail what the tax dues are associated with. If she didnt receive one, you should call IRS and request a copy.Also filing an extension to file does not grant an extension to pay, so hopefully youve made enough payments with her extensions, otherwise there will be interest and penalties on the tax due starting from April 18th.You dont need attorneys for this, an experienced CPA would be sufficient to deal with the IRS and they are way cheaper in comparison to lawyers. Somewhere in the range of 300 per hour or for a flat fee. She will have to sign a form 2848, Power of Attorney with the CPA to represent her in front of the IRS. 