[Red in Blue PA]

So then this means that Timothy Geithner and Al Sharpton will not be able to travel, as the laws will be implemented across the board to everyone/s

[Bryanw92]

>>grant the State Department authority to deny, revoke or limit the passports of any taxpayer certified by the IRS to owe more than $50,000 in seriously delinquent taxes.

This is not merely “late on your taxes” as the misleading headline implies. Save the breathless hysteria for DU and the MSM.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

But gov employees and illegal aliens are exempt, right?

[Dr.Deth]

Your papers please.

[ConservativeMind]

It means foreign nationals with passports who have ever paid income tax get to permanently stay if they chose to not now pay.

[bert]

No of course not

You failed to consider prosecutorial discretion

there will be no case against either Geitner nor Sharpton if the prosecutor decides not to bring charges.

the corollary to the prosecutorial discretion axiom is the IRS shall not investigate a case that will ultimately result in prosecutorial discretion

[Ouderkirk]

Are they going to fire federal employees who are delinquent too?

[wastoute]

Just watch how fast they can build the wall when people are trying to leave.

[I want the USA back]

Any headline that includes the word “may” is not saying anything and can be ignored.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

It has long been common practice in the US and elsewhere, that when someone is accused of a serious crime, they must “turn in their passport” until the legal process has worked its works.

The difference here, perhaps, is that instead of a potential criminal charge, the passport is taken away for a civil accusation, or to prevent “debt evasion” from the government.

This does need to be watched carefully, to insure that it *never* reaches into the domain of private debt. If it does, a debt collection agency might be able to say, “Mr. John Smith owes us $3,000, so we want his passport taken away until he pays us back.”

This is not far-fetched, because many debt collection agencies are using the courts for indirect debtors prisons. That is, they sue the debtor, but use minimal notification to the debtor of the court date, then when they do not show up, they ask the judge for a bench warrant for contempt of court, with bail set as the amount of the debt. So they are put in jail until either they or a relative coughs up the money.

[mkjessup]

This is yet another reason why it is a good idea to obtain a second passport. Not cheap, but what price would you put on your unrestricted freedom to travel?

You can travel legally under a second (foreign) passport, OR you could always try your chances crossing into Canada along our ill-defended northern border, or perhaps start paddling into the ocean from Florida.

How ironic would that be? Americans turning old cars into boats to escape our federal tyranny just like the Cubans used to do to escape Castro's Cuba?

[Pearls Before Swine]

I tried to find Section 32101 in the index, but it isn’t there.

[C. Edmund Wright]

So then this means that Timothy Geithner and Al Sharpton will not be able to travel, as the laws will be implemented across the board to everyone/s

Ha, yeah....good one. As you know of course, the protected, the connected, the offended, will not have any problems with the IRS. Only white conservatives.

BTW, any country that must "fence in" it's citizens - physically or financially - is NOT a great country.

[Mr. Jeeves]

It means if you do business internationally, you don't dare even open a dispute with the IRS or your whole operation might be forced to shut down.

Between this and FATCA, I'm getting the impression Team Bankster/Government really doesn't want any upstart citizens doing business outside the country - only the multi-nationals they control.

[bgill]

Would paying my taxes on time mean they find mine that was supposedly stolen out of a US diplomatic packet somewhere in Russia? No, didn’t think so.

[C210N]

any taxpayer certified by the IRS to owe more than $50,000 in seriously delinquent taxes.

Al Sharpton will not be able to travel,

While Al Charlatan owes millions, they are not considered "serious". Only tea-partier type conservatives can owe "serious" taxes.