The IRS can legally collect any back taxes you owe from your bank accounts, assets and other parts of your estate if you die. They will generally do so before the proceeds of an estate are distributed among surviving children, but the debt cannot be passed on to your children otherwise.
Will the IRS come after my children or their income if I pass away with tax debt?
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Chris Ebert has been an acknowledge credit repair expert since 2003. He writes for blogs, national publications, advises CRO's to best practices and speaks at national industry conferences. He started his credit repair journey working in some of the largest credit repair attorney firms. Forming his own credit repair organization in 2005, he has help tens of thousands of clients understand credit, what credit repair can actually do for them, and best practices to build their credit profiles fast.
