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About.com is a great resource for information of all kind. Today I found “Top 9 Tips for Dealing With Debt Collectors and Collection Agencies”

  1. Number one, knowing your rights!
  2. Ask questions about the debt and the collection agency
  3. Detailing your steps and interactions

Read the other 6 tips here.

The most important take away I from this list was don’t ignore the problem. It will not go away. Dealing with debt collectors is hard. No doubt about that! Take it one step at a time and know your rights.

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A very good friend of mine owes some back taxes… With the announcement that the IRS will now use private debt collection agencies, gives my friend a real incentive to start to pay it off.

If anyone else is in the same boat and feel it’s time to get rid of the IRS, then check out this blog post on about.com regarding how spot fraud and see IRS’s tips on protecting consumers…

Don’t Get Scammed By Debt Collectors Claiming to Be Collecting for the IRSToday is the day the IRS’ program to refer collection of back taxes to private 3rd party debt collectors will kick off, and with that kick off will come an increase in scams and phishing attacks from people pretending to be collecting on behalf of the IRS.To combat this possibility of fraud, the IRS has published some simple tips to help protect consumers from these types of scams.

Credit/Debt Management - Tools and Advice for Managing Credit and Debt

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whats the best way to deal with a collections agency ?

Yahoo! Answers - whats the best way to deal with a collections agency ?

Answer: PAY YOUR BILLS!!!

Seems simple right? But in all honesty if you can’t pay your bills you do have rights to not be harassed by bill collectors. Check out our section on Credit agencies: collection-agency-harassment

And yes I am sorry for calling this person stupid!

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The AP reports The IRS will use private debt collectors to get back taxes. Isn’t that the job of the federal governement? Anyway we should keep an eye on this so the recovery tactics do not get out of hand.

Internal Revenue Service prepares to implement a new program that sends private debt collection agencies after delinquent taxpayers, critics — including several lawmakers and the employee union at the Treasury Department — are gearing up to protest it.Opponents say that the IRS will pay private debt collectors more to do what government-paid employees could do and that the agency is not doing enough to let the public know about the new program, set to launch in early September.

Associated Press Business News: IRS Moves Ahead on Debt-Collection Plan - MSN Money

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