Typically, tax settlements result from a situation where the IRS has asked for more money than you could possibly afford to pay, especially since the IRS expects taxpayers to pay back all the money
they owe in a single lump sum payment.
Not exact matches
Even people who only
owe a few thousand (or sometimes even a few hundred) dollars are able to enroll
in repayment plans that stretch their
single lump -
sum payment out over a longer period of time — typically something like 36 months, or 3 years, with the total amount
owed being divided into much smaller monthly payments.
So, for example, if the spouses agree (or a court decides) that the supported spouse should receive $ 1000 a month
in rehabilitative alimony for 24 months, the paying spouse
owes $ 24,000; this can be paid monthly, or
in a
single lump -
sum (paid all at once or
in one or more installments).