U.S. May Soon Have Power to Take Passports From Tax Delinquents

If you owe the Internal Revenue Service more than $50,000 in taxes, you could soon have your U.S. passport taken away, writes Robert Schroeder.

House and Senate negotiators are trying to hammer out a long-term highway bill that would fund road and mass-transit projects, and the passport-revocation provision is one revenue-raising measure that’s been approved by both chambers.

The passport provision would go into effect Jan. 1.

 -RW