If you need more time or other help in paying your taxes, it will cost you more now. Starting December 2, 2013, the fee for obtaining an installment payment agreement from the IRS is $120, up from $105. The fee for restructuring or reinstating an installment payment agreement rises to $50, from $45. The processing fee for an offer in compromise, which reduces the tax to be repaid, is $186; it used to be $150.
Some fees have not been changed. The fee for a direct debit installment agreement stays at $52. The fee for low-income taxpayers to obtain an installment payment agreement remains at $43.
Source: TD 9647
Debt secured by a principal residence or second home to the extent of the excess of fair market value over acquisition debt. An interest deduction is generally allowed for home equity debt up to $100,000 ($50,000 if married filing separately).