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Fucking taxes!
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Treemonkeys
United States2082 Posts
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goiflin
Canada1218 Posts
Hope that this somehow doesn't end with you being homeless, though  | ||
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bonifaceviii
Canada2890 Posts
I don't see why this would cost much more than a lot of time on the phone with the IRS and maybe a lot of postage. | ||
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Treemonkeys
United States2082 Posts
On February 18 2011 03:42 goiflin wrote: Did she forget to change her adress or something? Try to prove that she resided in another state that year, the state should have channels that handle those kinds of claims, no? I don't know but it's already sent to a collection agency so it's not like they will give a fuck, we would have to find a way to take it to court. | ||
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Treemonkeys
United States2082 Posts
On February 18 2011 03:42 bonifaceviii wrote: Just show them the tax forms that you filed for that year and the accompanying documents from her employer/landlord/mortgage statements showing she didn't live or work there? I don't see why this would cost much more than a lot of time on the phone with the IRS and maybe a lot of postage. It's not the IRS it's a state government and it is already being handled by a collection agency they don't offer any way to disagree. | ||
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Body_Shield
Canada3368 Posts
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bonifaceviii
Canada2890 Posts
On February 18 2011 03:44 Treemonkeys wrote: It's not the IRS it's a state government and it is already being handled by a collection agency they don't offer any way to disagree. The United States is strange. Why would a state government use a private collection agency? | ||
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R1CH
Netherlands10341 Posts
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Treemonkeys
United States2082 Posts
On February 18 2011 03:45 R1CH wrote: A collection agency by law has to provide proof that the debt is owed. Get that, then dispute it. Their proof is a letter for the state's attorney general saying she owes, so I would have to deal with is office I suppose. | ||
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Raeleigh
Canada902 Posts
I'd try and find somewhere like this and ask them what your option are as well, if you're still not positive. Otherwise, good luck. @_@ I just got my taxes done, it was painless.. I don't know how you get to *owe* taxes though. @_@ Never had it happen. xP ♥ | ||
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relyt
United States1073 Posts
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micronesia
United States24709 Posts
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Schnake
Germany2819 Posts
On February 18 2011 03:38 Treemonkeys wrote: So yesterday my girlfriend got a letter in the mail saying she owe's $1800 in taxes to a state government she used to live in...for a year she didn't live or work there. I don't even know what to do, there is no way we can afford to pay that, and obviously since she didn't live there, we shouldn't have to. But because of the great justice system in the USA, we would probably have to spend almost as much, if not more, to fight this in court, with no guarantee of success. FML What kind of taxes we talking about? Income tax? | ||
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Treemonkeys
United States2082 Posts
On February 18 2011 05:08 micronesia wrote: Yes, the state will need to inform you of what she did that caused her to accrue the tax debt. What income was reported to them? There is something missing from this story. We haven't received anything from the state, but at the same time, the letter was not sent directly to her, but to her old address which is also her old employer. Her old employer sent the letter to us. All it says is how much is owed and the year it is for, so it is basically taxes owed for a year she did not live or work there. | ||
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Treemonkeys
United States2082 Posts
On February 18 2011 05:31 Schnake wrote: What kind of taxes we talking about? Income tax? I don't know but I would assume so, like I said it doesn't say very much, it is just a half page letter. Since she was basically self employed, she would pay her income tax at the end of each year. If they assume for whatever reason she was still working in that state that year, she would owe income tax. The state in question does have an income tax. | ||
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