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lir Bery, I mentioned "thinking about filing bankruptcy" and he said "you have to tell me if you're going to do that"..... I said "No, actually I

Posted by CrankYanker May 10 '10, 15:43

don't, that's a personal decision". He asked how much my wife makes... I said "that will be on the new financial statement you send me"... He asked if I still owned a vehicle and again I said "just send me the financial statement form" and hung up.

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Thanks for all the comments....I will make some inquiries with Sacramento tomorrow. -- nm - CrankYanker May 10, 16:04
First thing I would check is that 20 year bullshit. Everywhere I've heard of is only 7 years back. -- nm - Beaker May 10, 15:57 17
- unless there was deliberate fraud. -- nm - loosilu May 10, 16:06
- What I've heard is that you only need to keep your records for 7 years after filing. But even that could be wrong ... -- nm - Beryllium May 10, 16:04 6
  - 7 years is it and then gone (it's what we always told our clients). -- nm - Beaker May 10, 16:07 4
    - federal, yes -- nm - sherlock homie May 10, 16:11 3
      - I assume he's talking about Canadian taxes - Reagen May 10, 16:13
      - In NY state there is no limitation if you did not file at all that year. -- nm - loosilu May 10, 16:12 1
        
        well none of the limitations periods are triggered until you actually file a return -- nm - sherlock homie May 10, 16:14
  - That's a "general rule of thumb", but how does someone know that this situation isn't going to pop up. -- nm - CrankYanker May 10, 16:06
- This is what I really need to check in to and will tell me if the guy is legit. I've always been told 10 years past filing date is the cutoff. - CrankYanker May 10, 16:01 8
  - This site says "In California, the statute of limitations for unpaid tax debt is 20 years." - CovingtonCat May 10, 16:05 5
    - Interesting that it doesn't say "after date of assessment" like all the other States. Either way, "fuck me"! 20 years? -- nm - CrankYanker May 10, 16:09 4
      - Blame it on all your rich clients trying to hide their money from the govt. - CovingtonCat May 10, 16:13 3
        
        hahaha, "We will clear your debt if you give us information about these millionaires". -- nm - CrankYanker May 10, 16:15 2
        
        Hey, California is home to Let's Make A Deal! -- nm - CovingtonCat May 10, 16:16 1
        
        Switch doors! (nm) - musubi May 10, 16:16
  - Two non-negotiable things you MUST do: 1) Contact a lawyer AND your accountant. 2) Contact the agency in CA responsible for collecting taxes. - Burton TWuGster May 10, 16:05 1
    - word -- nm - Beaker May 10, 16:08
Look up the number he left you. I would imagine it would be some main number with an extension. Sounds fishy, especially the myspace stuff. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) May 10, 15:46
I'm not your lawyer, but I'd advise you to stop talking to this guy. -- nm - Reagen May 10, 15:46 2
- One phone call to verify the number and I didn't tell him anything he wanted to know. -- nm - CrankYanker May 10, 15:49 1
  - "Yes, I'm totally an auditor." -- nm - loosilu May 10, 15:52
official tax issues are done by written letter, not by phone. -- nm - Max May 10, 15:45 1
- i think he called them (get a lawyer!) -- nm - sherlock homie May 10, 15:46
who is this guy exactly? -- nm - loosilu May 10, 15:44 24
- could be a private collection agency who had the purported debt subbed to them -- nm - sherlock homie May 10, 15:47 4
  - in which case, he definitely needs to not talk to them (I think) -- nm - loosilu May 10, 15:48 3
    - my scam alarm klaxon is sc-reaming. -- nm - Reagen May 10, 15:49 2
      - Mine is getting louder as I ST's comments. -- nm - CrankYanker May 10, 15:54 1
        
        "as I READ..." -- nm - CrankYanker May 10, 15:54
- Authorized Representative is his title on State of CA letterhead. -- nm - CrankYanker May 10, 15:46 18
  - you need to look it up for safeties sake -- nm - Remlik May 10, 15:52
  - Look up the # of the CA Dept of Revenue and call that. - CovingtonCat May 10, 15:49 13
    - yeah, I didn't notice that title 'til just now.....I've never seen that on any documents in the past...it's usually Collections Dept. or - CrankYanker May 10, 15:51 12
      - you still shouldn't ignore it. -- nm - loosilu May 10, 15:51 11
        
        no, that's why I called.....basically just told him to send me what they have plus a form to show financial hardship. -- nm - CrankYanker May 10, 15:52 10
        
        when did you file your 83 taxes? that's 27 years ago. definitely not in the 'past 20 years.' -- nm - Andie May 10, 15:54 7
        
        I don't know and I don't have copies anymore. -- nm - CrankYanker May 10, 15:55 6
        
        Do you have reason to believe you didn't file them by 1990? -- nm - mara May 10, 15:56 5
        
        No, I was late for some years, but not 7 years late. -- nm - CrankYanker May 10, 15:57 4
        
        then you do know. -- nm - TFox May 10, 15:58 3
        
        well, I know it wasn't 7 years late but I don't know exactly when... 1year late, 2 years late, 3 years late. -- nm - CrankYanker May 10, 16:00 2
        
        but according to subtraction/addition.... thats all in the 80s -- nm - TFox May 10, 16:00 1
        
        right, that's why I answered mara with "No". -- nm - CrankYanker May 10, 16:02
        
        You still need to call the Dept of Revenue to verify you actually have a debt. - CovingtonCat May 10, 15:54 1
        
        Thanks, will do some followup tomorrow. -- nm - CrankYanker May 10, 15:56
  - real letterhead? WHen I had a real tax issue with the State of NY, I was contacted by an "Auditor" -- nm - loosilu May 10, 15:47
  - is it from the State Franchise Tax Board (Authorized Representative could be anyone they farmed out the collection to) -- nm - sherlock homie May 10, 15:47 1
    - yes, and I'm thinking the same thing. -- nm - CrankYanker May 10, 15:48

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