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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Ohio
I was contacted by XXX< LLC. They were acting as a Special Counsel to collect State of Ohio back taxes.
I saw a blog on the Internet: https://meyersroman.com/ohio-tax-collection-rules-create-challenges-for-resolving-tax-claims/ entitled Ohio Tax Collection Rules Create Challenges for Resolving Tax Claims dated May 2016. The following is a quote from the blog:
“The Ohio Attorney General has seven years from the date of the assessment to file a law suit to collect the tax, such as filing a garnishment of a bank account, IRA or brokerage account, or conducting an examination of the taxpayer’s financial information by deposition. However, if the Ohio Attorney General fails to file a law suit to collect the tax within the seven year period, the Ohio Attorney General is time-barred from instituting any garnishment, foreclosure or other law suit to collect the unpaid tax.”
In addition, it said:
“From time to time, we have noticed that the Ohio Attorney General will send out collection notices for purportedly unpaid taxes, interest and penalties that are many years old, and in some cases, twenty or more years old. In these situations, our clients frequently have vague memories of the business or other circumstances that may have given rise to the tax liability and are unlikely to have records to determine the origin of the tax liability or whether the State’s claim is correct. In these cases, it is critical that the statute of limitations be considered in determining what collection authority the State has. The Ohio Attorney General in many cases refers tax claims to outside collection law firms who are referred to as “Special Counsel” for the State. Special Counsel has limited authority to negotiate on behalf of the State to settle tax claims. In most cases, Special Counsel will consider installment agreements. The State may not inform a taxpayer that a statute of limitations has expired at the time it is making a demand for payment unless the statute is raised by the taxpayer.”
I chatted with the State of Ohio at http://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Business/Collections. I asked for a list of my assessments. They said to call Attorney XXs office. They will be able to provide a list of all of your assessments broken down.
I called them. They sent a list of assessments. Each assessment says “Warning !! SOL date expired: mm/dd/yy”. Each date is in the past.
I received a missive two days later. It said: “This office has been appointed as Special Counsel to the Ohio Attorney General and we have been assigned to collect this debt. We have written you previously regarding this account. We have still not received full payment, and you have not made satisfactory arrangements on your account. You can avoid any further collection efforts by mailing the full payment to the address listed below.”
I am unsure of my next move.
I was contacted by XXX< LLC. They were acting as a Special Counsel to collect State of Ohio back taxes.
I saw a blog on the Internet: https://meyersroman.com/ohio-tax-collection-rules-create-challenges-for-resolving-tax-claims/ entitled Ohio Tax Collection Rules Create Challenges for Resolving Tax Claims dated May 2016. The following is a quote from the blog:
“The Ohio Attorney General has seven years from the date of the assessment to file a law suit to collect the tax, such as filing a garnishment of a bank account, IRA or brokerage account, or conducting an examination of the taxpayer’s financial information by deposition. However, if the Ohio Attorney General fails to file a law suit to collect the tax within the seven year period, the Ohio Attorney General is time-barred from instituting any garnishment, foreclosure or other law suit to collect the unpaid tax.”
In addition, it said:
“From time to time, we have noticed that the Ohio Attorney General will send out collection notices for purportedly unpaid taxes, interest and penalties that are many years old, and in some cases, twenty or more years old. In these situations, our clients frequently have vague memories of the business or other circumstances that may have given rise to the tax liability and are unlikely to have records to determine the origin of the tax liability or whether the State’s claim is correct. In these cases, it is critical that the statute of limitations be considered in determining what collection authority the State has. The Ohio Attorney General in many cases refers tax claims to outside collection law firms who are referred to as “Special Counsel” for the State. Special Counsel has limited authority to negotiate on behalf of the State to settle tax claims. In most cases, Special Counsel will consider installment agreements. The State may not inform a taxpayer that a statute of limitations has expired at the time it is making a demand for payment unless the statute is raised by the taxpayer.”
I chatted with the State of Ohio at http://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Business/Collections. I asked for a list of my assessments. They said to call Attorney XXs office. They will be able to provide a list of all of your assessments broken down.
I called them. They sent a list of assessments. Each assessment says “Warning !! SOL date expired: mm/dd/yy”. Each date is in the past.
I received a missive two days later. It said: “This office has been appointed as Special Counsel to the Ohio Attorney General and we have been assigned to collect this debt. We have written you previously regarding this account. We have still not received full payment, and you have not made satisfactory arrangements on your account. You can avoid any further collection efforts by mailing the full payment to the address listed below.”
I am unsure of my next move.
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